Chesterfield vs Northampton Town in FA Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Technique Stadium (10504 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chesterfield or Northampton Town that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are busy days for the team playing at home, as they played only four days ago in the Vanarama National League. This match was also played here at Technique Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Northampton Town have had more rest.

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Chesterfield form and stats

Last season, Chesterfield's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.

Chesterfield are steadily winning Vanarama National League games and points here at Technique Stadium. 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

The Chesterfield supporters enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Gateshead and win 2-1.

Ahead of that match, Chesterfield won a home game hosting Boreham Wood (2-0).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Chesterfield handle that role? We have found 8 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

There will be little rest for Chesterfield after this match as they are travelling to Wealdstone for a Vanarama National League game in only three days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Chesterfield's attacking play is working. Chesterfield's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Northampton Town form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round replays.

4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Northampton's last game was the home draw against Newport County (1-1). Burge had red hot gloves after the game against Newport County, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

A draw for Northampton Town before that, at their own venue hosting Sutton United (2-2).

Northampton are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of 6 matches.

Northampton Town has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. 9 goals have been conceded by Northampton Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - three - one (Chesterfield wins - draws - Northampton Town wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
12 goals
ChesterfieldJ. King
J. King
6 goals
ChesterfieldL. Mandeville
L. Mandeville
4 goals

Chesterfield missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Chesterfield Northampton Town
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
15 8   Won W   5 10
5 1   Drew D   3 5
5 2   Lost L   3 10
46 22   Scored S   16 35
28 11   Conceded C   18 40
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 96%
92% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 84%
64% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
32% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   45% 36%
12% 27%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   27% 16%
60% 55%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
36% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 12%
8% 9%   Failed to Score F T   36% 32%
 
6 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 4
4.4 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.5
4 2   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.8 12.8   Shots (avg) S (   9.3 10
5.8 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.7
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 37%
 
9.2 7.5   Shots against (avg) S A   11.8 10.9
4.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Notts County 17 12 4 1 45 15 9 7 2 0 20 4 8 5 2 1 25 11 30 40
2 Wrexham 17 12 3 2 47 17 9 9 0 0 35 9 8 3 3 2 12 8 30 39
3 Chesterfield 17 10 4 3 33 22 9 7 0 2 19 11 8 3 4 1 14 11 11 34
4 Solihull Moors 17 8 6 3 33 17 8 4 4 0 18 7 9 4 2 3 15 10 16 30
5 Woking 17 9 3 5 30 18 9 6 1 2 18 9 8 3 2 3 12 9 12 30
6 Southend United 17 8 5 4 23 11 8 4 2 2 9 4 9 4 3 2 14 7 12 29
7 Boreham Wood 16 7 6 3 22 16 7 2 3 2 9 9 9 5 3 1 13 7 6 27
8 Bromley 17 7 4 6 24 21 8 5 2 1 12 5 9 2 2 5 12 16 3 25
9 Eastleigh 17 7 4 6 18 19 8 6 2 0 11 4 9 1 2 6 7 15 -1 25
10 Barnet 17 7 3 7 33 38 9 5 1 3 14 15 8 2 2 4 19 23 -5 24
11 York City 17 6 5 6 20 17 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 3 2 3 11 7 3 23
12 Dagenham & Redbridge 17 6 5 6 29 34 9 5 3 1 22 16 8 1 2 5 7 18 -5 23
13 Wealdstone 17 6 4 7 18 26 8 2 3 3 8 13 9 4 1 4 10 13 -8 22
14 Dorking Wanderers 16 6 3 7 30 37 9 4 2 3 17 19 7 2 1 4 13 18 -7 21
15 Aldershot Town 17 6 2 9 25 29 8 3 1 4 13 13 9 3 1 5 12 16 -4 20
16 Maidenhead United 17 6 2 9 15 21 9 4 2 3 9 8 8 2 0 6 6 13 -6 20
17 Altrincham 17 4 6 7 23 33 8 3 3 2 12 9 9 1 3 5 11 24 -10 18
18 Halifax Town 16 5 3 8 14 24 8 4 1 3 8 10 8 1 2 5 6 14 -10 18
19 Oldham Athletic 16 4 4 8 17 25 8 4 1 3 14 13 8 0 3 5 3 12 -8 16
20 Scunthorpe United 17 3 6 8 23 33 8 3 2 3 15 16 9 0 4 5 8 17 -10 15
21 Yeovil Town 17 2 8 7 13 20 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 0 5 4 6 11 -7 14
22 Maidstone United 17 3 5 9 18 37 9 2 4 3 9 13 8 1 1 6 9 24 -19 14
23 Gateshead 17 2 7 8 20 29 9 1 5 3 12 14 8 1 2 5 8 15 -9 13
24 Torquay United 17 3 4 10 19 33 8 1 3 4 15 17 9 2 1 6 4 16 -14 13
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 16 12 3 1 26 9 9 7 1 1 14 4 7 5 2 0 12 5 17 39
2 Stevenage 17 11 3 3 24 15 8 7 0 1 14 5 9 4 3 2 10 10 9 36
3 Northampton Town 17 9 5 3 29 19 9 5 2 2 16 10 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 32
4 Barrow 17 10 1 6 24 17 9 7 0 2 15 7 8 3 1 4 9 10 7 31
5 Swindon Town 17 8 6 3 23 17 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 3 4 2 11 11 6 30
6 Bradford City 16 7 6 3 21 13 9 3 5 1 11 6 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 27
7 Carlisle United 16 7 6 3 23 16 8 4 3 1 13 8 8 3 3 2 10 8 7 27
8 Salford City 16 8 3 5 19 13 8 3 2 3 9 7 8 5 1 2 10 6 6 27
9 Mansfield Town 16 8 3 5 25 21 8 4 3 1 14 11 8 4 0 4 11 10 4 27
10 Tranmere Rovers 17 7 4 6 18 13 9 4 2 3 12 7 8 3 2 3 6 6 5 25
11 Doncaster Rovers 17 7 4 6 20 21 9 5 1 3 13 10 8 2 3 3 7 11 -1 25
12 Walsall 17 6 5 6 21 16 9 5 2 2 15 7 8 1 3 4 6 9 5 23
13 Grimsby Town 16 6 5 5 18 14 7 1 4 2 7 6 9 5 1 3 11 8 4 23
14 Stockport County 17 6 4 7 21 19 9 4 3 2 12 8 8 2 1 5 9 11 2 22
15 AFC Wimbledon 16 5 4 7 20 24 8 3 2 3 10 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 19
16 Crewe Alexandra 16 4 7 5 15 20 8 3 3 2 11 8 8 1 4 3 4 12 -5 19
17 Sutton United 17 5 4 8 16 23 8 4 2 2 10 8 9 1 2 6 6 15 -7 19
18 Newport County 17 4 4 9 15 20 8 2 1 5 6 11 9 2 3 4 9 9 -5 16
19 Crawley Town 16 3 5 8 18 28 7 3 0 4 11 13 9 0 5 4 7 15 -10 14
20 Gillingham 16 2 7 7 6 17 8 2 4 2 4 6 8 0 3 5 2 11 -11 13
21 Harrogate Town 16 3 3 10 14 24 7 2 2 3 7 9 9 1 1 7 7 15 -10 12
22 Rochdale 16 3 3 10 12 23 7 1 1 5 6 10 9 2 2 5 6 13 -11 12
23 Hartlepool United 17 2 6 9 15 30 9 2 4 3 7 11 8 0 2 6 8 19 -15 12
24 Colchester United 17 2 5 10 14 25 9 2 4 3 9 11 8 0 1 7 5 14 -11 11