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Accrington Stanley v Gillingham : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Oct, 15:00 BST, Wham Stadium, Accrington

Gareth Ainsworth is aiming for a crucial away win in the League Two on Saturday afternoon, as he takes his Gillingham side to the Wham Stadium to visit Accrington Stanley and John Doolan. All of the key stats for the encounter, including head-to-heads, predictions and the best odds across seventeen major markets are covered in this betting preview. It's all brought together specifically to help you make a smart bet.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Accrington 44%	-	-
Draw 26%	-	-
Gillingham 30%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Accrington 1-0 10%	-	-
Accrington 2-1 9%	-	-
Gillingham 1-0 8%	-	-
Accrington 2-0 8%	-	-
Gillingham 2-1 7%	-	-
Draw 0-0 7%	-	-
Draw 2-2 5%	-	-
Gillingham 2-0 5%	-	-
Accrington 3-1 4%	-	-
Accrington 3-0 4%	-	-
Gillingham 3-1 3%	-	-
Accrington 3-2 3%	-	-
Gillingham 3-2 2%	-	-
Gillingham 3-0 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 50%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 45%	-	-
No 1st Goal 4%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 54%	-	-
BTTS - No 46%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 20%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 15%	-	-
Home/draw 70%	-	-
Away/draw 56%	-	-
Home/away 74%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 28%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 72%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 13%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 87%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Home DNB 62%	-	-
Away DNB 48%	-	-
Accrington win to nil 24%	-	-
Gillingham win to nil 16%	-	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Accrington have played 9 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league. Accrington are unbeaten at home after 5 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 3 and won 1. Accrington have conceded 8 goals, scored 8, failed to score in 1 match and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Accrington have played 5 games at home, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 9 goals, conceded 6 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Gillingham lay in 10th place on 13 points in the League Two league table having played 9 matches. Gillingham are unbeaten in 5 games against teams below them in the league and kept 3 clean sheets out of 5 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Gillingham have conceded 2 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Gillingham have played 4 away games, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Accrington Gillingham
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Salford	9	5	1	3	3	16	Nov 21	Mar 20	May 1	Nov 28
2	Barnet	7	4	3	0	7	15	Feb 20	l 2-1F	Dec 29	Apr 3
3	Crewe	9	3	6	0	4	15	Dec 1	May 8	Nov 21	Mar 20
4	Cheltenham	9	4	3	2	2	15	w 2-0F	Apr 27	Dec 19	Jan 9
5	Bristol R	9	5	0	4	0	15	Apr 10	Dec 12	w 3-0F	Apr 17
6	York	8	4	2	2	6	14	Jan 19	Oct 20	Apr 24	l 3-0A
7	Walsall	8	3	5	0	6	14	Feb 6	l 3-2A	l 0-3A	Mar 6
8	Chesterfield	9	4	2	3	3	14	Dec 19	Jan 9	Feb 9	d 1-1A
9	Grimsby	9	3	4	2	3	13	d 2-2A	Feb 9	Oct 24	Jan 23
10	Gillingham	9	3	4	2	2	13	Oct 17	Jan 16	-	-
11	Rochdale	9	4	1	4	-1	13	Jan 23	Oct 24	Feb 13	w 1-4F
12	Tranmere	9	2	5	2	0	11	Mar 29	Dec 26	w 2-0F	Feb 20
13	Swindon	9	3	2	4	-4	11	Apr 24	d 1-1F	Dec 1	May 8
14	Shrewsbury	9	3	2	4	-5	11	Jan 1	Mar 26	Jan 30	Oct 31
15	Newport	9	2	4	3	0	10	d 0-00-0	Apr 17	d 0-00-0	Apr 27
16	Accrington	9	2	4	3	-1	10	-	-	Jan 16	Oct 17
17	Rotherham	9	2	4	3	-1	10	Dec 29	Apr 3	Apr 13	Oct 10
18	Fleetwood	9	2	4	3	-1	10	May 1	Nov 28	Mar 13	d 0-00-0
19	Colchester	8	2	4	2	-2	10	d 2-2A	Mar 6	Feb 27	Nov 14
20	Exeter	9	2	3	4	-1	9	Mar 13	l 2-0A	Jan 2	Mar 26
21	Oldham	8	2	1	5	-4	7	Apr 13	Oct 10	Apr 10	Dec 12
22	Northampton	7	1	3	3	-3	6	Oct 31	Jan 30	d 1-1F	Feb 6
23	Port Vale	7	1	2	4	-6	5	Feb 27	Nov 14	Oct 20	Jan 19
24	Crawley	7	1	1	5	-7	4	w 3-2F	Feb 13	Mar 29	Dec 26

