National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Chesterfield or Southend United that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Southend United played their last game only four days ago, a Vanarama National League match.
Chesterfield form and stats
Last season their FA Cup adventure ended in the 4th round qualifying.Chesterfield have performed here at Technique Stadium this season with 4 wins from 6 Vanarama National League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. Two home wins in a row for Chesterfield bring valid hopes of a third.
Chesterfield manager J. Rowe and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Dagenham & Redbridge in the Vanarama National League. Chesterfield salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Dagenham & Redbridge, trailing 0-2 at one point. Not giving up resulted in K. Tshimanga equalizing.
Previous to that game, a Vanarama National League home match hosting Eastleigh in a game that was won 1-0.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Chesterfield's attacking play is working. Chesterfield have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Southend United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Southend United so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-5 (win-draw-lose). A depressing five defeats in a row for Southend in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Wealdstone.
Southend United go into this game after a win, the home game against Dover Athletic that ended 4-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Boreham Wood's place.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Southend's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 7 matches. As opposed to that, Southend have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Chesterfield won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Southend United have six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  K. Tshimanga 12 goals | D. Rowe 5 goals |   R. Murphy 5 goals |
Chesterfield missing players
Southend United missing players
| Chesterfield | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 49 | 22 | Scored | S | 10 | 26 | ||
| 26 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 40% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 46% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 35% | ||
| 7.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.9 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 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 | Boreham Wood | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 2 | Chesterfield | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 3 | Grimsby Town | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 29 |
| 4 | Bromley | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Halifax Town | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
| 6 | Solihull Moors | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Notts County | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 8 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Altrincham | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 19 |
| 11 | Woking | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 12 | Eastleigh | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 18 |
| 13 | Wrexham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | Barnet | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -10 | 16 |
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 16 | Torquay United | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 17 | Weymouth | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 15 |
| 18 | Maidenhead United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 19 | Wealdstone | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Southend United | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 21 | King's Lynn Town | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -11 | 8 |
| 22 | Aldershot Town | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -10 | 7 |
| 23 | Dover Athletic | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 20 | -22 | -9 |