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Gillingham v Bristol Rovers : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 21st Mar, 15:00 BST, Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Gareth Ainsworth and Darrell Clarke pit their wits in the League Two on Saturday afternoon, as Gillingham face Bristol Rovers at the Priestfield Stadium. Team form, head to head (H2H) statistics, predictions and the best odds are all published below. Helping our users place smart bets is what we do best. We've backed , but why not use the stats to find the perfect bet for you?


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Gillingham
46%
--
Draw
25%
--
Bristol R
29%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Gillingham 1-0
10%
--
Gillingham 2-1
9%
--
Gillingham 2-0
8%
--
Bristol R 1-0
8%
--
Bristol R 2-1
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Gillingham 3-1
5%
--
Bristol R 2-0
4%
--
Gillingham 3-0
4%
--
Gillingham 3-2
3%
--
Bristol R 3-1
3%
--
Bristol R 3-2
2%
--
Gillingham 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
45%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
55%
--
BTTS - No
45%
--
BTTS - Home Win
22%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
14%
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Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
54%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
29%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
71%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
Gillingham win to nil
24%
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Bristol R win to nil
15%
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Win / draw / win League Two table

Gillingham have played 34 matches so far this season and lay in 16th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 12 games against teams below in the table, having won 6, drawn 5 and lost 1 match. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Gillingham have outscored their opponents by 42 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Gillingham have played 17 games at home winning 6, drawing 7 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and conceded 23 goals at home.

Bristol R are in 20th position in the League Two on 34 points having played 35 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

11 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 31 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 15 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

30 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 19 games, drawn 4 and won 7. Bristol R have conceded 50 goals, scored 27, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Gillingham
Bristol R
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Bromley36191342370 
l
 
1-4A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
2-3F
Mar 14
2
MK Dons35181163265 
Mar 10
l
 
3-2A
l
 
0-4A
l
 
1-0A
3
Cambridge35181162265 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 14
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-1A
4
Notts C3519792064 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-1A
May 2
5
Swindon36196111663 
Mar 17
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-3A
d
 
1-1F
6
Salford3518413358 
l
 
1-2A
Apr 11
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
7
Grimsby35151191156 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
w
 
3-1F
w
 
0-1F
8
Chesterfield36141481056 
w
 
4-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-1A
9
Crewe36168121056 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
10
Barnet36141111553 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-0A
11
Walsall3515812453 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 3
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1F
12
Colchester351410111152 
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
d
 
1-1F
13
Oldham3412139849 
l
 
0-3A
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
14
Fleetwood35131012249 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-1F
Apr 3
l
 
2-1A
15
Accrington3513814147 
Apr 6
d
 
1-1A
Mar 28
l
 
3-1A
16
Gillingham34111211045 
-
-
l
 
0-1A
Mar 21
17
Shrewsbury3611817-1941 
May 2
d
 
3-3A
Mar 17
w
 
0-3F
18
Cheltenham3410717-2137 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 14
Apr 25
l
 
1-0A
19
Tranmere369819-1735 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
1-4A
Apr 18
20
Bristol R3510421-2334 
Mar 21
w
 
0-1F
-
-
21
Crawley3661119-2329 
d
 
2-2F
Mar 28
Apr 11
l
 
4-0A
22
Barrow347720-1828 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
2-1F
Mar 10
23
Newport367722-2728 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
1-3A
w
 
3-0F
w
 
2-3F
24
Harrogate366921-3027 
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-3F
l
 
