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League Two · 2026/2027 · provider tag opta

Gillingham

8th on points, with 20. 16th on season xG difference. 14 league matches, 17.86 xG for, 20.98 against, goal difference +1.

Season xGD
-3.12
GF minus xG
+2.14
Last 10 xGD
-0.54
xG per match
1.28

Chances and goals

Goals for xG for Goals against xG against
05101621

Cumulative league totals. A line pulling away from its pair is a gap between goals and chances, not a verdict.

Ratings that feed the price

Attack is xG for divided by the league’s home or away average. Defence is xG against divided by what the opposition usually creates in that venue. Both are shrunk towards the league with four phantom matches, so two bright afternoons cannot set the price on their own. Home attack 0.90 from 7 home matches. Home defence 1.11. Away attack 0.99 from 7 away matches. Away defence 0.99.

Next in the eight-day window: Colchester United v Gillingham, Sat 14 Nov, 15:00. The model’s fair prices are home 46.3% (22/19), draw 25.3% (53/18), away 28.3% (43/17). λ 1.54, μ 1.14. That is a method. It is not a selection.

No regression flag. The gap between goals and xG is inside the line used from matchweek 8.

League matches

Gillingham league matches with xG
DateH/AOpponentScorexGxGAGF−xG
31 OctAShrewsbury Town2-12.031.83-0.03
24 OctHGrimsby Town1-41.152.83-0.15
20 OctHPort Vale1-11.880.75-0.88
17 OctAAccrington Stanley1-30.521.54+0.48
10 OctARotherham United4-11.861.38+2.14
3 OctHNewport County0-00.281.22-0.28
26 SeptAYork City0-30.262.21-0.26
19 SeptHBristol Rovers3-02.360.51+0.64
12 SeptHTranmere Rovers2-01.491.25+0.51
5 SeptARochdale4-11.950.80+2.05
1 SeptAChesterfield1-10.562.05+0.44
29 AugHNorthampton Town1-10.890.35+0.11
22 AugAFleetwood Town0-01.181.16-1.18
15 AugHWalsall0-31.453.10-1.45

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