Ipswich Town 1 Gillingham 0: Conor Chaplin clinches home win after Vadaine Oliver and Danny Lloyd hit the same post for the Gills

Lively Gillingham front-man Danny Lloyd picked up a serious looking injury just before Ipswich Town scored a winning goal at Portman Road.

Gillingham battled well to keep Ipswich relatively quiet in the opening half and twice hit the woodwork after the break before Conor Chaplin’s strike with 16 minutes left separated the sides.

It had been a brave and at times impressive Gillingham against an underwhelming Ipswich side and they were unlucky not to have claimed something from the trip.

Gills boss Neil Harris handed former Millwall man Ben Thompson his debut while striker Vadaine Oliver returned to the starting XI.

The Gills were playing a side who had thrashed them 4-0 at Priestfield the previous month but were at Portman Road with a new manager and renewed belief.

It was the visiting Gills who had the game’s first chance when Danny Lloyd made home keeper Christian Walton work with a set-piece strike.

Ipswich put a couple of good early opportunities wide of the mark with Joe Pigott off target with a header and Dominic Thompson unable to convert after Wes Burns’ low shot had been parried into his path. George Edmundson also missed with a couple of headers.

Gillingham newcomer Thompson tried his luck from distance, after a great touch opened up some space, but the ball sailed just the wrong side of the post.

The Gills were winning possession in good areas through their hard work, with Lloyd again showing plenty of energy up top, catching the home defence out on several occasions.

There was some booing from the Portman Road crowd as the sides went off level at the break without a goal scored. It hadn’t been one-way traffic either with the Gills engineering a couple of decent chances during a solid first 45.

Oliver had a