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Chesterfield prepare to entertain Hartlepool United at Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 27 wins out of 41 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Recreation Ground was less than a year ago, in February 2005, with Hartlepool U. inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Spireites in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Chesterfield | 0-1 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Oct | Hartlepool U. | 3 - 2 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 02 Mar | Hartlepool U. | 2 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 21 Oct | Chesterfield | 1 - 2 | Hartlepool U. | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 16 Jan | Chesterfield | 0 - 0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 19 Aug | Hartlepool U. | 1 - 2 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 1994/1995 | Sat 25 Mar | Chesterfield | 2 - 0 | Hartlepool U. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Chesterfield's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While Spireites have scored 7, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Hartlepool U.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Pools have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chesterfield see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola League One, showing a record of 12 points from their 9 games played so far, Hartlepool U. find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 10 points from their 9 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Hartlepool U. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chesterfield are in pretty poor form at home recently, and the FootyMad are looking no further than a solitary point from this game. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chesterfield | 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Hartlepool U. | 5 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |