Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Chesterfield: result and report
League Two · Sunday 4 January 2026
Result
Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Chesterfield
League Two · Sunday 4 January 2026, 12:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Chesterfield: match report
Milton Keynes Dons drew with Chesterfield 2-2 in the League Two on Sunday 4 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Callum Paterson opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Callum Paterson (29') and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy (44'). Chesterfield scored through S. Curtis (67') and Will Grigg (90+4').
Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards; Chesterfield received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 6th on 40 points from 24 and Chesterfield 8th on 39 points from 24. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Chesterfield 7th with 80.
Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 3-5-2 and Chesterfield in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Mandeville of Chesterfield (8.6), ahead of Callum Paterson (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 3 draws and 2 for Chesterfield.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Adam Lewis
- 26'Yellow card · Aaron Nemane
- 29'Goal · Callum Paterson
- 44'Goal · Rushian Hepburn-Murphy
- 54'Yellow card · Jack Sanders
- 58'Yellow card · Jon Mellish
- 67'Goal · S. Curtis
- 79'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
- 90+1'Yellow card · Paul Cook
- 90+4'Goal · Will Grigg
- 90+4'Yellow card · Will Grigg
- 90+5'Red card · Paul Cook
Head-to-head
Team news
Milton Keynes Dons line-up (3-5-2)
Craig MacGillivray, Gethin Jones, Jack Sanders, Luke Offord, Aaron Nemane, Dan Crowley, Liam Kelly, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Jon Mellish, Rushian Hepburn-Murphy, Callum Paterson
Chesterfield line-up (4-2-3-1)
Zach Hemming, Sam Curtis, Janoi Donacien, Sil Swinkels, Adam Lewis, Samuel Charles Braybrooke, Ryan Stirk, Liam Mandeville, Ronan Darcy, James Berry, Lee Bonis