Northampton Town 1-3 Chesterfield

Chesterfield moved into the automatic promotion places with a win in dreadful conditions at bottom side Northampton.

Darren Carter had the Cobblers ahead from the penalty spot early on after keeper Tommy Lee fouled Hallam Hope.

But a quickly taken Spireites free-kick let Dan Gardner rifle home an equaliser from a tight angle on his full debut.

Gary Roberts then delightfully chipped the keeper to put the visitors ahead before Armand Gnanduillet's low strike compounded the hosts' misery.

Substitute Gnanduillet's goal from Ian Evatt's pass settled the contest with Northampton pressing for an equaliser, having already come close when Hope's scrambled effort was cleared off the line by Richie Humphreys.

Paul Cook's Chesterfield appeared to cope much better at a damp, wet Sixfields as they inflicted a third straight home defeat on the Cobblers, who are now six points adrift of safety.

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Line-ups

Northampton

• 1Duke
• 33HurstSubstituted forMorrisat 64'minutes
• 3Widdowson
• 12Tozer
• 6Collins
• 23McGinty
• 32Blair
• 17DeeganSubstituted forHooperat 75'minutes
• 29Hope
• 25German
• 4CarterSubstituted forO'Donovanat 66'minutes

Substitutes

• 7Demontagnac
• 8Morris
• 10O'Donovan
• 13Snedker
• 16Hooper
• 26Harriott
• 27Kouo-Doumbe

Chesterfield

• 1Lee
• 7DarikwaBooked at 82mins
• 15Humphreys
• 12Ryan
• 23Evatt
• 6Cooper
• 26GardnerBooked at 56minsSubstituted forO'Sheaat 75'minutes
• 5Morsy
• 17DoyleSubstituted forHirdat 83'minutes
• 2BanksSubstituted forGnanduilletat 64'minutes
• 11Roberts

Substitutes

• 3Smith
• 4Hird
• 8Togwell
• 10O'Shea
• 21Gnanduillet
• 22Brown
• 35Dunbavin

Referee:

Graham Horwood

Attendance:

5,082

Match Stats

Home TeamNorthamptonAway TeamChesterfield

Possession

Home44%

Away56%

Shots

Home5

Away7

Shots on Target

Home2

Away3

Corners

Home5

Away6

Fouls

Home7

Away13

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Northampton Town 1, Chesterfield 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Northampton Town 1, Chesterfield 3.

Posted at 90'+4'

Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Liam Cooper.

Posted at 90'+3'

Foul by Ian Evatt (Chesterfield).

Posted at 90'+3'

JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Gary Roberts (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Ben Tozer (Northampton Town).

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt blocked. Antonio German (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Chesterfield).

Posted at 90'

Antonio German (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Corner, Northampton Town. Conceded by Tendayi Darikwa.

Goal!

Posted at 87'

Goal! Northampton Town 1, Chesterfield 3. Armand Gnanduillet (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ian Evatt.

Posted at 84'

Tendayi Darikwa (Chesterfield) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 84'

Foul by JJ Hooper (Northampton Town).

Substitution

Posted at 83'

Substitution, Chesterfield. Sam Hird replaces Eoin Doyle.

Booking

Posted at 82'

Tendayi Darikwa (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Jimmy Ryan (Chesterfield).

Posted at 82'

Matty Blair (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 79'

Attempt blocked. Matty Blair (Northampton Town) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Chesterfield. Jay O'Shea replaces Dan Gardner.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Northampton Town. JJ Hooper replaces Gary Deegan.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Dan Gardner (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Widdowson.

Posted at 68'

Tendayi Darikwa (Chesterfield) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Roy O'Donovan (Northampton Town).

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Northampton Town. Roy O'Donovan replaces Darren Carter.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Liam Cooper (Chesterfield).

Posted at 66'

Antonio German (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 64'

Substitution, Northampton Town. Ian Morris replaces James Hurst.

Substitution

Posted at 64'

Substitution, Chesterfield. Armand Gnanduillet replaces Oliver Banks.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Dan Gardner (Chesterfield).

Posted at 60'

Hallam Hope (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 58'

Attempt blocked. Gary Roberts (Chesterfield) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.

Posted at 57'

Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Joe Widdowson.

Booking

Posted at 56'

Dan Gardner (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Dan Gardner (Chesterfield).

Posted at 56'

Joe Widdowson (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Goal!

Posted at 53'

Goal! Northampton Town 1, Chesterfield 2. Gary Roberts (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Dan Gardner.

Posted at 50'

Hand ball by Gary Deegan (Northampton Town).

Posted at 49'

Attempt saved. James Hurst (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

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