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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 18 (setup 4, season 34)
Gillingham
v.
Crystal Palace
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Nick POPE1VICENTE GUAITA Panadero
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Tyrone MINGS2Nathaniel CLYNE
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior3Mamadou SAKHO
Idrissa Gana GUEYE4Luka MILIVOJEVIC
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal57Gary CAHILL
Ben MEE67Martin KELLY
Theo WALCOTT7Jack HARRISON
Henrikh MKHITARYAN87Ebere EZE
Adam IDAH696Christian BENTEKE
Dwight McNEIL10Michy BATSHUAYI
Rhian BREWSTER116Hugo RODALLEGA Martínez
Manager
Yerry Fernando MINA González12Joel WARD
Bernd LENO13Wayne HENNESSEY
Marc GUEHI14Patrick VAN AANHOLT
Ian MAATSEN15Sullay KAIKAI
Tom DAVIES16James McCARTHY

Gillingham 2 Crystal Palace 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 35,553, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Mark CLATTENBURG 7, TV: highlights)
2 Marcelo, 21 IdahScorers17 Sakho, 79 Harrison
Substitutions
Sendings off
23 Brewster, 41 McNeilBookings
3Corners1
9Fouls3
1Offsides1
2Shots on5
8Shots off8
10Total shots13
0Shots saved3
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Mamadou SAKHO
2GOAL!! MARCELO waltzed forward, glanced up and fired a shot into the Crystal Palace net. (1-0 Gillingham)
4The stunned Gillingham 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from MCNEIL dropped just wide.
7EZE was put clear by MILIVOJEVIC and he stepped inside the Gillingham 'keeper but thrust his shot over.
8BENTEKE placed a left foot shot inches over from twenty-five yards out.
10SAKHO fired the ball through a ruck of players but POPE was a match for it as he dived to his left.
17GOAL!! On the right wing HARRISON collected a defender's clearance and hit it across the box for SAKHO to nudge it over the line. (1-1)
21GOAL!! A long ball from MKHITARYAN had the Crystal Palace defence back-pedalling and IDAH made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (2-1 Gillingham)
23CLATTENBURG yellow cards BREWSTER for a bad challenge.
28A lovely cross from MILIVOJEVIC, was blasted goalbound by EZE only for the Gillingham 'keeper to block.
30EZE made space on the left and pulled the ball to BENTEKE who touched the ball over.
36Uncertainty in the Gillingham defence enabled EZE to fire the ball over.
41MCNEIL given a yellow card by the ref.
45+1A cross from GUEYE left WALCOTT in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
 
51RODALLEGA's header was well saved by the Gillingham 'keeper.
56A penalty box meleé resulted in BREWSTER tapping a low shot over.
59A corner found EZE who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
61BREWSTER beat a number of Crystal Palace players and fired a golden opportunity over.
61GUEYE beat SAKHO and fired the ball to MKHITARYAN who fired his shot wide.
70MARCELO brought the ball away from EZE and rifled a tame shot into the crowd.
74An exceptional effort from CAHILL scraped the outside of the righthand post.
75A accurate pass fell to CAHILL and his looping shot raced narrowly over.
77A weak strike from GODÍN trickled agonisingly wide.
79GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled HARRISON to dribble through the Gillingham defence and score. (2-2)
83MKHITARYAN headed wide.
88IDAH shot wide.