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Chesterfield face a trip to Grimsby Town at Blundell Park at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 42 games played, Spireites have recorded 7 wins, and Grimsby Town have come away with 20 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2008, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Grimsby Town | 4 - 2 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Chesterfield | 1 - 2 | Grimsby Town | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Chesterfield | 4 - 4 | Grimsby Town | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Grimsby Town | 4 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 10 Sep | Grimsby Town | 0 - 1 | Chesterfield | LGEC |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 03 Mar | Grimsby Town | 0 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 16 Dec | Chesterfield | 0 - 2 | Grimsby Town | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Grimsby Town's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Mighty Mariners have scored 4, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.
Chesterfield's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Spireites's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Grimsby Town find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches. Chesterfield's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Grimsby Town | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Spireites has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Grimsby Town. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Grimsby Town | No sequences of note |
| Chesterfield | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |