Walsall vs Chesterfield Live Stream, Predictions (May 16)

📊 Form Guide

Walsall

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Walsall, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-2 League Two Play-offs success against Chesterfield.

For Walsall, the scorers were Taylor Allen (28') and Alfie Chang (39').

Fewer than three goals per game were scored during 5 of the past 6 meetings where Walsall have been participants. In terms of the goal split in that period, opposition teams scored a total of 5 while Walsall managed a tally of 5.

Chesterfield

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In the course of their six most recent matches, Paul Cook's Chesterfield have seen their goal attempts be successful 11 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.83.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 12/03/2016 tells us that Walsall have won 4 of these games and Chesterfield 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 12 for The Saddlers and 6 being from The Spireites. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Walsall

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Walsall manager Mat Sadler to be concerned with from a near full-strength squad. George Hall (unknown injury) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Chesterfield

Thanks to a mainly healthy group of players, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Chesterfield gaffer Paul Cook to be concerned with. John Fleck (Shin injury) won’t be playing here.

✨ Prediction

In our opinion, Chesterfield will have to work hard as a team to score goals against this Walsall outfit who we think will score at least once to gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore expecting a very competitive game with a 1-0 victory for Walsall at the end of the 90.

Let’s see how it plays out.

💵 ⚽️ What are the best odds for this match?

Looking at the bookies’ prices in the win-draw-win market, backing Walsall is best priced at 2.38, a bet on the draw is 3.4 and selecting victory for Chesterfield can get you 2.8. They’re the best of the returns offered at the current time.

Renata Leite, 10:06 16/05/2025