National League duel: Close contest expected between Chesterfield and Grimsby Town

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Technique Stadium (10504 seats)

National League: Two teams who have performed fine up to now. Prepare for Chesterfield - Grimsby Town with this broad guide!

Insights:
  • Chesterfield have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in National League

Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!

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Chesterfield form and stats

36 points is a decent return from 18 National League games here at Technique Stadium for Chesterfield. The data says 10 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses.

Chesterfield drew their last game, 1-1 away at Notts County (placed 6th).

Heartbreak before that as Chesterfield lost 0-1 at Altrincham's place.

This is expected to be a close game, with Chesterfield perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chesterfield as a small favourite), we find five games. Chesterfield has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.

Chesterfield have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Technique Stadium with 32 goals in 18 league matches. On the other hand, Chesterfield have conceded 19 goals.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the National League.

Waterfall and Maguire-Drew scored in Grimsby's previous match, the home game against Dagenham & Redbridge that ended 2-1.

A loss against Solihull Moors was the result prior to that, in a home game.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Grimsby Town, two draws and three defeats.

Grimsby Town have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 19 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Grimsby in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this season, as the records show this recent match: Grimsby Town - Chesterfield 0-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Chesterfield victories, two draws and three Grimsby Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
24 goals
Grimsby TownJ. McAtee
J. McAtee
11 goals
Grimsby TownR. Taylor
R. Taylor
7 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Grimsby Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chesterfield Grimsby Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 5 17 35
18 10 1 Won W 1 6 18
13 6 1 Drew D 1 3 5
5 2 2 Lost L 3 8 12
61 32 6 Scored S 2 19 51
35 19 7 Conceded C 5 20 34
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 88% 91%
75% 72% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 59% 63%
44% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 41% 43%
39% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 26%
11% 11% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 11%
53% 56% 75% BTTS BTTS 20% 47% 46%
42% 39% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 34%
11% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 80% 41% 29%
 
5.8 6.2 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.8 5.6 5.5
4.4 3.4 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 6.2 4.9
2.3 2.1 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.6 1.3
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
10.8 12.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.1 11.2
4.7 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.6 3.9 4.7
36% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 28% 31%
 
6.9 6.9 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.4 9.1 7.9
2.9 3.2 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.6 3.2 2.8
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Chesterfield have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Chesterfield have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in National League

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stockport County 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 34 20 8 6 65 36 16 10 5 1 29 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 29 68
3 Chesterfield 36 18 13 5 61 35 18 10 6 2 32 19 18 8 7 3 29 16 26 67
4 Halifax Town 34 20 6 8 51 28 16 13 0 3 29 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 23 66
5 Solihull Moors 34 18 10 6 62 38 18 10 5 3 40 21 16 8 5 3 22 17 24 64
6 Notts County 35 17 10 8 61 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 17 6 5 6 25 22 19 61
7 Grimsby Town 35 18 5 12 51 34 18 12 2 4 32 14 17 6 3 8 19 20 17 59
8 Boreham Wood 32 16 10 6 40 24 17 10 7 0 24 7 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 58
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 35 17 4 14 62 45 17 8 3 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 55
10 Bromley 33 15 9 9 47 37 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 5 6 6 19 22 10 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 35 13 9 13 34 36 18 6 5 7 16 20 17 7 4 6 18 16 -2 48
13 Southend United 35 13 8 14 38 48 16 8 3 5 22 21 19 5 5 9 16 27 -10 47
14 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
15 Woking 36 13 4 19 50 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 18 6 4 8 25 22 -1 43
16 Barnet 34 11 8 15 43 59 17 6 4 7 21 29 17 5 4 8 22 30 -16 41
17 Wealdstone 34 10 9 15 39 53 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 4 3 10 21 34 -14 39
18 Maidenhead United 35 10 8 17 38 59 19 8 4 7 28 32 16 2 4 10 10 27 -21 38
19 Eastleigh 35 10 7 18 36 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 17 2 2 13 10 34 -20 37
20 Aldershot Town 34 8 7 19 33 58 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 6 2 9 20 27 -25 31
21 King's Lynn Town 35 6 6 23 34 65 18 3 2 13 16 32 17 3 4 10 18 33 -31 24
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 34 1 5 28 28 82 16 1 2 13 10 29 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -4

Grimsby Town:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stockport County 35 25 4 6 74 29 17 11 3 3 34 15 18 14 1 3 40 14 45 79
2 Wrexham 34 20 8 6 65 36 16 10 5 1 29 15 18 10 3 5 36 21 29 68
3 Chesterfield 36 18 13 5 61 35 18 10 6 2 32 19 18 8 7 3 29 16 26 67
4 Halifax Town 34 20 6 8 51 28 16 13 0 3 29 9 18 7 6 5 22 19 23 66
5 Solihull Moors 34 18 10 6 62 38 18 10 5 3 40 21 16 8 5 3 22 17 24 64
6 Notts County 35 17 10 8 61 42 18 11 5 2 36 20 17 6 5 6 25 22 19 61
7 Grimsby Town 35 18 5 12 51 34 18 12 2 4 32 14 17 6 3 8 19 20 17 59
8 Boreham Wood 32 16 10 6 40 24 17 10 7 0 24 7 15 6 3 6 16 17 16 58
9 Dagenham & Redbridge 35 17 4 14 62 45 17 8 3 6 35 25 18 9 1 8 27 20 17 55
10 Bromley 33 15 9 9 47 37 16 10 3 3 28 15 17 5 6 6 19 22 10 54
11 Torquay United 35 15 8 12 55 48 18 9 4 5 31 21 17 6 4 7 24 27 7 53
12 Yeovil Town 35 13 9 13 34 36 18 6 5 7 16 20 17 7 4 6 18 16 -2 48
13 Southend United 35 13 8 14 38 48 16 8 3 5 22 21 19 5 5 9 16 27 -10 47
14 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56 18 9 2 7 33 22 18 4 5 9 21 34 -2 46
15 Woking 36 13 4 19 50 51 18 7 0 11 25 29 18 6 4 8 25 22 -1 43
16 Barnet 34 11 8 15 43 59 17 6 4 7 21 29 17 5 4 8 22 30 -16 41
17 Wealdstone 34 10 9 15 39 53 17 6 6 5 18 19 17 4 3 10 21 34 -14 39
18 Maidenhead United 35 10 8 17 38 59 19 8 4 7 28 32 16 2 4 10 10 27 -21 38
19 Eastleigh 35 10 7 18 36 56 18 8 5 5 26 22 17 2 2 13 10 34 -20 37
20 Aldershot Town 34 8 7 19 33 58 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 6 2 9 20 27 -25 31
21 King's Lynn Town 35 6 6 23 34 65 18 3 2 13 16 32 17 3 4 10 18 33 -31 24
22 Weymouth 35 5 7 23 32 69 17 3 5 9 17 26 18 2 2 14 15 43 -37 22
23 Dover Athletic 34 1 5 28 28 82 16 1 2 13 10 29 18 0 3 15 18 53 -54 -4

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The National League is the fifth highest level of the English football league system. 24 professional and semi-professional teams play a total of 552 fixtures to top the league table. The National League is the top division of the National League System which contains division levels five to eleven.