Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Macclesfield & Buxton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Macclesfield form and stats
Macclesfield have not come this way in the FA Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Whickham. Last season, Macclesfield's FA Cup journey ended in the 2nd round qualifying.The Macclesfield fans enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Ashton United and win 5-0. As mentioned above, Macclesfield "killed" Ashton United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that one, a fine away victory at Whickham. A FA Cup game.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Macclesfield, who have participated in three training matches. Macclesfield have won 2 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 1 game.
Buxton form and stats
Buxton was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round last season.It's the second away game in a row for Buxton, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Scunthorpe United last time out.
Ahead of that match was the Vanarama National League North away draw versus Gloucester City that ended 0-0.We have checked recent matches where Buxton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 4 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Buxton have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Osborne 5 goals |  J. McCourt 3 goals |  J. Burrow 2 goals |
Macclesfield missing players
Buxton missing players
| Macclesfield | Buxton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 57 | 29 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 20% | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1 | 0.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 128% | 156% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 47% | ||
| 1.9 | 0.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 9.4 | ||
| 0.8 | 0.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
