FootyMAD's Chesterfield match preview

Last updated : 18 February 2005 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Chesterfield v Sheffield Wednesday fixture

Sheff. Wed. face a trip to Chesterfield at Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Owls will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 9 and win only 3 of the 15 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2004, with Chesterfield running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005Sat 30 OctSheff. Wed.2 - 2ChesterfieldLGE1
2003/2004Sun 07 MarChesterfield3 - 1Sheff. Wed.LGE1
2003/2004Sat 20 DecSheff. Wed.0 - 0ChesterfieldLGE1
1979/1980Sat 16 FebSheff. Wed.3 - 3ChesterfieldLGE1
1979/1980Sat 29 SepChesterfield2 - 1Sheff. Wed.LGE1
1978/1979Sat 14 AprSheff. Wed.4 - 0ChesterfieldLGE1
1978/1979Tue 26 DecChesterfield3 - 3Sheff. Wed.LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Chesterfield need to improve on their recent home record of just 3 draws from the previous six. While Spireites have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.

Sheff. Wed.'s away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the The Owls, and 6 goals against.

Chesterfield's 43 points from 32 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Sheff. Wed. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 52 points from 32 games.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Chesterfield62137117
Sheff. Wed.6231759

FootyMad's prediction ...

Sheff. Wed. are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win

Sequence statistics:
Chesterfield Failed to win in previous 6 home matches.
Sheff. Wed. Previous 4 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 4 away matches.
No win in the 3 most recent games.