Milton Keynes Dons v Chesterfield result

Full-time · Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Chesterfield

League Two · Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00 GMT

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Milton Keynes Dons · Chesterfield

Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Chesterfield — this League Two match was drawn.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Milton Keynes Dons and Chesterfield drew 2–2 in League Two on Sunday 4 January.

Milton Keynes Dons have scored 80 goals, the most of the 24 clubs (2025/26 so far, after 43 games, ranked per game).

The goals

Milton Keynes Dons led 2–0 at half-time and were pegged back. The goals — Milton Keynes Dons: Callum Paterson (29’, assisted by Aaron Nemane) and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (44’, assisted by Jon Mellish); Chesterfield: Sam Curtis (67’, assisted by Liam Mandeville) and William Grigg (90’, assisted by Liam Mandeville).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) had little between the sides: Milton Keynes Dons 0.00, Chesterfield 0.00, from 10 shots to 9 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

The bookings — Milton Keynes Dons: Aaron Nemane (26’), Jack Sanders (54’), Jon Mellish (58’) and Liam Kelly (79’); Chesterfield: A. Lewis (6’) and William Grigg (90+4’).

What it changes

Milton Keynes Dons move up from sixth to fifth (25 league matches played). Milton Keynes Dons have conceded 42 goals, the fourth-fewest of the 24 clubs (2025/26 so far, after 43 games, ranked per game).

Chesterfield move up from eighth to seventh (25 league matches played). Chesterfield have scored 66 goals, the third-most (shared) of the 24 clubs (2025/26 so far, after 42 games, ranked per game). Chesterfield have conceded 53 goals, the 10th-most of the 24 clubs.

Milton Keynes Dons are winless in their last three matches in all competitions. Chesterfield are winless in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, Liam Mandeville (Chesterfield) 10.1, Sam Curtis (Chesterfield) 5.7 and Callum Paterson (Milton Keynes Dons) 5.4 led the match.

Head-to-head

Milton Keynes Dons are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Chesterfield, every meeting checked.

Next up

Milton Keynes Dons next host Swindon Town on 7 November 2026.

Chesterfield next host Yeovil Town on 7 November 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Milton Keynes Dons: Milton Keynes Dons v Swindon Town, Saturday 7 November — the preview. Next for Chesterfield: Chesterfield v Yeovil Town, Saturday 7 November — the preview.

The Numbers

Result: Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Chesterfield · League Two
Head-to-head (last 3): Milton Keynes Dons 2 · draws 1 · Chesterfield 0 · 2.67 goals/game
Recent form: Milton Keynes Dons 2W 2D 1L · Chesterfield 3W 1D 1L

Milton Keynes Dons 2–2 Chesterfield (League Two): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

1.75 / 1.25

Goals

against 1 / 1 · 1 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

3.71 / 4.13

Corners

against 4.14 / 5.38 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 7 matches

5.14 / 3.38

Shots on target

against 3.43 / 3.38 · 1 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 7 matches

1.75 / 2

Cards

against 1.75 / 2.25 · 1 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 1 January 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 1 January 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Milton Keynes Dons for / against	Line	Chesterfield for / against
Goals scored	1.75 for · 1 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.25 for · 1 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	3.71 for · 4.14 against n 7 Last 5	9.5standard	4.13 for · 5.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	14.71 for · 10 against n 7 Last 5	19.5standard	11 for · 10.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.14 for · 3.43 against n 7 Last 5	8.5standard	3.38 for · 3.38 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	12.86 for · 11.14 against n 7 Last 5	21.5standard	9.63 for · 10 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.75 for · 1.75 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2 for · 2.25 against n 8 Last 5

Milton Keynes Dons

Milton Keynes Dons Defensive

Milton Keynes Dons — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Milton Keynes Dons before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Gilbey n 8	90	1 7/1	0.8 4/1	—
L. Offord n 8	90	1.6 6/4	0 0/0	—
L. Kelly n 8	82.9	0.8 4/2	0.5 3/1	—
A. Nemane n 8	55.3	1.2 5/1	1.2 3/2	—
C. MacGillivray n 8	90	0 0/0	0.4 3/0	—
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Milton Keynes Dons — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Milton Keynes Dons before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Gilbey n 8	90	1.8 5/5
L. Offord n 8	90	1.5 6/4
L. Kelly n 8	82.9	1.1 4/2
A. Nemane n 8	55.3	2 4/2
C. MacGillivray n 8	90	0 0/0
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Milton Keynes Dons Attacking

Milton Keynes Dons — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Milton Keynes Dons before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Gilbey n 8	90	1.9 7/4	1 5/2
L. Offord n 8	90	0.5 4/0	0.1 1/0
L. Kelly n 8	82.9	0.8 3/2	0.1 1/0
A. Nemane n 8	55.3	0.6 3/0	0.4 2/0
C. MacGillivray n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Milton Keynes Dons — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Milton Keynes Dons before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Gilbey n 8	90	0.3 1/1	0.3 2/0
L. Offord n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Kelly n 8	82.9	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
A. Nemane n 8	55.3	0.4 2/0	0 0/0
C. MacGillivray n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Chesterfield

Chesterfield Goalkeeper

Chesterfield — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
Z. Hemming	26	902340 min	672.6 /90	371.4 /90	10 /90

Chesterfield — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Chesterfield before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Z. Hemming n 8	90	2.3 6/3

