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

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Competition: England National League
Competition: Sat 11.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Blundell Park (8933 seats)

A total of 18 sets of games are played and both Grimsby Town and Chesterfield are doing great. Game on!

Insights:
  • Grimsby Town have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in National League
  • Chesterfield have the the best goal difference (+20) in National League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Grimsby Town form and stats

This stadium, Blundell Park, has been a fortress for Grimsby Town in the National League so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 7-0-1.

The fans are hoping that Grimsby will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the National League game against Dagenham & Redbridge (placed 10th).

Prior to that, an away loss at Solihull Moors.

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 Grimsby Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won zero, drawn four and lost two.

Grimsby can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 19 times. Grimsby are not conceding a lot of goals here at Blundell Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches.

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Chesterfield form and stats

Chesterfield's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Chesterfield collect 18 points from their 9 away matches in the National League. 5 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).

Two travels in a row for Chesterfield, whose manager J. Rowe could celebrate last time after the FA Cup win against Salford City. Chesterfield goalie Scott Loach was high and low in the Salford City game, contributing nine saves towards the victory. Goalkeeper Scott Loach got the top player rating of the team with 8.83/10. Loach stopped the opponent with nine saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

A draw for Chesterfield before that, at their own venue hosting Altrincham (2-2).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Chesterfield in our archives, and the results are: one win for Chesterfield, two draws and two defeats.

Chesterfield are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Chesterfield as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Grimsby Town four wins, two draws and Chesterfield four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ChesterfieldK. Tshimanga
K. Tshimanga
17 goals
Grimsby TownJ. McAtee
J. McAtee
7 goals
GrimsbyR. Taylor
R. Taylor
6 goals

Grimsby Town missing players

Chesterfield missing players

Grimsby Town Chesterfield
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 1 9 17
10 7 1 Won W 0 5 10
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 6
6 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
31 19 3 Scored S 1 16 35
20 5 2 Conceded C 1 6 15
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 94%
67% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 88%
44% 38% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 53%
39% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 47%
22% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
44% 25% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 47%
39% 62% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 67% 53%
22% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 6%
 
5.2 4.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5 5.1
5.4 4.1 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.8
1.5 1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.1 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
10.8 13.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10 10.6
4.7 5.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 4.3
37% 45% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 52% 48%
 
7.7 6.4 6 Shots against (avg) S A 1 6.3 6.7
2.6 1.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2.6 2.9
Key stats in National League this season:
  • Chesterfield have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Chesterfield have the most clean sheets (6) away in National League
  • Chesterfield have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in National League
  • Chesterfield have the the best goal difference (+20) in National League
  • Grimsby Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Grimsby Town have the the best goal difference (+14) at home in National League
  • Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Grimsby Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Chesterfield 17 10 6 1 35 15 8 5 3 0 19 9 9 5 3 1 16 6 20 36
2 Boreham Wood 17 10 5 2 26 13 9 6 3 0 15 4 8 4 2 2 11 9 13 35
3 Bromley 18 10 4 4 34 22 10 7 1 2 22 10 8 3 3 2 12 12 12 34
4 Wrexham 19 9 6 4 34 20 8 3 4 1 7 5 11 6 2 3 27 15 14 33
5 Halifax Town 17 10 3 4 28 16 8 6 0 2 16 7 9 4 3 2 12 9 12 33
6 Grimsby Town 18 10 2 6 31 20 8 7 0 1 19 5 10 3 2 5 12 15 11 32
7 Notts County 18 9 5 4 29 21 9 6 2 1 16 12 9 3 3 3 13 9 8 32
8 Solihull Moors 18 9 5 4 24 20 11 6 3 2 18 11 7 3 2 2 6 9 4 32
9 Stockport County 17 9 3 5 28 20 8 3 2 3 11 10 9 6 1 2 17 10 8 30
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 19 9 2 8 37 26 10 5 2 3 25 16 9 4 0 5 12 10 11 29
11 Yeovil Town 17 8 4 5 19 15 9 3 3 3 8 9 8 5 1 2 11 6 4 28
12 Altrincham 18 7 4 7 33 28 8 4 1 3 15 11 10 3 3 4 18 17 5 25
13 Barnet 18 7 4 7 24 30 9 4 2 3 11 14 9 3 2 4 13 16 -6 25
14 Woking 18 8 0 10 30 28 8 3 0 5 11 13 10 5 0 5 19 15 2 24
15 Eastleigh 16 7 3 6 21 21 8 5 2 1 16 10 8 2 1 5 5 11 0 24
16 Torquay United 18 6 3 9 26 31 8 4 0 4 14 14 10 2 3 5 12 17 -5 21
17 Wealdstone 18 5 6 7 19 28 9 3 3 3 8 10 9 2 3 4 11 18 -9 21
18 Aldershot Town 18 5 2 11 20 32 10 2 1 7 9 20 8 3 1 4 11 12 -12 17
19 Weymouth 18 4 3 11 21 37 10 2 3 5 12 17 8 2 0 6 9 20 -16 15
20 Southend United 16 4 2 10 13 25 7 2 1 4 9 13 9 2 1 6 4 12 -12 14
21 Maidenhead United 16 4 2 10 18 33 8 3 1 4 15 18 8 1 1 6 3 15 -15 14
22 King's Lynn Town 17 2 2 13 15 37 9 0 1 8 4 16 8 2 1 5 11 21 -22 8
23 Dover Athletic 18 0 4 14 14 41 10 0 2 8 7 18 8 0 2 6 7 23 -27 -8

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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.