Team News
Fulham loan duo Ryan Williams and Marcello Trotta, plus midfielder Paul Digby are available again following international duty although Williams will have to be assessed after travelling back from China.
Manager Danny Wilson has no injury concerns to contend with and could name an unchanged side.
The Reds have sold out their 2,433 allocation for the visit to Chesterfield.
Last time out - Barnsley Team:
Ross Turnbull
Joe Dudgeon
Martin Cranie
Peter Ramage
Lewin Nyatanga
Kane Hemmings
Connor Hourihane
Luke Berry
James Bailey
Sam Winnall
Devante Cole
Head to Head
Last Six Chesterfield v Barnsley results:
8/4/06 Barnsley (Brian Howard 31) 1-1 Chesterfield (Derek Niven 76) (League One)
2/1/06 Chesterfield 0-0 Barnsley (League One)
3/1/05 Chesterfield (Caleb Folan 50, Shane Nicholson 88) 2-2 Barnsley (Michael Boulding 38, 45) (League One)
25/9/04 Barnsley (Antony Kay 87) 1-0 Chesterfield (League One)
28/12/03 Barnsley 0-1 Chesterfield (Glynn Hurst 80) (Division Two)
6/9/03 Chesterfield 0-2 Barnsley (Antony Kay 10, Craig Ireland 67) (Division Two)
Overall Record:
Chesterfield Wins: 33
Barnsley Wins: 27
Draws: 21
Chesterfield Goals: 112
Barnsley Goals: 107
At Chesterfield:
Chesterfield Wins: 23
Barnsley Wins: 7
Draws: 10
Chesterfield Goals: 68
Barnsley Goals: 36
First Met In League: Chesterfield 2-1 Barnsley, Saturday 17th February 1900. (Second Division)
Biggest Win: Barnsley 8-1 Chesterfield, Saturday 20th January 1906. (Second Division)
Biggest Defeat: Chesterfield 5-1 Barnsley, Monday 27th March 1961. (Third Division)
Last Home Win: Barnsley (Antony Kay 87) 1-0 Chesterfield, Saturday 25th September 2004. (League One)
Last Away Win: Chesterfield 0-2 Barnsley (Antony Kay 10, Craig Ireland 67), Saturday 6th September 2003. (Division Two)
Last Home Draw: Barnsley (Brian Howard 31) 1-1 Chesterfield (Derek Niven 76), Saturday 8th April 2006. (League One)
Last Away Draw: Chesterfield 0-0 Barnsley, Monday 2nd January 2006. (League One)
Last Home Defeat: Barnsley 0-1 Chesterfield (Glynn Hurst 80), Sunday 28th December 2003. (Division Two)
Last Away Defeat: Chesterfield (Jamie Burt 10) 1-0 Barnsley, Saturday 2nd November 2002. (Division Two)
Last Away Meeting:
Monday 2nd January 2006.
Chesterfield 0 0 Barnsley
Chesterfield:
Barry Roche, Phil Picken, Steve Blatherwick, Shane Nicholson, Reuben Hazell, Mark Allott, Paul Hall, Derek Niven, Sammy Clingan, Colin Larkin (Caleb Folan 45), Adam Smith (Tcham N’Toya 76)
Unused substitutes:
Carl Muggleton, Aaron Downes, Alan O’Hare.
Manager: Roy McFarland.
Barnsley:
Nick Colgan, Dale Tonge, Robbie Williams, Paul Reid, Neil Austin, Chris Shuker (Richard Kell 82), Nick Wroe, Martin Devaney (Brian Howard 56), Jacob Burns, Daniel Nardiello (Paul Hayes 71), Tommy Wright.
Unused substitutes:
Scott Flinders, Marc Richards.
Manager: Andy Ritchie.
Still at respective clubs:
Chesterfield: 0
Barnsley: 0
Number of managers since this game (including caretakers):
Chesterfield: 4 (Lee Richardson, John Sheridan, Tommy Wright, Paul Cook)
Barnsley: 6 (Simon Davey, Mark Robins, Keith Hill, David Flitcroft, Micky Mellon, Danny Wilson)
This Season:
Last six 2014-2015 results:
Chesterfield:
15/11/14 Crewe 0–0 Chesterfield (League One)
9/11/14 Braintree 0-6 Chesterfield (Eoin Doyle 2, Jay O’Shea, Sam Clucas, Gary Roberts, Remy Clerima og) (FA Cup)
1/11/14 Chesterfield 0-0 Yeovil (League One)
28/10/14 Chesterfield 0-3 Swindon (League One)
25/10/14 Oldham 1-0 Chesterfield (League One)
21/10/14 Colchester 2-1 Chesterfield (Sam Clucas) (League One)
W: 1 D: 2 L: 3 F: 8 A: 6 GD: +2 Points: 2 *one win in cup.
