This match features two teams living in the basement of the National League, Altrincham holding 21st place and Chesterfield lying 19th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Altrincham form and stats
Three National League home games done for Altrincham, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Altrincham to get some points in this home game. Altrincham are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at The J. Davidson Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
The Altrincham fans got no joy from their last match, a National League game also here at The J. Davidson Stadium: A 1-2 defeat against Aldershot Town (placed 11th). Preceding that match was the home game against Solihull Moors that was lost 0-2.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Altrincham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost two.
Altrincham are traveling soon after this match as the National League match at Boreham Wood awaits in four days.
Altrincham have scored 1 goal here in 3 league matches, a depressing statistic. Altrincham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chesterfield form and stats
Chesterfield are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the National League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The manager J. Pemberton was unhappy after their last game, a National League match played at their home ground Proact Stadium. Chesterfield suffered a 1-2 loss to Maidenhead United (placed 4th). Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Stockport County (after extra-time, 6-7 on penalties)'s place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chesterfield playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were two Chesterfield wins, five draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Notts County in just four days.
The visiting Chesterfield have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 3 games. Chesterfield's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Denton 5 goals |  T. Peers 2 goals |  L. Rawson 2 goals |
Altrincham missing players
Chesterfield missing players
| Altrincham | Chesterfield | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 88% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 86% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 71% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 | 16 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 15 | 48 |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 19% | 11% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 80% | 61% |
- Altrincham has the most matches under the total-line (6) in National League
- Altrincham have yet to win a game at home.
- Chesterfield has the most dropped points from leading position (9) in National League
- Chesterfield have scored in all their matches so far.
- Chesterfield have scored more than double the goals of Altrincham.
- Chesterfield haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Torquay United | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Wealdstone | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| 3 | Sutton United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Maidenhead United | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 15 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Solihull Moors | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Eastleigh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Woking | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Bromley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Aldershot Town | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Notts County | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 13 | Boreham Wood | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Wrexham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Weymouth | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Barnet | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 18 | King's Lynn Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
| 19 | Chesterfield | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Halifax Town | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Altrincham | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 22 | Dover Athletic | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 23 | Yeovil Town | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 5 |