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Gillingham travel to take on Torquay United at Plainmoor on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Gills will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Torquay Utd. was back in September 2002, over five years ago, with Gillingham inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Gulls in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2010/2011 | Sat 23 Oct | Gillingham | 1 - 1 | Torquay Utd. | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 10 Sep | Torquay Utd. | 0 - 1 | Gillingham | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 05 Sep | Torquay Utd. | 3 - 2 | Gillingham | LGEC |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 22 Aug | Gillingham | 2 - 0 | Torquay Utd. | LGEC |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 07 Dec | Gillingham | 0 - 3 | Torquay Utd. | ASSM |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 23 Jan | Torquay Utd. | 0 - 1 | Gillingham | ASSM |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 12 Mar | Torquay Utd. | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Torquay United have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Gulls in those games, with 7 conceded.
Gillingham's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the The Gills, and 7 goals against.
Torquay Utd.'s 32 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Gillingham lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League Two, picking up 36 from their 24 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Torquay Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 15 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The Gills's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Torquay Utd., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Torquay Utd. | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Gillingham | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |