Recap: Eastleigh concede late equaliser against Altrincham to put Chesterfield in driving seat for play-offs
Ninth-placed Eastleigh play their game in hand at Altrincham this evening (7pm KO) and a win for the visitors will leapfrog them to fifth, with the Spireites dropping out of the play-off positions.
If that happens Town will need to beat Halifax this weekend and hope that either Wrexham or Eastleigh don’t win.
But a draw or defeat for Eastleigh tonight would keep the Spireites’ fate in their own hands.
Altrincham v Eastleigh: LIVE UPDATES
Key Events
- FT: Altrincham 1 v 1 Eastleigh (7pm KO)
- Draw puts Chesterfield’s play-off fate in their own hands
- Town play Halifax away on final day of season on Saturday
- Tyrone Barnett heads Eastleigh in front early in second-half, Ryan Colcloush equalises with 10 to go
First shot on target
Comes from Eastleigh’s Tomlinson. It shoots from distance but Thompson keeps it out and collects at the second attempt.
Eastleigh’s House is inches away from turning in Tomlinson’s cross from the right. It flashed across goal. Phew.
30 gone
Alty are enjoying most of the possession, but Eastleigh have had the better chances in the opening stages. Not much in this one so far.
Good effort
From Colcough who lets fly from distance, McDonnell was worried but it went just wide. Good strike though.
First Alty moment
Mullarkey’s cross from the right wing takes a deflection off Bird before being collected by goalkeeper McDonnell but there was an Alty man lurking at the near post. 20 gone, 0-0.
Eastleigh’s Barnett lobs the ball over the crossbar from close-range after the ball fell to him in the box. The visitors are looking dangerous from set-pieces so far.
Opening stages
Five minutes gone and Eastleigh have come the closest to scoring so far, House stabbing wide at the near post from Tomlinson’s cross from the right.