Gillingham suffered a second successive blank in front of goal at Priestfield as they were beaten by Luton Town on Saturday.
Jordan Clark struck twice for Luton in the opening half at Priestfield before Max Clark had a penalty saved shortly after the turnaround. The match finished 2-0 to the visitors, despite some promising moments for the Gills, particularly in the early stages of the second half.
The game came a week after the Gills and Reading played out a goalless draw at ME7.
Gillingham boss Gareth Ainsworth switched formation for the visit of Luton, opting for a change to a five-man defence, with Shad Ogie, Conor Masterson and Andy Smith in the central roles.
Sam Gale was missing again, as he had been for the training ground match at Southampton in the week. On a positive, there were first sightings of striker Elliott Nevitt and young midfielder Nelson Khumbeni, among the substitutes introduced late on.
Recent Premier League members Luton are preparing for League 1 football this summer after back-to-back relegations, managed by Matty Bloomfield, who was captain at Wycombe under Ainsworth where they enjoyed plenty of success together.
The Gills’ weekend game against Luton was the third of three against higher-league opponents, having lost two 60-minute games at Southampton in the week and drawing 0-0 with Reading the previous weekend.
That extra quality from the opposition has been on show of late, with Jordan - a player who featured for the Hatters in the Premier League - displaying a ruthless nature in front of goal that the Gills didn’t.
Millenic Alli showed pace and quality to create the two first-half goals for Luton.
Gillingham’s best chances of the half fell to Seb Palmer-Houlden. Both he and Joe Gbode were
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