The League Two game at The Wham Stadium on Saturday sees home side Accrington Stanley go into battle with Chesterfield.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Accrington Stanley v Chesterfield are shown below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Accrington Stanley
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Accrington Stanley, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 0-1 League Two success over Walsall.
The only scorer from Accrington Stanley was Ben Woods (33').
Itโs not been often in recent times where Accrington Stanley havenโt conceded. In fact, Accrington Stanley have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 13 goals on the way.
A look at their previous results shows us that Accrington Stanley:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Chesterfield in their last 4 matches.
- are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.
- are without a win at home for the past 5 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.
Chesterfield
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Chesterfield will come into the clash following a 4-1 League Two win with the downing of Morecambe in their previous fixture.
For Chesterfield, the goals were scored by Will Grigg (45'), Ash Palmer (61'), Michael Olakigbe (75') and Tom Naylor (80'). Jordan Slew (59') scored for Morecambe.
Illustrating their fondness for action-packed encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the previous six games in which Chesterfield have played, yielding a mean average of 3.33 goals per clash. Opposition teams have managed 9 from this total. That being said, time will tell if the trend will be maintained in this match or not.
Heading into this fixture, Chesterfield are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head meetings going back to 01/01/2013 shows that Accrington Stanley have won 5 of these and Chesterfield 1, with the number of draws standing at 0.
In all, 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 13 of them from Stanley and 3 being from The Spireites. The average goals per game has been 2.67.
The last league contest between these sides was League Two match day 15 on 09/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Chesterfield 0-3 Accrington Stanley.
The match was refereed by Darren Drysdale.
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Team News: Chesterfield
Owing to an otherwise available group of players, thereโs just the sole fitness problem for the Chesterfield manager Paul Cook to contend with. John Fleck (Shin injury) wonโt be playing here.
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Prediction
In this game, Accrington Stanley have it in them to put one past this Chesterfield team, however a single goal probably wonโt be enough to give them the result that they want.
Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning score for Chesterfield when the full-time whistle blows. Expecting it to be very competitive.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, staking on Accrington Stanley is best priced at 5, going for a draw is 3.7 & taking a punt on victory for Chesterfield comes in at 1.7. These are the top bets being offered at the moment.
Andre Moura,
12:01 29/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Accrington Stanley
Formed: 1968
Stadium: The Wham Stadium (5,450)
Captain: Sรฉamus Conneely
Chairman: Andy Holt
Manager: John Doolan
Competitions: League Two position 19
๐ Key Man: Ben Woods
Customarily taking up the Centre Midfield position, Ben Woods was born in Wigan, England. Having made his senior debut playing for Inverness C.T. in the 2022 - 2023 season, the goalscoring Midfielder has struck 8 league goals in this League Two 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 36 appearances.