Spireites ready to lock horns with Stags

Spireites have not locked horns with The Stags since the 2002-03 season when, on each occasion, the away side won.

Chesterfield have won three and drawn one of the last five trips to Field Mill, so the 1,300 travelling fans who have tickets will be expecting more of the same as Lee Richardson's side look to extend their five-match unbeaten run in League Two.

Billy Dearden's Stags have won one and drawn one.

The hosts have conceded 11 goals conceded in five League matches plus five more in two cup defeats.

The keeper in most of those games was ex-Saltergate hero Carl Muggleton, who is 39 tomorrow. He came into the side after Jason White was dropped following a 3-1 defeat at Morecambe last month.

Mansfield's defensive lynchpin is former Rotherham United centre half Martin McIntosh, a four-year Miller, who moved to Notting-hamshire in the summer from Huddersfield Town.

He will not be relishing his battle with Chesterfield's on-form Steve Fletcher, who scored two goals against Bury and won a place in this week's Team of the Week League Two.

New signing Jack Lester will hope to extend his run of scoring in all his last five games.