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Highlights
Key moments
- 4:48 PM ET97'FT
- 4:43 PM ET89'Goal by Carlos Alcaraz
- 4:32 PM ET77'Yellow card
- 4:30 PM ET67'Goal by Robbie McKenzie
- 4:20 PM ET66'Yellow card
- 4:20 PM ET64'Yellow card
- 4:14 PM ET59'Yellow card
- 4:09 PM ET52'Goal by Robbie McKenzie
- 3:56 PM ET46'Second half
- 3:42 PM ET45+5'HT
- 3:32 PM ET44'Yellow card
- 3:19 PM ET27'Yellow card
- 3:03 PM ET12'Goal by Nadesan · 1-0
- 2:51 PM ET0'Kick-off
FT
Match ends. Gillingham 3-1 Southampton.
Joe Gbode is booked.
The referee adds seven minutes to the match.
GOAL!
GOAL BY SOUTHAMPTON! Scored by Carlos Alcaraz.
Substitution
Gillingham: Joe Gbode out, Jayden Clarke in.
CHANCE! Malone with an excellent left footed cross, Nichols comes in on the volley. Brilliant stop by McCarthy.
Yellow card for Lyanco.
Substitution
Gillingham: Jonny Williams replaces Dom Jefferies. Scott Malone replaces George Lapslie. Scott Malone replaces George Lapslie.
GOAL!
GOAL GILLINGHAM! Scored by Robbie McKenzie;
Yellow card for Robbie McKenzie
Yellow card for Shea Charles
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw left footed shot from outside the box misses the crossbar;
Substitution
Southampton: Carlos Alcaraz replaces Romain Perraud.
Yellow card for Dom Jefferies
Dom Jefferies right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
GOAL!
GOAL GILLINGHAM! scored by Robbie McKenzie.
Substitution
Southampton: Armstrong and Mara out; Doyle and Arribo in.
The second half begins.
HT
First Half ends, Gillingham 1-0 Southampton.
The referee adds four minutes to the first half.
Final stretch of the first half. Southampton are looking for an equalizer before the break.
Yellow card for Romain Perraud
We reached the half hour mark. Gillingham managing the lead.
CHANCE! Clark with a peach of a cross, Coleman comes steaming in but guides his header from a little over six yards over the bar.
Yellow card for George Lapslie
Morris! Great deflection by the home goalkeeper after a low shot by Sékou Mara from outside the area;
James Bree's shot from outside the box misses to the left;
Attempt blocked. Ché Adams right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
GOAL!
GOAL GILLINGHAM, scored by Nadesan.
Adams' shot goes over the crossbar.
First minutes of the match, Southampton is better on the pitch;
The match starts
Lineup Southampton
McCarthy, Bree, Lyanco, Charles, Perraud, Meghoma, Armstrong, Djenepo, Amo-Ameyaw, Adams, Mara.
Lineup Gillingham
Morris, Alexander, Ehmer, McKenzie, Ogie, Clark, Jefferies, Coleman, Lapslie, Clarke, Nadesan.
Warm up
Last meeting
The most recent meeting between these two teams was over a decade ago when both were in League One, with Gillingham claiming a 2-1 win over Southampton at home in the 2010-2011 season.
Absences
For this friendly match, neither Southampton nor Gillingham will have any absentees for this game, which is just minutes away from kick-off.
The arrival!
They have arrived! Both Southampton and Gillingham are already at Priestfield Stadium for this EFL Cup first round match.
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Background
As they belong to different divisions in England, the record is short between these two teams. The balance is in favor of Southampton with three wins to only one for the Gills. Only one draw has been recorded in their entire head-to-head history.
The stadium
The venue for this match will be the Priestfield Stadium. It is a soccer stadium located in Gillingham, Kent, England. It has been the home of the Gillingham Club. It is an old venue and has undergone renovations, so many that now it can only hold a little more than 11 thousand spectators.
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We begin!
All set! We are just under an hour away from the start of this first round match corresponding to the 2023-204 EFL Cup season between Gillingham and Southampton, two English teams that will be looking to get to their home competitions in the best shape. Will one of them be able to take the victory this afternoon? Follow our coverage on VAVEL.
