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1¹ GOAL!! After some steady play on the left CORRADI came inside and whacked the ball in off the post. (1-0 West Ham United) 5¹ GOAL!! A nice run by JORDI GÓMEZ on the right was capped by a delightful cross which HOILETT forced in from inside the penalty box. (1-1) 5¹ A good ball from HOILETT on the left bobbled toward CARROLL who sliced his shot just wide. 12¹ A lovely effort from CARROLL scraped the outside of the lefthand post. 15¹ The bemused 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from DELPH dropped just over. 17¹ MÍCHEL beat two Gillingham players and drove a golden opportunity over. 17¹ GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill CARROLL dribbled past DOBIAS and slammed the ball past DANI GIMÉNEZ. (2-1 Gillingham) 21¹ KING was put clear by BARADJI and he turned DANI GIMÉNEZ but glanced his shot over. 22¹ HOILETT poked an easy chance past the far post. 24¹ A drive from CARROLL seemed a certain goal but DANI GIMÉNEZ managed to parry the ball away. 35¹ A corner found BARADJI who fired the ball inches wide. 35¹ A accurate pass found DIAWARA and his right foot shot raced narrowly over. 39¹ The referee books EVATT. 44¹ HENDERSON shot wide. 45¹ HOILETT booked for gamesmanship. 0² A weak strike from CARROLL bounced agonisingly wide. 5² CARROLL booked by the referee. 6² GOAL!! A weak shot from ZÉ ROBERTO seemed to hold no problem for the 'keeper but the ball somehow squeezed over the line. (2-2) 8² A header by HOILETT at the near post was comfortably collected by the West Ham United 'keeper. 10² The 'keeper was able to claw away an amazing shot. 16² CARROLL fired a right foot shot just wide from thirty yards out. 24² CARROLL played the ball to HOILETT who flicked it wide. 27² A cross from DELPH left HENDERSON in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 27² CARROLL beat DI PIEDI and blasted the ball to JORDI GÓMEZ who pulled his shot wide. 28² CARROLL snapped at an easy chance. 44² A penalty box meleé resulted in BARADJI tapping a low shot wide.

West Ham United   League position: 22 Home league form: LLXW Overall league form: LLLLWLOX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups DANI GIMÉNEZ 6  1 6  Neil ALEXANDER Brett EMERTON 7  2 7½ Ryan SHOTTON Neil ASHTON 6  3 6  Sekou BARADJI MÍCHEL 8  4 8  JORDI GÓMEZ García-Penche MORENO 6½ 5 7  Souleymane DIAWARA(c) Timon DOBIAS 6  6 7  Ian EVATT Fabian DELPH 6  7 6½ Eirik BAKKE (c)ZÉ ROBERTO 7½ 8 7  David HOILETT (p)Bernardo CORRADI 6½ 9 7½ Andy CARROLL(p) (f)Michelle DI PIEDI 6  10 6½ Marlon KING(f) Darius HENDERSON 6½ 11 6  Pablo COUÑAGO Manager Gary BORROWDALE    12    David McNAMEE Chris KIRKLAND    13    Dorus DE VRIES Tom PARKES    14    Mamady SIDIBE Ben ALNWICK    15    Peter WHITTINGHAM Marcos ANGELERI    16    Sebastian SVÄRD

Gillingham   League position: 7 Away league form: WLLL Overall league form: WWLWWOWL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

West Ham United 2 Gillingham 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 20,445, Stadium: Upton Park, Referee: Kevin Friend 8) Corradi 1¹, Zé Roberto 6² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Hoilett 5¹, Carroll 17¹           Evatt 39¹, Hoilett 45¹, Carroll 5² 1 4 21 18 4 7 3 4 3 13 6 17 1 2 48% 52% ¶ Man of the match: Jordi Gómez García-Penche ¶