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Reading 3-1 Gillingham - September 18, 2004 / Championship 2004/2005

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Championship 2004/2005 - Round 9

Madejski Stadium - Reading - England

September 18, 2004

13 867

Reading

3 - 1

Gillingham

Dave Kitson

(penalty) Dave Kitson

16'

(penalty) Dave Kitson

28'

55'

Darren Byfield

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1' - Goal Dave Kitson1

16' - Goal Dave Kitson16

28' - Goal Dave Kitson28

45' - Substitution Iwan Robertsis substituted by Nyron Nosworthy

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55' - Goal Darren Byfield

66' - Substitution Nicky Forsteris substituted by Shaun Goater66

81' - Substitution David Perpetuiniis substituted by Mamady Sidibé

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Reading

3 - 1

Gillingham

Reading Gillingham

Team line-ups

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age33 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Ingimarsson

Ívar Ingimarsson

Iceland

B.date20/08/1977

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age23 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Hughes

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

England

B.date14/12/1982

Age21 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

Brooker

Paul Brooker

England

B.date25/11/1976

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forster66

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age31 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Kitson28116

Dave Kitson

England

B.date21/01/1980

Age24 years

H1m90

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		32	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		33	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ívar Ingimarsson		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		29	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		23	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes		26	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Sidwell		21	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Brooker		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster	66	31	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dave Kitson	28116	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Gillingham

Banks

Steve Banks

England

B.date09/02/1972

Age32 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Cox

Ian Cox

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date25/03/1971

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Hope

Chris Hope

England

B.date14/11/1972

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Perpetuini81

David Perpetuini

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Hills

John Hills

England

B.date21/04/1978

Age26 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

Smith

Paul Smith

England

B.date18/09/1971

Age33 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Spiller

Danny Spiller

England

B.date10/10/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Southall

Nicky Southall

England

B.date28/01/1972

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

Roberts45

Iwan Roberts

Wales

B.date26/06/1968

Age36 years

positionForward

Agyemang

Patrick Agyemang

Ghana

B.date29/09/1980

Age23 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Byfield55

Darren Byfield

Jamaica

B.date29/09/1976

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Banks		32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Cox		33	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Hope		31	163	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Perpetuini	81	24	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hills		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Smith		33	169	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Spiller		22	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Southall		32	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Iwan Roberts	45	36	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Patrick Agyemang		23	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darren Byfield	55	27	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Shaun Goater	66	34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Nyron Nosworthy	45	23	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mamady Sidibé	81	24	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve Coppell

Success rate in this team:

49 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Coppell vs Gillingham

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2004

Coppell vs Hessenthaler

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 18, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Andy Hessenthaler

217

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Hessenthaler vs Reading

0 victory

0 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 2004

Hessenthaler vs Coppell

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on September 18, 2004

Referee

Kevin Friend

10 victories	3 draws	5 losses	Reading18 matches	General total	Gillingham8 matches	0 victory	2 draws	6 losses
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Reading2 matches	Season total	Gillingham1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 18, 2022					Latest figure on October 09, 2021

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Key figures

Reading keeps its 5 consecutive wins vs Gillingham in Championship running (since 09/11/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Reading keeps its 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Gillingham in Championship running (since 09/11/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Gillingham keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored away from home running (since 30/08/2004).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DReading 1-1 Crewe Alexandra17/04/2004

VReading 1-0 West Bromwich Albion01/05/2004

VReading 3-2 Brighton & Hove07/08/2004

VReading 1-0 Rotherham United21/08/2004

VReading 1-0 Sunderland31/08/2004

VReading 3-1 Preston North End14/09/2004

Overall

VReading 1-0 Rotherham United21/08/2004

VOxford United 0-2 Reading25/08/2004

LMillwall 1-0 Reading28/08/2004

VReading 1-0 Sunderland31/08/2004

LDerby County 2-1 Reading11/09/2004

VReading 3-1 Preston North End14/09/2004

Current form

Away

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Gillingham24/04/2004

DStoke City 0-0 Gillingham09/05/2004

LIpswich Town 2-1 Gillingham07/08/2004

LStoke City 2-0 Gillingham21/08/2004

VBurnley 1-2 Gillingham30/08/2004

DCoventry 2-2 Gillingham15/09/2004

Overall

LStoke City 2-0 Gillingham21/08/2004

LGillingham 1-2 Northampton Town24/08/2004

LGillingham 0-1 Queens Park Rangers27/08/2004

VBurnley 1-2 Gillingham30/08/2004

LGillingham 0-4 Sunderland11/09/2004

DCoventry 2-2 Gillingham15/09/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	1
Unbeaten streak	6	1
Drawless streak	5	12
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	4	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
5	Victories (Competition total)	3
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
3	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
7	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
1.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.13
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.75
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
3	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	5
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nicky Forster	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Darren Byfield
Nicky Forster	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Patrick Agyemang
Dave Kitson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Dave Kitson	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nicky Forster	3 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Patrick Agyemang

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

6 v

4 d

4 l

22 gf

16 ga

Away

15 matches

7 v

3 d

5 l

16 gf

21 ga

Total

29 matches

13 v

7 d

9 l

38 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

15 matches

5 v

3 d

7 l

21 gf

16 ga

Away

14 matches

4 v

4 d

6 l

16 gf

22 ga

Total

29 matches

9 v

7 d

13 l

37 gf

38 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	August 23, 1994
Home	3 - 0	August 23, 1994

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 18, 1971
Away	2 - 0	May 14, 1985

Latest head to head

February 21, 2004 - First Division 2003/2004

Gillingham

0 - 1

Reading

October 14, 2003 - First Division 2003/2004

Reading

2 - 1

Gillingham logo Gillingham

February 10, 2003 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

2 - 1

Gillingham logo Gillingham

November 09, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Gillingham

0 - 1

Reading

April 07, 2000 - Second Division 1999/2000

Reading

2 - 2

Gillingham logo Gillingham

Best historical scorers against Gillingham

Jimmy Quinn	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Scott Murray	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Trevor Morley	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Luke Chadwick	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Steve Sidwell	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Shaun Goater	1 goal	2004 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Reading

Marlon King	1 goal	2003 - 2003
David Martin	1 goal	1996 - 1996
Rod Wallace	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Gillingham

Marcus Hahnemann	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Nicky Shorey	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Ady Williams	4 matches	1996 - 2003
John Salako	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Ricky Newman	4 matches	2002 - 2004
James Harper	4 matches	2002 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/01/1996. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Paul Smith	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Andy Hessenthaler	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Mamady Sidibé	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Jason Brown	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Barry Ashby	3 matches	2002 - 2004
Chris Hope	3 matches	2002 - 2003