Gillingham 4 Chesterfield 1 - League 2 match report from Priestfield Stadium

Armani Little scored two penalties and Lenni Cirino netted on his debut as Gillingham ended Chesterfield’s perfect start to the season.

Little converted from the penalty spot in each half, and although Armando Dobra got one back for the visitors, it was Gillingham’s night and a special one for Cirino, scoring the team’s third on his first appearance in the Football League before Marcus Wyllie added a fourth in stoppage-time.

Manager Gareth Ainsworth made two changes to his starting XI with Cirino making his Gills debut as replacement for suspended Max Clark while Jonny Williams replaced Bradley Dack.

Ainsworth may have been short defensively but he had plenty of attacking options on the bench, including a first appearance in the squad for Sam Vokes, along with fit-again winger Aaron Rowe.

Visitors Chesterfield had won their first three League 2 matches but the Gills have proved to be stubborn under Ainsworth, 12 unbeaten in EFL under the manager and 15 in total - a record pre-match that only Birmingham City could match.

They extended that impressive run on Tuesday night with a fabulous performance.

Ethan Coleman made himself available despite a nasty cut to the head at the weekend - lining up for the Gills with a bandage covering the wound.

With Shad Ogie and Conor Masterson still out injured, Robbie McKenzie marshaled the defence as the middle of the three central defenders, Remeao Hutton and Cirino giving the Gills width.

Chesterfield looked good from the off with the Gills burning lots of energy to keep them out. With the likes of Will Grigg and Dobra in the attack, the visitors had plenty of proven quality.

Tom Naylor shot narrowly wide, Ronan Darcy put one effort wide and had another saved, but the Gills grew into