Chesterfield 2-2 Walsall: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Chesterfield 2-2 Walsall

League Two · Saturday 31 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Chesterfield · Walsall · League Two predictions

Chesterfield 2-2 Walsall: match report

Chesterfield drew with Walsall 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Will Grigg opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Chesterfield's goals came from Will Grigg (12') and Dilan Markanday (20'). Walsall scored through Daniel Kanu (41') and Albert Adomah (60').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Chesterfield were 9th on 44 points from 28 and Walsall 6th on 48 points from 27. Chesterfield went on to finish that season 7th with 80 points, and Walsall 13th with 65.

Chesterfield lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Kanu of Walsall (7.8), ahead of Connor Barrett (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Chesterfield wins, 1 draw and 4 for Walsall.

Going into the match Chesterfield's last five read W-L-D-D-D and Walsall's D-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Will GriggChesterfield · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Dilan MarkandayChesterfield · 2-0
  • 41'Goal · Daniel KanuWalsall · 2-1
  • 60'Goal · Albert AdomahWalsall · 2-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Chesterfield 0, draws 1, Walsall 4.

Team news

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Chesterfield line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zach Hemming, Sam Curtis, Kyle McFadzean, Sil Swinkels, Tom Pearce, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, Ryan Stirk, Dilan Markanday, Liam Mandeville, Dylan Duffy, Will Grigg

Walsall line-up (3-5-2)

Myles Roberts, Harrison Burke, Aden Flint, Evan Weir, Connor Barrett, Alex Pattison, Alfie Chang, Courtney Clarke, Vincent Harper, Jamille Matt, Daniel Kanu