Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town: Prediction, lineups & odds (21/12)

Two sides looking to climb up the table to realise their promotion hopes face off this Friday aiming to end 2024 on a good note in the league.

Our 3 predictions for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town

• 1st prediction: Under 2.5 goals in the game
• 2nd prediction: Gillingham to win or draw
• 3rd prediction: Both teams to score – No

1st prediction for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town: Under 2.5 goals in the game 31/50

This isn’t likely to be a goal fest. While Cheltenham are considerably more leaky than the home team, as the away side they aren’t likely to attack as much and will be careful, potentially settling for a point. Gillingham, however, are known for their low scoring affairs, both in scoring and conceding. They’ve scored twenty and conceded sixteen, with their games averaging less than two goals a game. Recently, they’ve scored five in their last five and conceded only four. If this is anything to go by, Friday’s game will be another low scorer.

2nd prediction for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town: Gillingham to win or draw 13/50

Gillingham are a strong side who have underperformed of late, though they are good at the back. Cheltenham have only one loss in their last six though, and may push Gillingham to a draw. The home side have won their last two and come into this one as favourites, despite Cheltenham’s recent form, purely due to league position. Despite this, Gillingham do have a startling number of defeats, with eight losses thus far, which has limited their league position. You’d fancy them to get a result here though, which would go a long way to reigniting their play-off push.

3rd prediction for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town: Both teams to score – No 81/100

This is likely to be a cagey one, with the teams gearing up for a busy period over Christmas. Both sides have made themselves hard to beat, though they struggle going forward, which has limited their success. Gillingham in particular have made this a key point of their game, having conceded only sixteen this season. With good current form, both sides will be confident they can restrict the opponent and take a positive result, with at least one clean sheet likely. Whether that’s through a goalless draw or one side taking the points, though, remains to be seen.

 

Best odds for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town

Bookmaker	Gillingham	Draw	Cheltenham Town
MyriadPlay	109/100	9/4	43/20
Gentleman Jim	11/10	9/4	11/5
Betarno	113/100	47/20	113/50

 

Full preview of the game: last results and head to head

The two sides come into this game roughly in the middle of the table but with higher aspirations, with many having tipped the two to go up, and Gillingham having been higher up the table at one stage. Form for both sides has been inconsistent, which leads them to where they are now. In recent times, this has been the case, with Gillingham winning two of their last five and Cheltenham three of their last five. In terms of their respective last league fixtures, both sides tasted victory; Gillingham beating MK Dons 1-0 away and Cheltenham winning 2-0 at home to Morecambe.

In this fixture’s history Cheltenham have the upper hand, with victory in two of the last three meetings in all competitions. That was in the 2021-22 season though, and plenty has changed since then.

Where to watch Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town

• Location: MEMS Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham, UK, ME7 2PE
• Channel: Sky Sports+ (subscription required)
• Date and time: 7:45pm UK Time, Friday 20th December 2024

Probable lineups for Gillingham vs Cheltenham Town

Both sides come into this game with very few selection problems, though they do have players coming back from injury and a congested Christmas period to think about, so resting may be necessary. Here’s how we think they’ll line up.

Gillingham

Line up: G Morris, R Hutton, M Ehmer, C Masterson, M Clark, E Coleman, R McKenzie, J Clarke, J Nolan, A Rowe, E Nevitt

Injuries/suspensions: J Turner (injured)

Coach: Mark Bonner

Cheltenham Town

Line up: J Day, A Jude-Boyd, I Bakare, S Stubbs, T Bradbury, L Young, L Kinsella, J Thomas, J Colwill, E Archer, G Miller

Injuries/suspensions: M Norkett, H Pell (injured)

Coach: Michael Flynn

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