Preview: Gillingham travel to Grimsby Town for a League 2 match on Tuesday night

Gillingham resume their League 2 campaign tonight (Tuesday) with a trip to Grimsby Town.

It’s another chance for the Gills to shake off their unwanted goal scoring problem, one that stretches to a club-record 630 minutes without hitting the back of the net.

They missed out on a weekend trip to Crawley after the death of the Queen but have another chance to put things right at Grimsby, buoyed by a brilliant rearguard performance last time out against Swindon Town, taking a point after playing over 80 minutes with 10 men.

Manager Neil Harris said: “We needed a galvanising performance to give us some belief and get us up and running and show me some signs of what I think I know my team is capable of.

“For nine minutes we were excellent and then we had the disappointment, debacle, poor decision, naivety, of a silly red card and you wonder what you are going to get from the group, it is human nature, the reaction from the players was everything you would hope for as a manager. The desire to not get beat was phenomenal.

“Me and my staff are looking to improve the squad to get the results that we believe are on the horizon, but the players have to believe and once they cross the white line, it is down to the players to execute them.”

The manager added: “We are so close to coming together as a group, supporters included.”

Grimsby Town haven’t lost in the league since an opening day 2-0 defeat against Leyton Orient. They head into the midweek fixture with back-to-back wins in League 2, sitting ninth in the current standings.

The Mariners were promoted from the National League last season after an extra-time play-off final win over Solihull Moors at the London Stadium.

Gillingham start the day 21st in the table, with one win from