Bury v Gillingham
npower League Two
Saturday 4 September 2010
Kick-Off 3.00pm
Officials -
Referee: J Moss
Assistants: P Davies & T Harrington
Fourth official: P Kettlewell
Colours -
Bury will be wearing white shirts, blue shorts and socks, while the Gills will be in their away kit of red and black striped shirts, red shorts and socks.
Team News -
Andy Barcham will definitely miss the trip to Gigg Lane having suffered an ankle injury in the Johnstone Paints Trophy game on Tuesday, which saw him leaving Roots Hall on crutches. Another blow in midweek was that Cody McDonald was also forced to limp off. But while he hasn't trained since boss Andy Hessenthaler stated in his Thursday morning press conference that the striker will travel although his chances of playing are rated at 50/50. Goalkeeper Lance Cronin continues in place of the injured Alan Julian.
So far this season -
Bury have picked up five points from their opening four games of the season. They were beaten by Port Vale 1-0 on the opening day at Gigg Lane before winning 2-1 away themselves at League Two new boys Oxford United. Tom Lees and Ryan Lowe were on target at the Kassam Stadium.
Their two recent games have both ended 1-1. David Worrall was on target as the Shakers drew at home to Northampton then last Saturday Lowe was again the marksman as Alan Knill's team drew at Barnet.
We've met before -
Our last meetings with Bury came in the 2008-09 season when we met on three occassions. The first game was the FA Cup First Round tie at Gigg Lane when Andy Barcham earned the Gills victory with a 71st minute winner.
Just two weeks later Gillingham had to make the same long journey for the first league encounter. Unfortunately this time Alan Knill's side were up for the battle and they ran out easy 4-0 winners, Andy Bishop and Glyn Hurst netting two apiece.
The return league fixture here at Priestfield came just before the end of the season in April, the Gills were unable to breakdown a resolute Bury outfit and there was little excitement for the large crowd of 8,360 in a goalless draw.
Andy Barcham in action against Bury in April 2009. He
misses tomorrow's trip to Gigg Lane through injury.
The all-time record against Bury is -
Shakers Draws Gills
wins wins
League 20 9 17
FA Cup 0 0 1
League Cup 0 0 1
Total 20 9 19
BETTING
THE LATEST BETTING ODDS FROM CORAL:
Bury to win 5/4, Draw 23/10, Gillingham to win 11/5
First goalscorer (Bury)
Ryan Lowe 5/1
Andy Bishop 11/2
Efe Sodje 25/1
Tom Lees 33/1
First Goalscorer (Gillingham)
Adebayo Akinfenwa 6/1
Chris Palmer 20/1
Danny Spiller 20/1
Barry Fuller 40/1
Gills skipper Barry Fuller is a 40/1 shot to score the
first goal at Bury on Saturday.
