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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 9 games played, Blades have recorded 3 wins, and Gillingham have come away with 4 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Gillingham | 0 - 3 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 09 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 25 Mar | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 2 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 21 Sep | Gillingham | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | Gillingham | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 14 Apr | Gillingham | 4 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. The Gills have conceded a disappointing 11 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
Sheff. Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Blades's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Gillingham are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola Championship with a return of just 10 points from their 12 games thus far. Sheff. Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 16 points from their 12 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sheff. Utd. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Sheff. Utd. | 5 games since last defeat. |