	Promotion
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	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Accrington	2 - 0	Cheltenham
Accrington	0 - 0	Newport
Accrington	3 - 2	Crawley
Accrington	2 - 2	Grimsby
Accrington	2 - 2	Colchester
Accrington	3 - 3	Crawley
Accrington	1 - 2	Fleetwood
Accrington	2 - 0	Crewe
Accrington	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Accrington	0 - 4	Notts C
Accrington	1 - 1	Cambridge
Accrington	0 - 1	Barnet
Accrington	0 - 2	Shrewsbury
Accrington	1 - 0	Salford
Accrington	3 - 1	Cheltenham
Accrington	0 - 2	MK Dons
Accrington	1 - 0	Harrogate
Accrington	2 - 1	Barrow
Accrington	0 - 1	Bromley
Accrington	1 - 0	Oldham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Accrington	2 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Accrington	1 - 1	Swindon
H	Accrington	0 - 0	Newport
A	Accrington	1 - 2	Barnet
H	Accrington	3 - 2	Crawley
H	Accrington	2 - 2	Grimsby
A	Accrington	2 - 3	Walsall
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Exeter
H	Accrington	2 - 2	Colchester
A	Accrington	0 - 3	Oldham
H	Accrington	3 - 3	Crawley
A	Accrington	2 - 2	Swindon
A	Accrington	1 - 2	Colchester
H	Accrington	1 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Gillingham
H	Accrington	2 - 0	Crewe
A	Accrington	0 - 2	Bristol R
H	Accrington	0 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Accrington	0 - 4	Notts C
A	Accrington	0 - 0	Barrow

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
York	3 - 0	Gillingham
Rochdale	1 - 4	Gillingham
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Gillingham
Fleetwood	0 - 0	Gillingham
Barnet	6 - 2	Gillingham
Cheltenham	2 - 1	Gillingham
Salford	0 - 0	Gillingham
Walsall	2 - 2	Gillingham
Crawley	2 - 0	Gillingham
Cambridge	5 - 0	Gillingham
Barrow	0 - 1	Gillingham
Chesterfield	1 - 0	Gillingham
Crewe	1 - 0	Gillingham
Notts C	1 - 0	Gillingham
Harrogate	0 - 3	Gillingham
Swindon	2 - 0	Gillingham
Fleetwood	2 - 1	Gillingham
Colchester	0 - 0	Gillingham
Shrewsbury	3 - 3	Gillingham
Bristol R	0 - 1	Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Gillingham	0 - 0	Newport
A	Gillingham	0 - 3	York
H	Gillingham	3 - 0	Bristol R
H	Gillingham	2 - 0	Tranmere
A	Gillingham	4 - 1	Rochdale
A	Gillingham	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Gillingham	1 - 1	Northampton
A	Gillingham	0 - 0	Fleetwood
H	Gillingham	0 - 3	Walsall
H	Gillingham	1 - 0	Shrewsbury
A	Gillingham	2 - 6	Barnet
H	Gillingham	1 - 4	Grimsby
A	Gillingham	1 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Gillingham	0 - 0	Salford
H	Gillingham	2 - 0	Accrington
A	Gillingham	2 - 2	Walsall
A	Gillingham	0 - 2	Crawley
H	Gillingham	1 - 2	Bristol R
H	Gillingham	0 - 2	Swindon
A	Gillingham	0 - 5	Cambridge

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Accrington

Gillingham

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 11

11 / 11

Clean sheets

0 / 11

4 / 11

ASY

GIL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Accrington
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Gillingham
	1 - 2	Gillingham
	0 - 1	Gillingham
	0 - 1	Gillingham
	0 - 2	Gillingham
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Accrington	4 - 3
Accrington	7 - 4
	0 - 2	Gillingham

Gillingham

Accrington

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

4 / 10

Clean sheets

6 / 10

3 / 10

ASY

GIL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Gillingham
Gillingham	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Accrington
Gillingham	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 2	Accrington
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Gillingham	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Gillingham	3 - 1
Gillingham	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Accrington 16th	Gillingham 10th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 23% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 77% probability that Accrington will score 1 or more goals	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Gillingham will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Accrington’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-17 Gillingham have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.6 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

15%

better

ASY

GIL

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Games scored	7		5
Failed to score	2		4
Scored first	4		4
Goals scored	13		11
Avg. goals scored	1.4		1.2
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	14		15
Avg. XG for	1.6		1.2
KickOff rating		+15%

ASY

GIL

31%

better

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Games conceded	7		5
Clean sheets	2		4
Conceded first	4		3
Goals conceded	14		9
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		10
Conversion rate against	16%		10%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.5
KickOff rating		+31%

Accrington v Gillingham League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Accrington League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	5	2	5
L Moulden	C Caton	C O'Brien	J Woods

