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Gillingham
FT
3–0
19 Sep 2026
Bristol Rovers
Europa League Sat 19 Sep, 15:00London Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham Sunny Sukhvir Gill 5,947 attendance

Timeline

  1. 55' James Brophy
  2. 62' Garath McCleary for Ronan Hale
  3. 64' Fabrizio Cavegn for Bobby Kamwa
  4. 65' Ellis Harrison Yellow Card
  5. 68' Kofi Balmer Yellow Card
  6. 72' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny for Shaqai Forde
  7. 75' Will Goodwin for Lamin Sillah
  8. 80' Joe Quigley for Ellis Harrison
  9. 83' Michael Luxton for Eli King
  10. 83' Sheldon Kendall for Harry Waldock
  11. 85' Sheldon Kendall
  12. 89' Sheldon Kendall
  13. 90'+5' Garath McCleary Yellow Card

Match stats

53.7% Possession 46.3%
10 Shots 8
6 On target 2
8 Fouls 8
1 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
3 Offsides 4
2 Saves 3
226 Accurate passes 177

Lineups

Gillingham 3-4-2-1
1 Wright
26 Dobbs 19 Beckles 5 Smith
16 Brophy 34 King 14 Mckenzie 22 Freeman
24 Waldock 11 Sillah
10 Hale
Bristol Rovers 4-2-3-1
1 Young
14 Purrington 17 Kelly 4 Balmer 2 James
6 Mola 21 Smallwood
10 Kamwa 11 Aitchison 7 Forde
19 Harrison
Gillingham 3-4-2-1
  1. 1 Oliver Wright G
  2. 19 Omar Beckles CD
  3. 26 Logan Dobbs CD-L
  4. 5 Andy Smith CD-R
  5. 34 Eli King ▼ CM-L
  6. 14 Robbie Mckenzie CM-R
  7. 16 James Brophy LM
  8. 22 Nick Freeman RM
  9. 11 Lamin Sillah ▼ F
  10. 24 Harry Waldock ▼ CF-L
  11. 10 Ronan Hale ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 9 Will Goodwin ▲ SUB
  2. 12 Garath McCleary ▲ SUB
  3. 27 Michael Luxton ▲ SUB
  4. 18 Sheldon Kendall ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 20 Jack Daley SUB
  2. 13 Taite Holtam SUB
  3. 29 Harry Webster SUB
Bristol Rovers 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Brad Young G
  2. 17 Ciaran Kelly CD-L
  3. 4 Kofi Balmer CD-R
  4. 14 Ben Purrington LB
  5. 2 Tom James RB
  6. 11 Jack Aitchison AM
  7. 6 Clinton Mola LM
  8. 21 Richard Smallwood RM
  9. 19 Ellis Harrison ▼ F
  10. 10 Bobby Kamwa ▼ AM-L
  11. 7 Shaqai Forde ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 8 Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny ▲ SUB
  2. 29 Fabrizio Cavegn ▲ SUB
  3. 9 Joe Quigley ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 27 Philip Sanyaolu SUB
  2. 32 Charlie Binns SUB
  3. 5 Alfie Kilgour SUB
  4. 3 Jack Sparkes SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+5' Garath McCleary (Gillingham) Yellow Card at 90'+5'
  2. 89' Sheldon Kendall (Gillingham) Goal at 89'
  3. 85' Sheldon Kendall (Gillingham) Goal at 85'
  4. 83' Sheldon Kendall (Gillingham) Substitution at 83'
  5. 83' Michael Luxton (Gillingham) Substitution at 83'
  6. 80' Joe Quigley (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 80'
  7. 75' Will Goodwin (Gillingham) Substitution at 75'
  8. 72' Reiss-Alexander Russell-Denny (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 72'
  9. 68' Kofi Balmer (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 68'
  10. 65' Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) Yellow Card at 65'
  11. 64' Fabrizio Cavegn (Bristol Rovers) Substitution at 64'
  12. 62' Garath McCleary (Gillingham) Substitution at 62'
1 earlier entry
  1. 55' James Brophy (Gillingham) Goal at 55'

Recent form

Gillingham W W D D D

  • D at Fleetwood Town 0-0 EFL League Two
  • D Northampton Town 1-1 EFL League Two
  • D at Chesterfield 1-1 EFL League Two
  • W at Rochdale 4-1 EFL League Two
  • W Tranmere Rovers 2-0 EFL League Two

Bristol Rovers L W W W L

  • L Chelsea U21 2-2 EFL Trophy
  • W at Crawley Town 2-0 EFL League Two
  • W Colchester United 2-0 EFL League Two
  • W Rotherham United 1-0 EFL League Two
  • L at Grimsby Town 2-0 EFL League Two

Head to head

GIL leads series 3-1-1

  • 21 Mar 2026 Gillingham 1–2 Bristol Rovers 2025-26 English League Two
  • 8 Nov 2025 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Gillingham 2025-26 English League Two
  • 20 Feb 2021 Gillingham 2–0 Bristol Rovers 2020-21 English League One
  • 2 Dec 2020 Bristol Rovers 0–2 Gillingham 2020-21 English League One
  • 17 Sep 2019 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Gillingham 2019-20 English League One