Milton Keynes Dons 1 Gillingham 0

GILLINGHAM are trailing Milton Keynes Dons at half-time at the National Hockey Stadium this afternoon.

The home side took the lead from the penalty spot five minutes before the break.

MK Dons broke after Darren Byfield had hit the wall with a free-kick at the other end and the referee pointed to the spot for a foul by Jon Wallis on Izale McLeod. It looked like a harsh decision but Wallis was booked for the offence.

Gary Smith made no mistake from 12 yards drilling low past Jason Brown.

Brown had earlier kept the scoreline blank when he made a stunning save from Smith's piledriver from the edge of the area.

The Gills almost equalised on the stroke of half-time when Byfield got on the end of Tommy Black's cut-back, but young keeper Ricardo Batista made a fine save to tip it round the post.

Gillingham: Brown, Wallis, Cox, Sancho, Jackman, Black, Pouton, Crofts, Jarvis, Mulligan, Byfield.
Subs: Crichton, Johnson, Spiller, Flynn, Harris.