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Gillingham prepare to entertain Oldham Athletic at Priestfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 12 wins out of 17 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Priestfield Stadium was just last season, in September 2005, with Oldham Ath. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the The Gills in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 23 Sep | Oldham Ath. | 4 - 1 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 21 Jan | Oldham Ath. | 2 - 0 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Gillingham | 0-1 | Oldham Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 12 Feb | Oldham Ath. | 1 - 3 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Sep | Gillingham | 2 - 1 | Oldham Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 24 Apr | Oldham Ath. | 1 - 4 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 14 Nov | Oldham Ath. | 2 - 0 | Gillingham | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the The Gills, with 4 goals against.
Oldham Ath.'s away form is equally impressive, with a marvellous return of five wins and one defeat from the last six. Those games have seen the Latics pummel 15 goals, and let in 8.
Gillingham's 34 points from 24 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Oldham Ath. are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 42 points from 24 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| Oldham Ath. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Gillingham are performing very well at home, but your FootyMad panel reckons that the overall quality of Oldham Ath. will prove too much for the homesters. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Oldham Ath. | 8 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |