Gillingham’s good recent form was ended by Mansfield Town as they were well beaten on Saturday. Mansfield captain Ollie Clarke put the home side ahead and Lucas Akins doubled their advantage from the penalty spot after Max Ehmer was harshly penalised.
Gillingham - with three wins from their previous four before the weekend - were unchanged from the team which beat Crawley Town in their last outing.
Recently transferred former Mansfield Town players were named to face their old team, Oli Hawkins upfront alongside Tom Nichols - seeing off the pre-match injury doubts - and George Lapslie named on the bench again.
This was Gills’ first visit to Field Mill in 27 years - winning 1-0 that day. Mansfield’s opener looked on the cards as they were brighter than the Gills from the off and it was a thumping effort from Clarke midway through the half that put them ahead, his shot from just inside the box going in off the post.