Barnsley:
14/11/14 Barnsley (Sam Winnall, Conor Hourihane, Peter Ramage) 3–2 Colchester (League One)
8/11/14 Barnsley (Sam Winnall 3, Conor Hourihane, Devante Cole) 5–0 Burton (FA Cup)
1/11/14 Sheffield United 0–1 Barnsley (Sam Winnall) (League One)
25/10/14 Barnsley (Sam Winnall, Conor Hourihane) 2–2 Bristol City (Luke Ayling, Aaron Wilbraham) (League One)
21/10/14 Barnsley (Devante Cole, Conor Hourihane) 2–3 Notts County (League One)
18/10/14 Peterborough 2–1 Barnsley (Devante Cole) (League One)
W: 3 D: 1 L: 2 F: 14 A: 9 GD: +5 Points: 6 *one win in cup.
Interesting Stats:
Tomorrow is the first meeting between Barnsley and Chesterfield for eight years, each of the last three meetings have ended in draws.
You have to go back a decade for the last victory in this fixture, with a late Antony Kay goal securing a 1-0 win for The Reds at Oakwell in September 2004.
Barnsley have lost just one of their last seven meetings with the Spireites and only two of the last 12.
This will be The Reds first ever trip to the Proact Stadium. They won only seven of their 40 visits to Saltergate but lost only one of the last six.
Goals have been a rarity in this fixture in recent times, there have been just 12 in the last eight, less than two per game.
Barnsley thumped Chesterfield 4-1 in a League Cup tie back in 1997 but in the 13 league clashes since Chesterfield’s 4-1 win at Oakwell in 1971, only two have featured a winner by more than one goal.
Chesterfield won five of their opening ten games to their first season following promotion but are now on a seven match winless run in League One, four of which have ended in defeat.
The Spireites have also failed to score a goal in any of their last four (although a 6-0 victory at Braintree in the FA Cup punctures this.) It is their longest run without a league goal since failing to net in any of their final five games of the 2008-2009 season.
Chesterfield are without a home in three matches since they defeated another South Yorkshire side, Sheffield United. The last time they went four home matches without victory was in September last year, also the last time they were on a three match winless run at the Proact.
On the other side of the coin however Paul Cook’s side have drawn each of their last two league matches 0-0 so coupled with their FA Cup victory have kept three clean sheets in a row.
They have conceded just 10 home league goals this season, only six League One teams have a better record.
The clean sheet they kept in their last home outing however, against Yeovil, is the only one they have managed at the Proact in their last 13 games there in all competitions.
Chesterfield striker Eoin Doyle is the division’s top scorer with 14 goals in 17 League One appearances this season. However the 26 year old scored those in his first 11 games. He has now gone six league games without a goal, all of which the Spireites have failed to win.
Interestingly Chesterfield have not won any game that Doyle has not scored in.
On This Day:
Chesterfield:
Played: 11 Won: 4 Drawn: 3 Lost: 4 Scored: 15 Conceded: 17.
Last match on the 22nd November: 2008. Chesterfield (Lester) 1-1 Accrington Stanley. Att: 3,215.
Last win: 1969
Last draw: 2008
Last defeat: 1994
STAT! – Chesterfield have drawn each of their last three matches on this date 1-1 and won only one of the last seven.
Barnsley:
Played: 13 Won: 5 Drawn: 1 Lost: 7 Scored: 20 Conceded: 19.
Last match on the 22nd November: 2008. Preston 2-1 Barnsley (Campbell-Ryce). Att: 12,153.
Last win: 1997
Last draw: 1958
Last defeat: 2008
STAT! – Barnsley have lost four of their last five matches on this date with the one exception being the famous Premier League win at Liverpool in 1997.
JOINT STAT! – These two sides have met once before on the 22nd of November, way back in 1902.
112 years ago Barnsley and Chesterfield were Second Division teams and when these two met at the Spireites old Saltergate ground the hosts were riding high in sixth position after winning five of their opening 10 matches, whilst The Reds under the management of John McCartney were 15th (out of 18) following just one win and four defeats from their first eight games.
The match went true to form as well with Chesterfield enjoying a 3-0 win to lift them up to 5th.
Chesterfield would eventually finish in sixth place whilst Barnsley who won just two of their first 14 games saw a marked improvement including a run of nine wins in 13 and finished in eighth, just three points behind Chesterfield.
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Saturday 22nd November 2014:
3pm:
Bradford v Gillingham
Bristol City v Preston
Colchester v Coventry
Crawley v Scunthorpe
Fleetwood v Walsall
Leyton Orient v Crewe
MK Dons v Port Vale
Notts County v Yeovil
Peterborough v Swindon
Rochdale v Doncaster
Sheffield United v Oldham