Salford City vs Gillingham Prediction

Salford's momentum against Gillingham's inconsistency

Salford's wider form figures show 12 wins from 20 matches across all competitions, with 37 goals scored. Their recent league results back that up, with wins over Crawley and Fleetwood plus away victories at Cheltenham and Bristol Rovers inside the last month.

Salford City: 20 completed matches; Gillingham: 20 completed matches.

Salford City

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

37

Conceded

23

Difference

+14

Gillingham

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

30

Difference

-1

Gillingham's record over the same stretch reads differently. They've lost three of their last six matches, including a 1-4 home defeat to Grimsby, with a couple of draws and a trophy win over Brighton's under-21s mixed in between.

Comparative Team Statistics: Salford City vs Gillingham

A history with no settled pattern

The last eight meetings between these two have gone in all directions, including three draws and wins shared fairly evenly. Their most recent clash finished goalless, and the one before that saw Salford win away at Gillingham.

Go back further and there are heavier scorelines too, with Gillingham winning 3-1 and 1-0 on separate occasions. None of that really points to one side having the upper hand right now.

Salford sit top, Gillingham mid-table

Salford City lead the table with 22 points from 11 games, built on seven wins and only three defeats. Gillingham are down in sixth with 16 points from the same number of matches, four wins and four draws showing a side that keeps finding ways to share points rather than win them.

That points gap lines up with how each side has been playing lately.

Goals have come from a handful of names

J. Powell has three goals in eight games for Salford and chips in with assists too, while L. Molyneux has set up three in seven appearances. For Gillingham, J. Brophy has matched Powell's return with three goals in eight, and N. Freeman leads their assist charts with three.

Salford City:

Best scorers:

J. Powell - 3

Best assist providers:

L. Molyneux - 3

J. Powell - 2

Penalty cards:

A. Odoh x 1 x 2

Gillingham:

Best scorers:

J. Brophy - 3

Best assist providers:

N. Freeman - 3

Penalty cards:

Z. Albarus x 1 x 1

R. McKenzie x 4

Gillingham's R. McKenzie has picked up four yellow cards in eight matches, worth bearing in mind given how often his side have had to defend this season.