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
GOOOAAAALLL!!! 1-1
MANDEVILLE!!!
Chesterfield are level after 50 minutes, 1-1. Eastleigh keeper McDonnell parries a drilled, low cross from Mandeville into his own net at the near post.
50 minutes gone, 1-1.
Chance!
Mandeville meets Cooper’s cross from the left on the volley but McDonnell tips wide for a corner.
HT: Eastleigh 1 v 0 Chesterfield
Cisse’s finish has the hosts in front. Grimes angry the free-kick went against him in the first place.
The Spireites have had chances.
Cook and Akinola excellent.
Goal for Eastleigh: 1-0
Cisse finishes from close-range after a deep free-kick. Grimes not happy that was given against him. Awful time to concede.
Good defending from Cook
The debutant makes a vital block to get Grimes out of jail after he misjudged a header.
Cook has been excellent.
Big chance for Town
Banks plays a lovely ball down the right channel to set Tshimanga free. He then squares the ball across the box but Cooper could not guide it in and it goes wide. Good chance.