Halifax Town vs Chesterfield

20 March 2024 · National League · 2023/24 · Referee J Westgate

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Rob Harker 33’, 39’
Andrew Oluwabori 45+2’
Aaron Cosgrave 66’

Will Grigg 32’
James Berry 79’

Match summary

Halifax Town came from behind to win 4-2 at home to Chesterfield. Halifax Town led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Will Grigg put Chesterfield ahead in the 32nd minute, Rob Harker equalised in the 33rd minute, Harker put Halifax Town in front in the 39th minute, and Andrew Oluwabori made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Aaron Cosgrave made it 4-1 in the 66th minute and James Berry pulled one back to make it 4-2 in the 79th minute.

Chesterfield can feel hard done by, creating 4.00 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Halifax Town's 1.65 from 9.

Match stats

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.65 xG 4.00

1.65 Non-penalty xG 4.00

Key events

Halifax Town Chesterfield

Kick-off

32’

Will Grigg

0-1

Rob Harker

1-1

33’

Rob Harker

2-1

39’

Andrew Oluwabori

3-1

45+2’

Half-time3-1

Aaron Cosgrave

4-1

66’

79’

James Berry

4-2

Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Halifax Town

Tylor Golden
Rob Harker

Chesterfield

Armando Dobra
Will Grigg

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Halifax Town 1.65 xGChesterfield 4.00 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Chesterfield attacking Halifax Town attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players14 players


Sam Johnson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tylor Golden	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Adam Senior	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Stott	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Galvin	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Hunter	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kane Thompson-Sommers	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Cosgrave Taken off	82′	1	–	2	0.73	–	–	–
Florent Hoti Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Andrew Oluwabori Taken off	69′	1	–	3	0.22	–	–	–
Rob Harker	90′	2	–	4	0.70	–	–
Jack Evans Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Summerfield Came on as a substitute	21′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Wright Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Harry Tyrer	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Liam Mandeville	90′	–	–	3	0.45	–	–	–
Tyrone Williams Taken off	76′	–	–	1	0.15	–	–	–
Jamie Grimes	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bailey Clements	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Naylor	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ollie Banks	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Armando Dobra	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bailey Hobson Taken off	83′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Ryan Colclough Taken off	59′	–	–	3	0.31	–	–	–
Will Grigg	90′	1	–	3	1.60	–	–
James Berry Came on as a substitute	31′	1	–	1	0.58	–	–	–
Ashley Palmer Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	3	0.79	–	–	–
Joe Quigley Came on as a substitute	7′	–	–	1	0.07	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Halifax Town win 26% Avg odds 3.60

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.62

Chesterfield win 49% Avg odds 1.89

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Halifax Town W W L W W

Chesterfield W L W W D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Chesterfield 3-2 Halifax Town, 19 Sep 23 All Halifax Town vs Chesterfield meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.