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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 31 (setup 4, season 34)
Gillingham
v.
Burnley
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Bernd LENO17Joe HART
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
7
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco 'Davide' FARAONI2Nélson Cabral SEMEDO
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior3Gnaly 'Maxwel' CORNET
Idrissa Gana GUEYE4Ashley WESTWOOD
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal757James TARKOWSKI
Marc GUEHI666Ethan AMPADU
Theo WALCOTT67Aaron LENNON
Henrikh MKHITARYAN88Charlie TAYLOR
Adam IDAH79Chris WOOD
Dwight McNEIL10Ashley BARNES
Gareth BALE11Jay RODRIGUEZ
Manager
Anthony GORDON12Ben GIBSON
Nick POPE13Kevin LONG
Tyrone MINGS14Phil BARDSLEY
Ian MAATSEN15Erik PIETERS
Rhian BREWSTER616Jacob BEDEAU

Gillingham 2 Burnley 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 35,479, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Scott MATHIESON 7½)
33 Bale, 62 MarceloScorers
53 Guehi <=> BrewsterSubstitutions
Sendings off
20 GuehiBookings
1Corners2
8Fouls5
7Offsides1
6Shots on5
6Shots off3
12Total shots8
3Shots saved5
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior
1A weak strike from IDAH rolled agonisingly wide.
6The Gillingham 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from TAYLOR.
20GUEHI booked for a bad tackle.
30A clever cross from MCNEIL, was shot goalbound by IDAH only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
33GOAL!! On the left wing WALCOTT collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for BALE to slide it into the back of the net. (1-0 Gillingham)
34A pin-point pass bobbled toward WOOD and his deadly effort flew narrowly over.
 
49RODRIGUEZ's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Gillingham post.
50The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked effort.
53A header from MKHITARYAN was hoofed off the line by SEMEDO.
55BALE stabbed a simple chance past the lefthand post.
59TAYLOR clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
61A corner was collected by BALE who headed an effort over.
62GOAL!! A long goal-kick from FARAONI caught the Burnley defence napping and MARCELO nipped in to easily score. (2-0 Gillingham)
65CORNET beat two Gillingham players and stroked a golden opportunity just beyond the far post.
73BALE headed inches wide.
75Uncertainty in the Burnley defence enabled BALE to hit the ball wide.
79BREWSTER charged through the Burnley defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
82A header by LENNON at the far post was easily collected by the Gillingham 'keeper.
86LENO dived to his left to block a fierce drive from Burnley's TAYLOR.
90+1WOOD whacked a looping shot just wide from close range.
90+2A good ball from WALCOTT on the left was collected by GUEYE who sliced his shot over the bar.