Our betting analysts at Ace Football preview the League Two round 18 game between Gillingham and Salford City and offer team news, stats, facts and the best betting suggestions for the match.
Gillingham enjoy home advantage, when visitors Salford City swing by on Saturday for a clash in the League Two. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Placed tenth in the table Gillingham have amassed 25 points after 17 matches. On 21 points, Salford City rank 15th with 17 matches played this season.
Form: Gillingham vs Salford City
Gillingham Form
Gillingham lost two of their last three matches, as they went down 2-0 in a meeting with Newport. They replied by beating Hereford 0-2, before losing again, this time 2-0 against Wrexham. Gillingham won three of their previous six matches at MEMS Priestfield in the League Two. They drew one and suffered two defeats, scoring seven goals to seven against.
Salford City Form
Salford City have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Peterborough, they gained a point in a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Mansfield, who ran out 1-2 winners. Lately, they managed to steal a point in a 3-3 with Peterborough. Salford City, meanwhile, won twice, while they’ve drawn one and lost three in their last six away in the League Two.
Betting stats for Gillingham and Salford City
Here are some interesting betting-relevant stats and facts. They take into account matches that Gillingham and Salford City played across all tournaments.
- In 30 of the last 32 Gillingham home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Gillingham matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Gillingham have lost 3 of the last 4 matches without scoring a goal
- Gillingham have lost 6 of the last 8 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 5 Gillingham matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Salford City matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 matches Salford City played, both teams scored
- Salford City have scored in 10 of the last 11 matches
- In 5 of the last 7 Salford City away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Salford City have not lost 5 of the last 6 matches
Players to watch: Gillingham vs Salford City
It’s been a great season for Matt Smith so far with 13 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target eight times in his last six games, and no doubt Salford City want him to continue this productive spell against Gillinghamon Saturday.
Betting markets: Gillingham vs Salford City
Full-time result
MEMS Priestfield witnessed Gillingham winning five times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing one and losing four as well. Salford City claimed three wins, two draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Gillingham only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Salford City scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Gillingham managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches across all tournaments.
Total goals
In Gillingham’s last ten games, there have been over 2.5 goals in four of them. They managed to average 0.8 goals goals per match across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Salford City, who managed to hit the net 2.3 times on average in these games.
Suggested bet: Gillingham vs Salford City
To sum up, the upcoming match between Gillingham and Salford City seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this League Two game.
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