Match Report
4 points and 3 places separated them: Swindon Town 9th with 75, Chesterfield 6th with 79. Swindon Town ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Swindon Town were scoring 1.52 and conceding 1.28, Chesterfield 1.54 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Chesterfield carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 5/15 points for Swindon Town, 11/15 for Chesterfield.
12 meetings are on record — 6 won by Swindon Town, 3 by Chesterfield, 3 drawn, at 2.67 goals per meeting. Only 42% of these meetings ended in a home win.
The venue was The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, with room for 15,728 spectators. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Swindon Town: Ben Middlemas (45') · Chesterfield: Lee Bonis (19'), Dilan Markanday (61')
Key stats
Possession: Swindon Town 50% · Chesterfield 50% · Total shots: 13-11 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 8-3