Relegation candidates Dorking Wanderers face a challenge against high-flying Chesterfield at the Meadowbank Stadium on Saturday.
Dorking Wanderers are 23rd in the National League table, and have picked up 11 wins and five draws in their 34 games to date.
The Spireites, meanwhile, are top of the standings with 85 points, having won 27 and drawn four of their first 35 matches.
With 86 goals in 35 games so far this season, Chesterfield are the league’s highest scorers with 2.5 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 44 goals at a rate of 1.3 per game.
Dorking, meanwhile, are below average scorers, with 1.1 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.5. They have conceded 1.7 goals per game.
Wanderers are in mixed form in the National League, with two wins and a draw from their last six games.
With three wins and two draws over that period, the Spireites’s form is better – they have taken 11 points from 18, compared to the home side’s seven.
In the last three years, Dorking and Chesterfield have played each other on three occasions. Chesterfield won two of them and they drew once.
Their last meeting was on August 5, when Chesterfield won 4-3 at home.
Dorking’s last match was on Saturday, a 4-1 loss against Ebbsfleet United, with Charlie Carter getting the goal for Wanderers.
Chesterfield beat Barnet 2-0 last time out, on Tuesday, with Michael Jacobs and Tom Naylor on the scoresheet.
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Dorking Wanderers v Chesterfield
National League | Meadowbank Stadium
Saturday, 2 March 2024 @ 12.30pm
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