Peterborough United 5-2 Chesterfield: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Peterborough United 5-2 Chesterfield

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Peterborough United 5-2 Chesterfield: match report

Peterborough United beat Chesterfield 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-2.

Tom Nichols opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Tom Nichols (1'), Gwion Edwards (45+3'), Paul Taylor (55'), Tom Nichols (65') and Michael Bostwick (82'). Chesterfield scored through Ched Evans (22') and Liam O'Neil (25').

Discipline: Peterborough United received 3 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Peterborough United were 6th on 29 points from 19 and Chesterfield 22nd on 18 points from 20. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 11th with 62 points, and Chesterfield 24th with 37.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Peterborough United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Chesterfield.

Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Chesterfield's W-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Tom NicholsPeterborough United · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Liam O'NeilChesterfield
  • 22'Goal · Ched EvansChesterfield · 1-1
  • 25'Goal · Liam O'NeilChesterfield · 1-2
  • 45+3'Goal · Gwion EdwardsPeterborough United · 2-2
  • 55'Goal · Paul TaylorPeterborough United · 3-2
  • 63'Yellow card · Michael BostwickPeterborough United
  • 65'Goal · Tom NicholsPeterborough United · 4-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Derek DalyChesterfield
  • 80'Yellow card · D. DalyChesterfield
  • 82'Goal · Michael BostwickPeterborough United · 5-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Bradden InmanPeterborough United
  • 85'Yellow card · Bradden InmanPeterborough United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Peterborough United 2, draws 0, Chesterfield 0.

Team news

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Peterborough United line-up

Luke McGee, Michael Smith, Andrew Hughes, Ryan Tafazolli, Michael Bostwick, Gwion Edwards, Chris Forrester, Leonardo Lopes, Paul Taylor, Shaq Coulthirst, Tom Nichols

Chesterfield line-up

Ryan Fulton, Gary Liddle, Ian Ross Evatt, Tom Anderson, Laurence Maguire, Liam O'Neil, Connor Dimaio, Jay O'Shea, Ched Evans, Rai Simons, Jake Beesley