Match Report
| West Ham United | West Ham United |  |  | Gillingham | Gillingham | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Waters | C. Waters |  | 56 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 | | Paolo Bramble | P. Bramble | |||||||||
| Krunoslaw Tomacic | K. Tomacic |  | 57 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | Nigel Christie | N. Christie | |||||||||
| Max Merson | M. Merson | | 51 | D | | 3 | | D | 56 | | Craig Pearson | C. Pearson | |||||||||
| Tim Stewart | T. Stewart | | 42 | D | | 4 | | D | 56 | | Chris Ball | C. Ball | |||||||||
| Marvin Beagrie | M. Beagrie | | 40 | D | | 5 | | M | 55 | | Ashley Mcgreal | A. Mcgreal | |||||||||
| Marcus Stewart | M. Stewart | | 58 | M | | 6 | | M | 53 | | Darren Sturridge | D. Sturridge | |||||||||
| Syd Murrin | S. Murrin | | 56 | M | | 7 | | M | 51 | | Clive Wilcox | C. Wilcox | |||||||||
| Alan Barry | A. Barry | | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 47 | | Malcolm Hendrie | M. Hendrie | |||||||||
| Nicky Cope | N. Cope | | 56 | A | | 9 | | M | 46 | | Ivan Cooper | I. Cooper | |||||||||
| Leon Lawrence | L. Lawrence | | 55 | A | | 10 | | A | 59 | | Sylvain Shearer | S. Shearer | |||||||||
| Darren Milligan | D. Milligan | | 55 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Anthony Harrison | A. Harrison | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at London Stadium where West Ham United play host to Gillingham. A crowd of 4,199 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
West Ham United are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Gillingham appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.
West Ham United are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Gillingham appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.
0.00
0-0Gillingham kick off!
8.44
0-0Malcolm Hendrie knocks the ball forward to Sylvain Shearer. Sylvain Shearer goes all the way! Sylvain Shearer rockets a shot on goal but it is miles over!
10.01
0-0Krunoslaw Tomacic clumsily knocks into Anthony Harrison. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Anthony Harrison stretches but gets up unharmed.
12.48
0-0Krunoslaw Tomacic threads the ball through to Marcus Stewart. Marcus Stewart controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nicky Cope. Nicky Cope makes some space for himself and shoots at goal. Paolo Bramble easily smothers it.
14.04
0-0Chris Ball passes the ball forward to Ashley Mcgreal. Ashley Mcgreal passes the ball forward to Anthony Harrison. Anthony Harrison knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Colin Waters who gathers it comfortably.
15.38
Marcus Stewart flicks the ball to his team mate, Nicky Cope. Nicky Cope knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Chris Ball.
21.55
Max Merson makes a probing pass to Alan Barry. Alan Barry knocks the ball to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan plays a perfect one-two with Nicky Cope and rushes in on goal... Darren Milligan tries a spectacular strike but Paolo Bramble is on top of it.
34.45
Syd Murrin surges forward with the ball. Syd Murrin makes a probing pass to Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
39.39
Tim Stewart flicks the ball to his team mate, Marcus Stewart. Marcus Stewart makes a simple pass to Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan makes a probing pass to Nicky Cope. Nicky Cope takes a shot at goal. It curls slightly but Paolo Bramble manages to gather it comfortably.
42.09
Craig Pearson makes a beautiful solo run. Craig Pearson controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Sylvain Shearer. Sylvain Shearer goes all the way! Sylvain Shearer tries a spectacular strike but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
0-0Nicky Cope comes in with a late challenge on Craig Pearson. Nicky Cope is warned by the referee! Craig Pearson carries on, but is struggling a bit.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
West Ham United kick off and get the second half underway!
47.45
Chris Ball makes a simple pass to Clive Wilcox. Clive Wilcox passes the ball forward to Anthony Harrison. Anthony Harrison goes all the way! Anthony Harrison rockets a shot on goal but it curls horrendously wide!
57.48
Clive Wilcox threads the ball through to Sylvain Shearer. Sylvain Shearer shoots from 20 yards. Magnificent save by Colin Waters!
61.38
0-0Syd Murrin hacks Malcolm Hendrie from behind! The referee calls over Syd Murrin and warns him to calm down! Malcolm Hendrie stretches but gets up unharmed.
65.15
Malcolm Hendrie makes a simple pass to Sylvain Shearer. Sylvain Shearer knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Krunoslaw Tomacic.
67.17
Krunoslaw Tomacic chips the ball to his team mate, Alan Barry. Alan Barry chips the ball to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
69.23
Darren Sturridge knocks the ball to his team mate, Sylvain Shearer. Sylvain Shearer knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
71.37
Leon Lawrence barges into Nigel Christie. Leon Lawrence is shown the yellow card! Nigel Christie runs off the knock.
72.46
1-0Marcus Stewart knocks the ball to his team mate, Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan knocks in a cross ball towards Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence flicks the ball with his head. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
77.31
Syd Murrin makes a probing pass to Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan knocks in a cross ball towards Leon Lawrence. Leon Lawrence directs the ball goalwards with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
79.55
1-0West Ham United are easily keeping Gillingham at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
89.31
Marcus Stewart makes a probing pass to Darren Milligan. Darren Milligan finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
4
1
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
4
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
36.6%
63.4%
Play Area
25.6%
50%
24.4%
Scorers