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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 4, season 34)
Gillingham
v.
Newcastle United
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Nick POPE71Thibaut COURTOIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
10
Overall form:
Home form:
Marco 'Davide' FARAONI627Kyle WALKER
MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior637Achraf HAKIMI
Idrissa Gana GUEYE74SERGIO RAMOS García
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal57Marcos Aoas Corrêa, MARQUINHOS
Tyrone MINGS76Franck Yannick KESSIÉ
Theo WALCOTT77Marco VERRATTI
Henrikh MKHITARYAN78Nicolás González Iglesias, NICO
Ollie SIMS9Serge GNABRY
Dwight McNEIL6107Erling Braut HAALAND
Rhian BREWSTER117Antoine GRIEZMANN
ManagerSam Ashby
Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS12José María GIMÉNEZ de Vargas
Bernd LENO13Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
Tom DAVIES14Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN
Yerry Fernando MINA González15Maurits KJÆRGAARD
Anthony GORDON16Raphaël GUERREIRO

Gillingham 0 Newcastle United 2
(Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 35,404, Stadium: Priestfield, Referee: Lee PROBERT 6½)
Scorers39 Griezmann, 45 Griezmann
60 Gueye <=> GordonSubstitutions
Sendings off
33 Marcelo, 66 BrewsterBookings19 Nico, 35 Marquinhos
1Corners2
13Fouls13
6Offsides5
3Shots on10
5Shots off11
8Total shots21
2Shots saved8
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: SERGIO RAMOS García
2HAALAND rushed through the Gillingham defence but shot straight at POPE.
4A accurate pass bobbled toward WALKER and his left foot effort raced narrowly over.
8A penalty box scramble resulted in WALCOTT driving the ball wide.
10MCNEIL made space on the left and touched the ball to SIMS who clipped the ball wide.
13The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from GRIEZMANN.
17A shot from GRIEZMANN seemed a certain goal but the Gillingham 'keeper managed to punch the ball away.
19A clumsy challenge on MINGS by NICO results in a booking.
24A shot from GRIEZMANN was smothered by the 'keeper.
24A free-kick from FARAONI raced wide.
26A great save prevented MKHITARYAN from scoring a good goal.
31MCNEIL worked the ball to BREWSTER, GUEYE gathered his cross and nodded the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
33The ref books MARCELO for an off-the-ball incident against HAKIMI.
35MARQUINHOS cautioned for a bad challenge on MKHITARYAN.
37A strike from GNABRY held little difficulty for the Gillingham 'keeper.
39GOAL!! A long ball from SERGIO RAMOS had the Gillingham defence back-pedalling and GRIEZMANN made the most of the opportunity with a good goal. (1-0 Newcastle United)
45GOAL!! After a steady build-up GRIEZMANN drove a low shot past the Gillingham 'keeper. (2-0 Newcastle United)
 
49A cross from VERRATTI left GRIEZMANN in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot.
51A lovely effort from GRIEZMANN scraped the top of the crossbar.
64HAALAND shot over.
66BREWSTER booked by the ref for a clumsy challenge.
80MARQUINHOS's header was well saved by the Gillingham 'keeper.
88A mix up in the Gillingham defence enabled HAALAND to blast an effort over.