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L Moulden GLK	9			-
J Anderson DEF	9			3 -
J Woods FWD	9	3	1	5 -
D Matthews DEF	8	1		3 1
D Love DEF	8		1	1 -
A. Henderson MID	8			-
L Coyle MID	8			1 -
D Tutonda DEF	7			2 -
S Conneely MID	7			1 -
C Stockton FWD	7			-
T Walton FWD	7	1	1	3 -
C Caton FWD	7	5		-
C O'Brien DEF	6		2	1 -
S Mols MID	6	1	1	1 -
S Whalley FWD	6		1	2 -
F Rawson DEF	5			1 -
C. Warren MID	4	2		-
T Moore DEF	3			1 -
J. Catesby FWD	3			-
C Grant MID	2			-
A. Borland MID	2			-
O. Smith DEF	1			-
C Brown FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	11	2	4
C Caton	C Caton	C O'Brien	D Love

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Caton FWD	5	11
J Woods FWD	3	5	1	1
C. Warren MID	2	3		1
D Matthews DEF	1	1		1
T Walton FWD	1	2	1	2
S Mols MID	1	3	1	1
J Anderson DEF		2		1
D Love DEF		1	1	4
A. Henderson MID		3
S Conneely MID		1
C Stockton FWD		2
C O'Brien DEF		1	2	2
S Whalley FWD		5	1	1
F Rawson DEF		1		1
T Moore DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
349	21	71
J Anderson	J Anderson	D Matthews

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Anderson DEF	349	21	47
L Moulden GLK	301	1	10
D Love DEF	273	15	34
D Matthews DEF	243	12	71
S Conneely MID	239	10	37
J Woods FWD	188	12	65
L Coyle MID	188	10	36
C O'Brien DEF	153	10	25
D Tutonda DEF	143	19	31
T Moore DEF	121	1	14
F Rawson DEF	119	3	34
S Whalley FWD	104	7	20
S Mols MID	92	6	29
A. Henderson MID	85	5	18
T Walton FWD	84	5	37
C Caton FWD	74	1	29
A. Borland MID	31	5	6
C Stockton FWD	22	1	7
C. Warren MID	20		6
J. Catesby FWD	12	1	1
C Grant MID	10	1	1
O. Smith DEF	8

Gillingham League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	3	3	4
A Smith	J Brophy	N Freeman	R McKenzie

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
L. Dobbs DEF	9	1		2 -
A Smith DEF	9		1	1 -
O Beckles DEF	9	1		2 -
N Freeman MID	9		3	-
J Brophy MID	9	3		1 -
R McKenzie MID	9			4 -
R Hale FWD	9	2	1	2 -
H. Waldock MID	8		1	-
O. Wright GLK	7			-
S. Kendall FWD	7	2		-
W Goodwin FWD	7			1 -
G McCleary FWD	7		1	2 -
L. Sillah FWD	6	1		1 -
C. McManus DEF	5	1		2 -
J. Daley DEF	4			1 -
E King MID	4		1	1 -
Z. Albarus MID	3			1 1
C Antwi MID	3			-
M.Luxton MID	2			-
K Harris MID	2			2 -
B Dack MID	2			-
A Little MID	2			-
H. Webster DEF	1			-
L Gordon DEF	1			-
Z Obiero MID	1			-
T Eaves FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	3	3
J Brophy	R Hale	N Freeman	N Freeman

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Brophy MID	3	4
R Hale FWD	2	9	1	1
S. Kendall FWD	2	3
L. Dobbs DEF	1	1
O Beckles DEF	1	3
L. Sillah FWD	1	1
C. McManus DEF	1	1
A Smith DEF			1
N Freeman MID		2	3	3
H. Waldock MID			1	2
W Goodwin FWD		6		1
G McCleary FWD		1	1	1
E King MID			1	1
K Harris MID		1
A Little MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
442	19	59
O Beckles	O Beckles	L. Dobbs

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Beckles DEF	442	19	59
L. Dobbs DEF	334	14	59
J Brophy MID	331	16	55
A Smith DEF	291	12	43
O. Wright GLK	289		5
N Freeman MID	266	19	42
R McKenzie MID	200	10	30
R Hale FWD	160	4	23
H. Waldock MID	133	7	29
E King MID	128	8	13
C. McManus DEF	99	14	22
G McCleary FWD	72	4	8
L. Sillah FWD	60	4	30
J. Daley DEF	49		4
Z. Albarus MID	48	11	23
W Goodwin FWD	46	2	21
A Little MID	25	1	4
K Harris MID	24	2	3
C Antwi MID	18	1	5
S. Kendall FWD	17	1	4
L Gordon DEF	17	1	3
M.Luxton MID	5	2	2
B Dack MID	4
T Eaves FWD	2		2
Z Obiero MID	1		1