Recap: Chesterfield lose to Eastleigh in injury-time
Paul Cook’s men are third in the table and are just three points off the top despite losing their last two games.
Eastleigh are 14th and are unbeaten at home.
Our reporter Liam Norcliffe is at the game and will provide all the build-up, team news, updates and reaction.
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Key Events
- FT: Eastleigh 2 v 1 Chesterfield (3pm KO)
- Hosts score injury-time winner; Liam Mandeville had earlier equalised on 50 minutes
- Third straight defeat for Town, who drop to 4th
- SIX changes for Chesterfield - Fitzsimons, Cook, Akinola, Cooper, Asante and Tshimanga all start
- (Spireites XI 4-2-3-1) Fitzsimons; King, Cook, Grimes, Horton; Banks, Akinola; Mandeville, Asante, Cooper; Tshimanga. Subs: Williams, Clements, Jones, Uchegbulam, Quigley.
- Covolan, Clarke and Miller all injured
Final Spireites sub - 72 minutes
Cooper off, Quigley on.
A good first start from Cooper, he can be pleased.
Spireites second sub - 69 minutes
Asante off, Uchegbulam on. Asante has been quiet today. Not done enough.
Grimes denied by a top save
Mandeville and Cooper play a short corner, the latter delivers the ball into the near post, Grimes meets it with a diving header but McDonnell is equal to it with a brilliant reaction save.
Cook injured - subbed off - 62 minutes
The debutant was down for a couple of minutes and he has go to off and is replaced by Williams. Such a shame for Cook because he had been playing well.