Match ends, Accrington Stanley 0, Gillingham 1.
AccringtonAccrington Stanley0GillinghamGillingham1
Regan Charles-Cook scored his first goal of the season as Gillingham beat Accrington for their first away win of the campaign.
Stanley were ruing missed chances as they had the ball in the back of the net three times - all ruled out - and hit the post three times with keeper Jack Bonham also making a string of superb saves..
Stanley's Colby Bishop hit the upright in the sixth minute and Offrande Zanzala skimmed the outside of the post with the follow-up. Bonham then kept out a Bishop header on 27 minutes.
Stanley had already had the ball in the back of the net twice but the referee had blown his whistle before they thought they had scored on 30 minutes with Bishop's ball helped over the line by Zanzala - but he was ruled offside.
Stanley came close again but Bonham saved Zanzala's shot, it bounced out to Bishop and he could only find the post.
Gillingham went down the other end and Tom O'Connor played the ball to Charles-Cook on the edge of the area and he curled the ball home in the 59th minute.
Inspired Bonham denied Bishop and Jordan Clark to secure the win.
Match report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Evtimov
- 2JohnsonSubstituted forNeves Bento De Carvalhoat 88'minutes
- 3Hughes
- 34Alese
- 36Opoku
- 7Clark
- 8Finley
- 28ConneelyBooked at 90mins
- 11McConvilleBooked at 24minsSubstituted forPritchardat 71'minutes
- 9ZanzalaSubstituted forCharlesat 80'minutes
- 19Bishop
Substitutes
- 4Edwards
- 6Sherif
- 10Pritchard
- 23Neves Bento De Carvalho
- 30Bursik
- 32Charles
- 37Martin
Gillingham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Bonham
- 27Tucker
- 5Ehmer
- 6Ogilvie
- 24O'Connor
- 14JonesBooked at 85mins
- 18Byrne
- 4O'Keefe
- 9MandronSubstituted forJakubiakat 63'minutes
- 11Charles-CookSubstituted forLeeat 76'minutes
- 7HanlanSubstituted forNdjoliat 90+2'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Hodson
- 10Ndjoli
- 16Cissé
- 19Marshall
- 21Walsh
- 22Lee
- 23Jakubiak
- Referee:
- John Busby
- Attendance:
- 2,102
Match Stats
Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamGillingham
- Possession
- Home59%
- Away41%
- Shots
- Home22
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away1
- Corners
- Home8
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away24
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 0, Gillingham 1.
Booking
Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Thomas O'Connor.
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Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Olly Lee (Gillingham).
Substitution
Substitution, Gillingham. Mikael Ndjoli replaces Brandon Hanlan.
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Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Brandon Hanlan (Gillingham).
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Foul by Colby Bishop (Accrington Stanley).
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Thomas O'Connor (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Wilson Carvalho replaces Callum Johnson.
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Foul by Sam Finley (Accrington Stanley).
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Stuart O'Keefe (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Booking
Alfie Jones (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Jerome Opoku (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Alfie Jones (Gillingham).
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Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Dion Charles (Accrington Stanley).
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Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
