Preview and team news: Gillingham manager Neil Harris looks ahead to Crewe Alexandra away in League 2; Injury concern for Shaun Williams after Brighton match

Gillingham have momentum behind them as they head to Crewe looking for their first away league win of the season.

Neil Harris' men claimed a last-gasp win against Sutton United at Priestfield last Saturday and followed it up with a comeback win against Brighton under-21s in the EFL Trophy on Tuesday.

Goals and wins had been in short supply prior to that, although recent points on the road at Hartlepool and Grimsby have helped to paint a much more positive picture for the Gills after a tricky start to the season.

Harris said: “It has never, at any stage, felt like doom and gloom at [the] club, we have always felt really close. We got beat three at Tranmere and lost a couple of games at home. You are disappointed and down and you dig deep to search for solutions but we have genuinely felt we are capable of winning games. We are up there in the league defensively, we just haven’t scored enough.

“You have to believe in the process and coaching methods, to get there, and try and believe in your players as well, especially out of a transfer window, and hope they come good. I do hope we are seeing the start of it now.

“Every three-point haul you get breeds that confidence. We got the clean sheet and point at Hartlepool and then won two home games in a row, I can’t ask more from the players than that.”

Crewe got relegated along with the Gills from League 1 last season, finishing bottom of the pile. They’ve got six more points than Harris’ men after 11 games this term and start the weekend sitting 12th, six places above the Kent side.

On the opposition, Harris said: “They are a hard-working team, an honest group, don’t concede a load of chances and don’t create bundles, in [Courtney] Baker-Richardson the centre-forward, they have