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Brentford face a trip to Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 42 games played, Bees have recorded 15 wins, and Gillingham have come away with 19 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in March 2007, the The Gills carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 31 Mar | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Brentford | 2 - 2 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 21 Mar | Gillingham | 3 - 2 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 29 Aug | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 29 Apr | Gillingham | 2 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 19 Oct | Brentford | 1 - 2 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Mon 29 Dec | Gillingham | 3 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the The Gills, with 4 goals against.
The Bees have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Bees's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Gillingham lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 32 points from their 20 games so far. Brentford are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 34 points from 19 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Brentford | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brentford are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Gillingham. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Brentford | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |