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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 1, season 31)
Gillingham
v.
Chester
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Joe HART617DIEGO Alves Carreira
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Eric DIER2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Ben GIBSON73Senad LULIC
Gary CAHILL47Lucas Rodrigo BIGLIA
Chris SMALLING5João MIRANDA de Souza Filho
Leighton BAINES76MEHMET Topal
Aaron RAMSEY776Andrija ZIVKOVIC
Nathaniel CLYNE8DANNY Miguel Alves Gomes
Wayne ROONEY89Michy BATSHUAYI
Ross BARKLEY10LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias
Gareth BALE11Loïc RÉMY
Callum Finbar HicksManager
Jordon IBE12Stefan RADU
Sheyi OJO13Eljero ELIA
Nathaniel CHALOBAH14Holger BADSTUBER
Chuba AKPOM15Patrice EVRÀ
Ola AINA16SELÇUK Inan

Gillingham 0 Chester 2
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 46,136, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Steve BENNETT 6½, TV: highlights)
Scorers34 Lulic, 48 Batshuayi
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
3Corners8
7Fouls6
12Offsides6
8Shots on7
5Shots off6
13Total shots13
8Shots saved5
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Wayne ROONEY
1A drive from ROONEY seemed a certain goal but the Chester 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
3DIEGO did well to hold onto an amazing shot from ROONEY.
4A deadly shot from DANNY was pushed over by the 'keeper.
9SMALLING beat a number of Chester players and blasted a shot over.
14A fine ball from BIGLIA on the right was collected by DANNY who mishit his effort wide.
21A thirty yard shot from DANNY caused the 'keeper no problem.
23A delightful save prevented DANNY from scoring a good goal.
27RAMSEY shot over.
28A tame strike from RAMSEY trickled agonisingly wide.
30The 'keeper dived to his left to block a lovely shot from Chester's BATSHUAYI.
32An exceptional effort from DANNY scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
34GOAL!! A short corner was played out to LULIC who tapped the ball into the net. (1-0 Chester)
43CLYNE made space on the left and knocked the ball to ROONEY who rasped the ball over.
 
48GOAL!! After a patient build-up BATSHUAYI drove a low shot past the Gillingham 'keeper. (2-0 Chester)
50A shot from BALE was booted off the line by PEREIRA.
50A brilliant shot from BAINES was dealt with by a useful stop from the Chester 'keeper.
52ROONEY rushed through the Chester defence but shot straight at DIEGO.
55RAMSEY's shot was well held by DIEGO.
63ROONEY's shot was well saved by the Chester 'keeper.
68BARKLEY's shot beat the Chester 'keeper but rebounded off the Chester crossbar.
69DANNY was put clear by PEREIRA and he turned the Gillingham 'keeper but rammed his shot wide.
70DANNY poked a simple chance past the far post.
77BATSHUAYI beat SMALLING and drove the ball to DANNY who pulled his effort wide.
78A penalty box meleé resulted in BARKLEY tapping the ball over.
79HART saved a beautiful effort from ZIVKOVIC.
86A corner fell to PEREIRA who turned an effort over.