Chris Wilder takes his team to Gillingham to face Martin Allen’s Gill’s who sit top of the npower league 2. It’s a tough encounter for the U’s but it’s not impossible tocome away with a result.5 teams have beaten the Gill’s on thier home soil.
Gillingham Team News:
Gillingham team last match:01 Nelson Booked,02 Fish (Burton – 27),03 Martin,06 Legge,26 Barrett,07 Whelpdale,08 Lee,10 Robinson,24 Weston Booked,28 Gregory,29 McDonald (Davies – 59)
Substitutes:21 Forecast,15 Davies,11 Williams,18 Dack,25 Richardson,17 Birchall,20 Burton
Player to watch: Deon Burton
11 goals this season and could come back into the starting 11.
Oxford United Team News:
Oxford United team last match:24 McCormick,02 Batt Booked,04 Raynes,06 Wright,07 Chapman,14 Rigg (Smalley – 65),19 Montrose,25 Parker,26 Davis,09 Constable,29 Craddock (Potter – 54)
Substitutes:31 Crocombe,05 Duberry,16 Whing,23 O’Brien,08 Heslop,10 Smalley,15 Potter
Player to watch: Luke McCormick
The United keeper kept his first clean sheet for the U’s on Saturday. Can he do it again.
Match Facts & Stats
The Gills were formed in 1893
Oxford have won 7 drawn 13 and lost 18
Match Prediction:
Gillingham 0 Oxford 0
Next Fixtures:
Saturday 2nd March home to Port Vale in npower league 2 ko 15:00hrs
