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Chesterfield face a trip to Shrewsbury Town at Prostar Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 7 of the 20 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2007, with Chesterfield inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the Shrews in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 14 Nov | Chesterfield | 2 - 2 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | Chesterfield | 4 - 1 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 13 Oct | Shrewsbury Tn. | 2 - 3 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 16 Oct | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 1 | Chesterfield | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 06 Jan | Shrewsbury Tn. | 0 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 26 Aug | Chesterfield | 3 - 0 | Shrewsbury Tn. | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 18 Jan | Shrewsbury Tn. | 2 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Shrewsbury Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 4.
The Spireites have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Shrewsbury Tn. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 46 points from their 30 games so far. Chesterfield's 37 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Spireites could well see them head back from Prostar Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Shrewsbury Tn. | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Chesterfield | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |