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Chesterfield travel to take on Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Spireites will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Darlington was back in January 2001, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 3 winners in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sat 20 Jan | Darlington | 0 - 3 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 26 Dec | Chesterfield | 2 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 12 Jan | Darlington | 0 - 2 | Chesterfield | ASSM |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 29 Apr | Darlington | 0 - 1 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 15 Oct | Chesterfield | 0 - 0 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 08 Mar | Darlington | 0 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 04 Sep | Chesterfield | 1 - 1 | Darlington | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the The Quakers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The away form of Chesterfield however, is much more impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 14 goals for the Spireites, and 8 goals against.
Darlington are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League Two, and have accumulated 23 points from the 12 games they have played so far. Chesterfield are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 22 points from 12 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Spireites to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Chesterfield take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | No sequences of note |
| Chesterfield | 7 games since last away draw. 5 games since last defeat. |