Chesterfield Defensive

Chesterfield — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
L. Gordon	25	832070 min	391.7 /90	231 /90	90.4 /90	873.8 /90	60.3 /90	20.1 /90
K. McFadzean	24	902160 min	361.5 /90	210.9 /90	130.5 /90	1596.6 /90	321.3 /90	70.3 /90
C. Dunkley	23	882028 min	200.9 /90	221 /90	160.7 /90	1908.4 /90	361.6 /90	50.2 /90
Devan Austin Tanton Pedraza	15	681015 min	211.9 /90	111 /90	50.4 /90	494.3 /90	100.9 /90	20.2 /90
A. Lewis	6	45270 min	72.3 /90	10.3 /90	10.3 /90	134.3 /90	10.3 /90	00 /90
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Chesterfield — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Chesterfield before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
Z. Hemming n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
L. Bonis n 8	67.9	1.5 4/3	0.3 2/0	—
L. Gordon n 8	71.3	0.5 3/0	0.5 2/1	—
K. McFadzean n 8	90	2.1 8/4	1.1 4/2	—
R. Darcy n 8	63.4	0.2 1/0	0.4 2/0	—
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Chesterfield — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Chesterfield before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Bonis n 8	67.9	0.7 3/1
L. Gordon n 8	71.3	1.6 6/3
K. McFadzean n 8	90	1.4 5/5
R. Darcy n 8	63.4	0.5 3/0
C. Dunkley n 8	84.8	1.1 5/2
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Chesterfield Attacking

Chesterfield — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
L. Bonis	26	651695 min	80.4 /90	20.1 /90	382 /90	221.2 /90	110.6 /90	40.2 /90
W. Grigg	15	42626 min	10.1 /90	30.4 /90	101.4 /90	60.9 /90	81.2 /90	10.1 /90
R. Darcy	24	571359 min	30.2 /90	00 /90	171.1 /90	100.7 /90	161.1 /90	70.5 /90
T. Naylor	23	801843 min	30.1 /90	00 /90	130.6 /90	50.2 /90	80.4 /90	30.1 /90
R. Stirk	21	871823 min	00 /90	10 /90	30.1 /90	00 /90	110.5 /90	70.3 /90
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Chesterfield — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Chesterfield before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
Z. Hemming n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Bonis n 8	67.9	2.7 7/5	1.7 6/3
L. Gordon n 8	71.3	0 0/0	0 0/0
K. McFadzean n 8	90	0.9 6/1	0.3 1/1
R. Darcy n 8	63.4	0.5 2/1	0.2 1/0
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Chesterfield — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Chesterfield before kick-off, to 1 January 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Z. Hemming n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Bonis n 8	67.9	0.8 4/1	0 0/0
L. Gordon n 8	71.3	0 0/0	0.2 1/0
K. McFadzean n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
R. Darcy n 8	63.4	0 0/0	0 0/0
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Match Statistics & Details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Milton Keynes Dons		Chesterfield
33%	Possession	67%
10	Shots	9
3	Shots on target	3
5	Shots off target	4
2	Blocked shots	2
7	Shots inside the box	5
4	Corners	6
0	Offsides	1
14	Fouls	7
4	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	1
261	Passes	538
67%	Pass accuracy	83%

Milton Keynes Dons Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
C. MacGillivray	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
G. Jones	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.9
J. Sanders	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	Y	7
L. Offord	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.5
A. Nemane	90	0	1	0	0	2	0	Y	6.9
L. Kelly	90	0	0	0	0	3	2	Y	6.6
C. Lemonheigh-Evans	90	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	6.2
C. Paterson	90	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	7.2
J. Mellish	76	0	1	1	1	1	1	Y	6.5
R. Hepburn-Murphy	71	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	7.5
D. Crowley	70	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	7.2
Kane Thompson-Sommers sub	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
S. Hogan sub	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
A. Collins sub	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.5

Chesterfield Player Stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Z. Hemming	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
S. Swinkels	90	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6.9
S. Braybrooke	90	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.6
R. Stirk	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
L. Mandeville	90	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	8
J. Berry-McNally	90	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5.9
S. Curtis	76	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	7.3
R. Darcy	66	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	6.7
L. Bonis	66	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6.5
A. Lewis	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	5.9
J. Donacien	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7
T. Naylor sub	59	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7.3
D. Duffy sub	45	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.9
W. Grigg sub	24	1	0	1	1	0	0	Y	7.7
F. Ladapo sub	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
V. Campbell sub	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.7

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Milton Keynes Dons v Chesterfield — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Milton Keynes DonsDWWDL

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.4 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

ChesterfieldWWWLD

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 1.4 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 3

Milton Keynes Dons 2 · 1 draw · Chesterfield 0 · 2.67 goals/game

2025-09-13 Chesterfield 1–1 Milton Keynes Dons
2025-01-01 Chesterfield 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons
2024-12-03 Milton Keynes Dons 3–0 Chesterfield

League standing · 2025/26

Milton Keynes Dons#2 pos86 pts46 pl+41 GD

Chesterfield#6 pos79 pts46 pl+15 GD

Goals per game

Milton Keynes Dons scored1.87

Chesterfield scored1.54

Milton Keynes Dons conceded0.98

Chesterfield conceded1.22

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the head-to-head record between Milton Keynes Dons and Chesterfield?: In their last 3 meetings, Milton Keynes Dons won 2, Chesterfield won 0 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.67 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Milton Keynes Dons and Chesterfield?: Recent form — Milton Keynes Dons 2W 2D 1L; Chesterfield 3W 1D 1L.

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