Burton Albion 2-1 Gillingham

Lucas Akins has scored four goals in his past two games

Tom Naylor's injury-time winner put Burton on the brink of promotion to the Championship and damaged Gillingham's play-off hopes.

Burton will be promoted to the second tier for the first time if Walsall fail to beat Fleetwood on Monday.

Lucas Akins met Mark Duffy's cross to put Burton ahead with a tap-in finish.

Cody McDonald levelled with a header from a Bradley Dack corner and the Gills piled pressure on Burton before Naylor headed in a Duffy corner.

Gillingham, who are two points adrift of sixth-placed Barnsley after the Tykes drew 2-2 with already-relegated Colchester, suffered an early double blow with Bradley Garmston and Aaron Morris forced off injured inside 16 minutes.

Still, the Gills made it difficult for Nigel Clough's Burton side, with McDonald and Dominic Samuel particularly menacing, but Burton survived a number of scares before Naylor won it.

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Line-ups

Burton

• 1McLaughlin
• 2Edwards
• 4Mousinho
• 3Cansdell-Sherriff
• 14McCrory
• 34Choudhury
• 10Akins
• 15Naylor
• 23PalmerSubstituted forWalkerat 85'minutes
• 21DuffySubstituted forO'Connorat 90+4'minutes
• 9BeavonBooked at 68minsSubstituted forButcherat 75'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Reilly
• 8Weir
• 12Butcher
• 17Myers-Harness
• 18Walker
• 19O'Connor
• 31Bywater

Gillingham

• 1Nelson
• 50Oshilaja
• 4Egan
• 5EhmerBooked at 75mins
• 3GarmstonSubstituted forDickensonat 14'minutes
• 44Wright
• 8Hessenthaler
• 15MorrisSubstituted forLoftat 16'minutesBooked at 82mins
• 23DackBooked at 54mins
• 14SamuelSubstituted forDonnellyat 74'minutes
• 10McDonald

Substitutes

• 2Jackson
• 7Loft
• 9Williams
• 12Morris
• 17Donnelly
• 19Norris
• 24Dickenson

Referee:

Tony Harrington

Attendance:

5,388

Match Stats

Home TeamBurtonAway TeamGillingham

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home11

Away11

Shots on Target

Home3

Away2

Corners

Home4

Away4

Fouls

Home8

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Burton Albion 2, Gillingham 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Burton Albion 2, Gillingham 1.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Burton Albion. Anthony O'Connor replaces Mark Duffy.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+2'

Goal! Burton Albion 2, Gillingham 1. Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mark Duffy with a cross.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Max Ehmer.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Damien McCrory.

Posted at 89'

Hand ball by Tyler Walker (Burton Albion).

Posted at 88'

Foul by Tyler Walker (Burton Albion).

Posted at 88'

John Egan (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Burton Albion. Tyler Walker replaces Matthew Palmer.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Josh Wright (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 82'

Mark Duffy (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 82'

Doug Loft (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Doug Loft (Gillingham).

Posted at 77'

Corner, Burton Albion. Conceded by Adedeji Oshilaja.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Burton Albion. Callum Butcher replaces Stuart Beavon.

Booking

Posted at 75'

Max Ehmer (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 75'

Lucas Akins (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 75'

Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).

Posted at 74'

Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by John Mousinho.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Gillingham. Rory Donnelly replaces Dominic Samuel.

Posted at 71'

Attempt blocked. Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 69'

Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 69'

Foul by John Egan (Gillingham).

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) header from very close range is close, but misses to the left.

Booking

Posted at 68'

Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 68'

Josh Wright (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion).

Posted at 67'

Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).

Posted at 66'

Foul by Tom Naylor (Burton Albion).

Posted at 66'

Brennan Dickenson (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 64'

Attempt missed. Dominic Samuel (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.

Posted at 63'

Foul by Stuart Beavon (Burton Albion).

Posted at 63'

Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 60'

Attempt missed. Cody McDonald (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 59'

Hamza Choudhury (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Dominic Samuel (Gillingham).

Posted at 58'

Attempt missed. Bradley Dack (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 57'

Foul by Lucas Akins (Burton Albion).

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