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Image: Sheridan: Home clash

Leaders Chesterfield host Rotherham in a derby clash, while bottom side Stockport head to Aldershot.

Spireites host Millers, Hatters head to Shots

Leaders Chesterfield host Rotherham in a derby clash, while bottom side Stockport head to Aldershot. John Sheridan's Chesterfield host fourth-placed Rotherham in a top-of-the-table derby on Friday. The Spireites will be looking to bounce back after slipping to a 2-0 reverse at Crewe last time, while Ronnie Moore's Millers have now won in four league outings, the latest a goalless stalemate with Bury. In the other Friday night game, Southend host Hereford looking to halt a two-match losing run and post their first league win in six attempts. The Bulls will be aiming to bounce back from a 2-1 home defeat to Barnet and secure a win to pull further away from the relegation zone. In Saturday's games, second-placed Bury host mid-table Cheltenham aiming to cement their place in the automatic promotion berths. Fifth-placed Shrewsbury can close the gap on third-placed Wycombe to just a point with a victory over the Chairboys at Greenhous Meadow.

Drubbing

Both teams will be looking to get back to winning ways in the game - the Shrews from a 5-0 drubbing at Torquay last time, the Chairboys from a 1-0 home defeat to Stevenage. Sixth-placed Gillingham are unbeaten in 11 league outings and next travel to third-from-bottom Burton, who lost at Accrington in midweek. Port Vale occupy the last play-off berth and Jim Gannon's side face a tricky trip to resurgent Stanley, who have taken 13 points from their last six games to move into 12th in the table, six points behind the Valiants with a game in hand. In-form Torquay sit in eighth after two wins on the bounce and face a stiff examination by a Macclesfield side who have taken seven points from their last three outings. Ninth-placed Crewe travel to 11th-placed Oxford in a clash of sides with play-off aspirations. The Railwaymen have won twice on the bounce and will fancy their chances against a Us outfit who have lost four out of their last five games.
Promotion push
Tenth-placed Stevenage have also won two in succession - including against the Us last time - to mount their own promotion push. They next face a Lincoln side who have climbed to safety and are unbeaten in two clashes. Down at the bottom, Stockport travel to Aldershot looking for a win to climb off the foot of the table. But it will be tough against the Shots who are unbeaten in four, including two successive wins. There is a relegation six-pointer between second-from-bottom Barnet and fourth-from-bottom Morecambe at Underhill. The Bees go into the clash on a high after beating Hereford last time, while the Shrimps have lost their last two, the latest a 1-0 home reverse to Bradford. The Bantams host Northampton in the last of League Two's games on Saturday looking to make it three wins in a row under interim boss Peter Jackson. The Cobblers also have a new manager - Gary Johnson - who will be aiming to taste his first win at the helm of the club, having lost his first three games to make it four defeats on the bounce for the strugglers.