On Saturday Jan 8th, Chesterfield and Chelsea will play a match in London in a FA Cup match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Chelsea is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Liverpool. Sadio Mané scored the first goal for Liverpool in the 9th minute, then Mohamed Salah added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Trent Alexander-Arnold . Chelsea should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while chesterfield is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Salford City. Liam Mandeville struck first for Chesterfield in the 28th minute on a feed from Kellerman, then James Kellerman added another in the 86th minute on a feed from Tshimanga In the end, Salford City couldn’t muster any offence and Chesterfield ran away with the shutout win. Chesterfield is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Butterfield and Kabongo Tshimanga are the top scorers for Chesterfield in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Both Jorginho and Romelu Lukaku have been the hottest scorers for Chelsea in the last five each having scored 2 goals.