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Chesterfield play host to Bury at Recreation Ground on Friday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Spireites are clearly on top, winning 52.78% of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Chesterfield was back in February 2002, over five years ago, with Chesterfield running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Feb | Chesterfield | 2-0 | Bury | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Oct | Bury | 2 - 1 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 30 Jan | Bury | 0 - 3 | Chesterfield | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Bury | 1 - 1 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 28 Mar | Chesterfield | 0 - 1 | Bury | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 22 Mar | Bury | 1 - 0 | Chesterfield | LGE1 |
| 1996/1997 | Sat 16 Nov | Chesterfield | 1 - 0 | Bury | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Chesterfield have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Spireites in those games, with 6 conceded.
The The Shakers 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. The The Shakers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 5 against.
Chesterfield are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 8 points from 4 games. Bury find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Bury | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Spireites's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Bury. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chesterfield | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Bury | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |
