Off the back of respective stalemates last time out, Gillingham and AFC Wimbledon will be keen to go one better in Monday's encounter at the Priestfield Stadium.
The home side fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat in this season's reverse fixture against their visitors, who now have the opportunity to complete a league double.
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Gillingham were once again guilty of throwing away a lead on enemy territory in Friday's 1-1 stalemate against Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road, where Jimmy-Jay Morgan's opener was cancelled out by Sam Stubbs.
Consequently, Gareth Ainsworth's men have stretched their unbeaten run to nine matches, albeit with seven of them ending all square, leaving them with 13 points from the last 27 available since early March.
While the Gills have fallen off the pace massively in the race for a promotion playoff spot which looked like a possibility at some point, they are in no danger of relegation given their whopping 11-point buffer over the teams in the drop zone.
Largely due to their ineffectiveness in front of goal, as shown by their 38-goal tally— ahead of only Morecambe and Harrogate Town in the entire division—Gillingham have been involved in 15 draws this season.
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AFC Wimbledon saw their faint hopes for the League Two trophy dealt a further blow by Chesterfield Town as the teams played out a goalless share of the spoils in Friday's gameweek 43 encounter.
Despite recording under 40% of the ball possession, Johnnie Jackson's men managed to fashion out more clear-cut chances to grab the all-important winner, albeit all to no avail at the Cherry Red Records Stadium.
With just three matches left, Wimbledon are now six points behind Port Vale in the race for the title and will now likely have to settle for a promotion place, either automatically via a top-three finish or the playoffs.
The Wombles have been by far the best defensive side in the league, letting in just 32 goals, at least eight fewer than any other team, but their attacking department has come up short a number of times which has been their biggest undoing in the title race.
Winning just two times in 12 outings since the turn of the year, Monday's visitors have struggled on the road and will be keen to record what would be only a seventh victory in their penultimate away match of the season.
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Goalkeeper Glenn Morris and defender Max Ehmer are both inactive for Gillingham, ruling them out of contention entirely to play any part in Monday's game.
Josh Andrews has not featured since early January due to a knee problem and remains unavailable for the home side alongside Ethan Coleman and Euan Williams.
Jimmy-Jay Morgan marked his return to the starting lineup with only a second goal of the season, and the forward will be pushing to retain his place in the XI.
Marcus Browne and Myles Hippolyte will not make the trip to Gillingham for Wimbledon due to respective injury issues, although Browne is closing in on a comeback.
Thirty-one-year-old Jake Reeves is eligible to return to action for the away side after serving a one-match suspension against Chesterfield last time out.
Gillingham possible starting lineup:
Holtam; Ogie, Masterson, Gale; Clark, Khumbeni, McKenzie, Hutton; Morgan, Nevitt, Nolan
AFC Wimbledon possible starting lineup:
Goodman; Harbottle, Lewis, Johnson; Neufville, Maycock, Smith, Tilley; Stevens, Kelly, Bugiel
We say: Gillingham 1-2 AFC Wimbledon
Wimbledon have been hard to breach of late, but we are backing Gillingham to get themselves on the scoresheet, albeit all to no avail in a narrow defeat.
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