Tranmere Rovers 1 Gillingham 1 match report League Two: Joe Gbode scores injury-time equaliser after Omari Patrick opener

Gillingham substitute Joe Gbode’s stoppage-time equaliser rescued a point at Tranmere on Saturday.

The Gills looked to be heading for a first league defeat under boss Gareth Ainsworth until Gbode scored in the second minute of added time.

It meant a fair result in the end as Tranmere had earlier scored through Omari Patrick - a goal that should have been ruled out for an offside in the build-up.

Gills boss Gareth Ainsworth makes three changes from the side that won in the league against Walsall seven days earlier.

Shad Ogie joins Conor Masterson among the injury list while Joe Gbode drops to the bench.

Sam Gale, Ethan Coleman and Josh Andrews, all on the bench last weekend, come into the starting line-up.

Bradley Dack retained his place in the starting line-up. It was the first time in two years that Dack had started three successive league games, last achieving that sequence with Sunderland in the Championship.

Gills went with a back four, Robbie McKenzie dropped into the middle of the defence with the excellent Sam Gale given a right-back role to thwart Tranmere’s main attacking threat from their left-wing with Remeao Hutton ahead of him.

On the back of a 4-0 home win over Shrewsbury last weekend, the home fans started with plenty of enthusiasm but Gillingham slowly quietened the crowd, giving hardly any chances away.

McKenzie’s flicked header went wide at the other end but for the first half-hour referee Declan Bourne seemed intent on becoming centre of attention.

Ainsworth was booked on 14 minutes for dissent after a soft free-kick given against Andrews before Dack could count himself unfortunate to be booked for stopping a quick free-kick that Tranmere weren’t looking to take quickly. Both teams were guilty of the