0-1A
Apr 6
Promotion
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Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Gillingham 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
8
Draw
8
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Gillingham1 - 1Fleetwood
Gillingham0 - 3Oldham
Gillingham2 - 1Tranmere
Gillingham1 - 4Bromley
Gillingham3 - 2Newport
Gillingham1 - 1Colchester
Gillingham1 - 1Cambridge
Gillingham2 - 2Barrow
Gillingham1 - 1Barnet
Gillingham2 - 2Crawley
Gillingham1 - 2Salford
Gillingham1 - 1Cheltenham
Gillingham0 - 1Harrogate
Gillingham1 - 0Notts C
Gillingham1 - 0Crewe
Gillingham4 - 1Chesterfield
Gillingham1 - 0Walsall
Gillingham1 - 1Swindon
Gillingham1 - 0AFC Wim
Gillingham1 - 0MK Dons
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HGillingham1 - 1Fleetwood
AGillingham1 - 0Barrow
HGillingham0 - 3Oldham
AGillingham0 - 1Chesterfield
AGillingham0 - 1Crewe
HGillingham2 - 1Tranmere
AGillingham0 - 1Notts C
HGillingham1 - 4Bromley
AGillingham3 - 0Harrogate
HGillingham3 - 2Newport
AGillingham0 - 2Swindon
HGillingham1 - 1Colchester
HGillingham1 - 1Cambridge
AGillingham1 - 2Fleetwood
HGillingham2 - 2Barrow
AGillingham0 - 0Colchester
AGillingham3 - 3Shrewsbury
HGillingham1 - 1Barnet
HGillingham2 - 2Crawley
AGillingham1 - 0Bristol R
Bristol R 20TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
W
3
D
4
Lost
13
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Swindon1 - 1Bristol R
Oldham2 - 0Bristol R
Cambridge3 - 1Bristol R
MK Dons1 - 0Bristol R
Salford1 - 0Bristol R
Shrewsbury0 - 3Bristol R
Crewe1 - 1Bristol R
Barnet4 - 0Bristol R
Cheltenham1 - 0Bristol R
Accrington3 - 1Bristol R
Crawley4 - 0Bristol R
Walsall2 - 1Bristol R
Colchester1 - 1Bristol R
Newport2 - 3Bristol R
Grimsby0 - 1Bristol R
Chesterfield3 - 1Bristol R
Fleetwood2 - 1Bristol R
Blackpool4 - 1Bristol R
Wrexham1 - 1Bristol R
Bolton1 - 0Bristol R
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
2
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBristol R2 - 1Crewe
ABristol R1 - 1Swindon
HBristol R3 - 1Grimsby
ABristol R0 - 2Oldham
ABristol R1 - 3Cambridge
HBristol R2 - 3Chesterfield
HBristol R2 - 0Walsall
HBristol R3 - 0Newport
ABristol R0 - 1MK Dons
ABristol R0 - 1Salford
HBristol R0 - 1Colchester
ABristol R3 - 0Shrewsbury
HBristol R0 - 2Barnet
HBristol R2 - 3Bromley
ABristol R1 - 1Crewe
HBristol R0 - 3Swindon
ABristol R0 - 4Barnet
HBristol R0 - 1Notts C
ABristol R0 - 1Cheltenham
ABristol R1 - 3Accrington
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Gillingham have beaten Bristol R in 3 consecutive league meetings
3
Gillingham have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Bristol R
League games at Gillingham since 2007
Gillingham
Bristol R
Goals: Scored
21
6
Games: Scored
7 / 8
5 / 8
Clean sheets
3 / 8
1 / 8
GIL
7
BRI
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Gillingham
Gillingham2 - 0
0 - 1Bristol R
Gillingham4 - 1
Gillingham3 - 1
Gillingham4 - 0
Gillingham4 - 1
Gillingham1 - 0
Gillingham3 - 2
League games at Bristol R since 2008
Bristol R
Gillingham
Goals: Scored
10
14
Games: Scored
7 / 10
10 / 10
Clean sheets
0 / 10
3 / 10
GIL
4
D
4
BRI
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bristol R
0 - 1Gillingham
0 - 2Gillingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
1 - 2Gillingham
Draw1 - 1Draw
Bristol R2 - 1
0 - 2Gillingham
Draw2 - 2Draw
Bristol R2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

Gillingham's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Bristol Rovers have conceded in each of their last 5 League Two games. A PG of 1.6 for G. Ainsworth's side suggests that run should continue.

