Chesterfield
v Wrexham

Tuesday 01 January 2007

 

Kick Off @ 15:00



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Admission Prices:

Cross Street Open Terrace - Adults £15, Seniors 38, Juniors £5

Wing Stand - Adults £17, Seniors £11, Juniors £11


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Cloudy with temperatures reaching a maximum of 10 degrees Celsius.

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Recent Encounters

Oct 07: Wrexham 0 Chesterfield 4

Jan 05: Chesterfield 2 Wrexham 4

Dec 04: Wrexham 3 Chesterfield 1

Jan 04: Chesterfield 2 Wrexham 1

Aug 03: Wrexham 0 Chesterfield 0

Last Five League Games

Wrexham:

Stockport (h) 0-1

Rochdale (h) 0-2

Rotherham (a) 0-3

Brentford (h) 1-3

Dagenham & Redbridge (a) 0-3

Overall Form Position: 23rd

Away Form Position: 20th

Chesterfield:

Barnet (a) 2-0

Bury (a) 1-0

Mansfield (h) 2-0

Accrington (a) 1-2

Bradford (h) 1-1

Overall Form Position: 7th

Home Form Position: 13th

League Record

  Us Them
Played 22 22
Won 4 11
Drawn 3 7
Lost 15 4
For 14 37
Against 36 22
GD -22 15
Points 15 40
Position 24 5

Betting Odds

Wrexham Draw Chesterfield
13/2 11/4 4/9

League Two Fixtures

Accrington Stanley v Bradford
Chester v Grimsby
Chesterfield v Wrexham
Dag & Red v Brentford
Hereford v Notts County
Lincoln City v Bury
Milton Keynes Dons v Mansfield
Peterborough v Shrewsbury
Rochdale v Darlington
Rotherham v Macclesfield
Stockport v Morecambe
Wycombe v Barnet

Match Preview

Wrexham start the New Year with a difficult trip to a Chesterfield side who have won their last three games without conceding a goal.

This, compared to our current run of five straight defeats, gives little hope for anything but a sixth straight defeat but football does have a tendency of throwing up strange results now and again and boy do we need one to avoid being cut adrift at the foot of the table.

The game is also a start of a run on the road for us as six of our seven games this month are away from the Racecourse, although Chesterfield do not have the best of recent records at home with their pre Christmas win over Mansfield their first at home since the middle of October.

Since the two sides last met at the beginning of October, when Chesterfield left the Racecourse with an emphatic 4-0 victory, the Spireites have only lost two of their subsequent thirteen games and the victory at Barnet on the weekend has left Chesterfield in fifth position with a return forty points from their twenty-two games.

For team in the upper reaches of the table, Chesterfield have an average home record with only three wins at home this season from ten games and this is only one more than us, but the Spireites consistency this season is proven by the fact they have occupied a play off spot since the fifth game.

Top scorer for Chesterfield is former Notts Forest striker Jack Lester and if ever a fact showed the gulf between the two teams, Lester has scored the same number of league goals this season as the whole Wrexham team combined: 14.

Lee Richardson has been in charge of Chesterfield when he replaced Roy McFarland as manager in March 2007

Richardson was unable to steer the Spireites to safety last season but has made a promising start to the new campaign as Chesterfield look to bounce back to league One at the first attempt.

Richardson has managed Chesterfield before in a caretaker capacity but this is his first job as a full time manager.

Recent Encounters:

When the two sides met at the Racecourse earlier on this season, the game was virtually over after only fifteen minutes as Chesterfield found themselves 3-0 up before going on to complete a 4-0 victory.

You have to go back to the 2004/05 season for the previous game between the two sides when we completed the double over Chesterfield.

The first game at the Racecourse ended in a 3-1 victory with goals from Stephen Roberts, Mark Jones and Chris Llewellyn but it was Juan Ugarte who took centre stage in the return match.

Chesterfield scored the opening goal in this game but Ugarte went on to score four goals until Chesterfield grabbed the consolation in a 4-2 win.

The overall head-to-head in the league sees Chesterfield out in front with 48 victories compared to our 33 and there have been 24 draws in the 105 league games between the two teams.

Team News:

Wrexham are again without defender Richard Hope who has been ruled out for a second game with an ankle injury.

Midfielder Matt Crowell completes his three game ban and Robbie Garrett has returned to Stoke City after his three month loan period expired.

There are further problems for Wrexham in midfield with both Silvio Spann and Mark Jones facing late fitness tests.

Kevin Gray is serving the last of a three game ban and Hungarian Janos Kavos is expected to again deputise despite struggling with a slight strain.

Phil Picken has recovered form his ankle injury but may not be rushed back whilst on loan pair Adam Rooney and Felix Bastians play their last game before their loan deals expire.

Top scorer Jack Lester plays his last game before a suspension after collecting his fifth booking of the season on the weekend.

Elsewhere in League Two:

Mansfield, who are one place and a point above us in the table, face a difficult task when they travel to league leaders MK Dons.

Lincoln occupy the place just above the relegation zone and they will fancy their chances when they entertain a Bury side who are just five points above the Imps in the table.

Dagenham's victory at Bury on the weekend has opened a five point gap on Mansfield and the league new comers are at home to London rivals Brentford.