Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Chesterfield (7th, 70 pts) and Carlisle United (23rd, 42 pts). Recent form flatters Carlisle United's table spot — 6th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 23rd. Per game in the league, Chesterfield were scoring 1.59 and conceding 1.17, Carlisle United 0.96 and 1.54, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
5 matches unbeaten backed Chesterfield's arrival. From the last five rounds, Chesterfield held 13 points of 15 and Carlisle United 4.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Chesterfield 2, draws 1, Carlisle United 3, at 3.33 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
A. Humphries took charge of the match — our records show 95 games refereed with an average of 1.8 yellow cards per game. The venue was Technique Stadium, with room for 10,504 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Chesterfield: Paddy Madden (81'), Liam Mandeville (73') · Carlisle United: Joe Hugill (89')
Key stats
Possession: Chesterfield 81% · Carlisle United 19% · Total shots: 38-4 · On target: 15-3 · Corners: 16-5