Gillingham 16th Bristol R 20th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Gillingham will score 1 or more goals
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Bristol R will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-2
Gillingham’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-23
Bristol R have scored 23% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.9
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2025/2026 season
Gillingham
PG (predicted goals)
Bristol R
1.6
1.2
Attack rating
16%
better
GIL
BRI
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Games scored26
21
Failed to score8
14
Scored first14
12
Goals scored42
35
Avg. goals scored1.2
1
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal8
8
Conversion rate for13
13
Avg. XG for1.5
1.2
KickOff rating
+16%
Defence rating
18%
better
GIL
BRI
view stats
Games conceded26
29
Clean sheets8
6
Conceded first19
22
Goals conceded42
58
Avg. goals conceded1.2
1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
5
Conversion rate against14%
20%
Avg. XG against1.5
1.5
KickOff rating
+18%

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

Gillingham League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
317610
R McKenzieB DackM ClarkJ Andrews
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R McKenzie MID344
2
-
R Hutton DEF333
4
1
S Gale MID3211
7
-
E Coleman MID311
5
-
B Dack MID3071
7
-
M Clark DEF2936
5
1
J Andrews FWD2931
10
-
A Smith DEF261
5
-
S Vokes FWD2521
1
-
A Rowe MID2411
3
-
A Little MID2442
5
-
S. Palmer-Houlden FWD232
-
G Morris GLK221
1
-
E Nevitt FWD222
6
-
J Williams MID191
2
1
G McCleary FWD1612
1
-
J Turner GLK13
-
T. Akomeah DEF9
1
-
N Khumbeni MID91
1
-
J Smith FWD91
-
L Cirino DEF81
3
-
S Ogie DEF8
3
-
M. Wyllie FWD71
-
C Masterson DEF62
-
E Williams MID31
-
Bristol R League Two squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
299410
J SparkesF CavegnA KilgourJ Sparkes
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
F Cavegn FWD349
1
-
J Sparkes DEF3211
9
1
A Kilgour DEF294
7
-
E Harrison FWD2832
7
-
L Thomas FWD282
4
-
K Conteh MID2611
2
-
C Mola DEF23
9
-
L Southwood GLK22
3
-
J Senior DEF202
2
1
J McEachran MID1911
5
-
T Moore DEF18
1
-
A Chang MID1612
2
-
S Forde FWD1623
4
1
M Southam-Hales DEF151
4
-
K Lopata DEF14
3
1
R Sotiriou FWD14
3
-
B Young GLK13
-
J Cotterill MID13
2
-
T Lockyer DEF12
3
-
P Omochere FWD121
3
-
O. Dewsbury FWD12
1
-
B Bilongo DEF9
1
-
F Issaka FWD7
-
R Howley MID6
1
-
S Negru DEF5
-
English League Two match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Tue 10th Mar, 19:45
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Colchester v Crawley
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Barnet v Newport
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Cambridge v Gillingham
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Oldham v Grimsby
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Barrow v Accrington
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Fleetwood v Tranmere
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Crewe v Walsall
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Walsall v Cambridge
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Tue 17th Mar, 19:45
Chesterfield v Oldham
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Accrington v Notts C
Tue 17th Mar, 19:45
Crawley v Barnet
Tue 17th Mar, 19:45
Cheltenham v Crewe
Tue 17th Mar, 19:45
Tranmere v Harrogate
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MK Dons v Colchester
Wed 18th Mar, 20:00
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Sat 21st Mar, 12:30
MK Dons v Barnet
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Fleetwood v Crawley
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Grimsby v Barrow
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Oldham v Harrogate
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Bromley v Colchester
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Tranmere v Swindon
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Notts C v Cheltenham
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Shrewsbury v Crewe
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Walsall v Newport
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Accrington v Chesterfield
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Cambridge v Grimsby
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