Barrow will be hoping to end their winless run of six games in League Two when they travel to face Chesterfield this weekend. 

Similarly to the Bluebirds, Paul Cook's side have dropped off in recent weeks, suffering surprise defeats against Accrington Stanley and Harrogate Town, leaving them in 11th position ahead of Saturday's game. 

But the Spireites are the top scorers in the division with 29 goals to their name, and Stephen Clemence is expecting another tough game against the side who won last season's National League. 

Speaking to The Mail, he stressed the importance of remaining tight at the back, having shipped just 15 goals in their first 16 games of the season.

He said: "Chesterfield have done well this season. We know that they like having control of the football. They're a very possession based team, but they also have a threat, it's possession with purpose. They've scored the most goals in the division, so we're expecting a tough test. We're going to have to be ready for that, we're going to have to be organised and prepared in what we do when we haven't got the ball in how we get it back, and when we do have it, we have to make sure that we offer a threat as well."

Before last weekend's 3-1 loss to AFC Wimbledon, Barrow had only conceded more than one goal in one other league game, and that confidence at the back has to return against a potent Chesterfield attack. 

Clemence added: "We've been the same all season until we played Wimbledon at the weekend. There aren't many teams that have been able to score many past us at all. We've had one of the best defences.

"We have to make sure that we go about our business the way we do, and have full concentration and follow our game plan to get the ball back. Then it's about what we do with it ourselves. You do your best defending when you have the ball yourself so we have to make sure that we offer purpose and a threat, to give them something to think about."