Gillingham v Accrington Stanley

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Gillingham will be eager to return to winning ways in League Two on Saturday afternoon when they play host to lowly Accrington Stanley after being handed recent back-to-back defeats, while Accrington Stanley captured their first win of the fourth tier season last weekend when they registered a welcome and much-needed 2-1 home win against Morecambe.

Despite stumbling to two defeats on the trot in their last two games, Gillingham still occupy one of the automatic promotion places in the League Two table and find themselves level on points with joint-leaders Walsall heading into this weekend's League Two action.

Losses to Grimsby Town and Crewe Alexandra have pegged The Gills back a little but this upcoming visit from second from bottom club Accrington Stanley looks like an ideal opportunity for the Kent outfit to bounce back with a welcome three points as the hosts look to continue their encouraging start to this new season.

Gillingham have lost just three out of their opening 10 league games along with picking up six wins in the process which includes victories gained on home soil against the likes of Carlisle United, Chesterfield, Tranmere Rovers and Barrow respectively.

Accrington Stanley had produced a disastrous start to their League Two campaign as the Lancashire club had failed to win any of their opening eight games of the new term, slipping to five defeats within this poor period of results, but the visitors will be boosted by last weekend's 2-1 home win against Morecambe.

Previous losses at the hands of Doncaster Rovers, Newport County, Notts County, Crewe Alexandra and Cheltenham Town respectively handed John Doolan and his side a woeful start and the bigger picture shows Stanley have managed to collect just three wins from their last 18 games overall in the English fourth tier.

Interestingly and perhaps pivotal is the fact that four of Accrington Stanley's five defeats so far this season have been inflicted upon the visitors on their travels and this does not appear to bode well for the Lancastrians as they seek to pull themselves away from the lower reaches of the League Two table this weekend.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Accrington Stanley's results away from home have also been poor over a period of time now as the visitors have slumped to seven defeats on the trot on the road, with six of these last seven defeats also resulting in Over 2.5 goals as well, while Accrington Stanley have managed to keep just one clean sheet in their previous 21 outings on the road.

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley Verdict

Gillingham have won each of the last three meetings on the trot against Accrington Stanley and The Gills won't get a better chance to return to winning ways than this Saturday.

Therefore, our main bet will be Gillingham win @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Gillingham win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.87

Correct Score: Gillingham 3-0 @ 13.00