Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Forest Green Rovers welcomes Macclesfield Town

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 13.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The New Lawn (5140 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and 22nd place in the table will show on the pitch.

The visiting Macclesfield Town played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

The story so far for Forest Green Rovers at their home stadium (The New Lawn) is 6 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats.

A good away victory last time out for Forest Green Rovers, who won 2-1 against Crawley Town. Ahead of that match, Forest Green Rovers lost 1-2 at home to Milton Keynes Dons.

Forest Green Rovers has scored 24 goals at home this season, in 20 matches. Forest Green Rovers are not conceding a lot of goals here at The New Lawn, averaging less than one per game. The total is 19 from 20 matches.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Macclesfield Town so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-13 (win-draw-lose).

Macclesfield Town won their last game, 3-2 versus Exeter City played at home. A draw for Macclesfield Town before that, at their own venue hosting Morecambe (1-1).

Macclesfield Town have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. Macclesfield Town have conceded 34 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Macclesfield Town - Forest Green Rovers 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Forest Green Rovers victories, 2 draws and 2 Macclesfield Town wins.

Top Goalscorers

R. Brown
10 goals / 11 assists
H. Smith
8 goals
R. Reid
7 goals / 2 assists

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Forest Green Rovers Macclesfield Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
41 20 Played 20 41
60 24 Scored 20 45
42 19 Conceded 34 68
95% 95% Over 0.5 100% 98%
83% 75% Over 1.5 75% 80%
51% 40% Over 2.5 50% 49%
15% 5% Over 3.5 25% 27%
5% 0% Over 4.5 15% 17%
66% 65% Both teams to score 50% 61%
22% 25% Clean Sheet 15% 15%
17% 15% Failed To Score 35% 27%
Key stats this season:
  • Macclesfield Town hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Macclesfield Town is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 41 23 14 4 72 37 20 11 8 1 34 19 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 83
2 Mansfield Town 41 19 15 7 61 34 21 13 5 3 33 13 20 6 10 4 28 21 27 72
3 Milton Keynes Dons 41 21 9 11 66 43 21 13 4 4 33 13 20 8 5 7 33 30 23 72
4 Bury 41 20 11 10 74 50 20 12 5 3 46 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 24 71
5 Tranmere Rovers 41 19 11 11 59 44 20 13 4 3 30 10 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 68
6 Forest Green Rovers 41 17 13 11 60 42 20 6 8 6 24 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 18 64
7 Exeter City 41 17 11 13 55 45 20 10 3 7 30 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 62
8 Carlisle United 41 18 7 16 62 56 21 10 3 8 37 29 20 8 4 8 25 27 6 61
9 Colchester United 41 17 9 15 58 50 21 10 4 7 36 23 20 7 5 8 22 27 8 60
10 Swindon Town 41 15 14 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 20 8 5 7 24 24 3 59
11 Oldham Athletic 40 15 12 13 60 48 20 9 5 6 35 24 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 57
12 Stevenage 41 16 9 16 47 52 20 10 2 8 22 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -5 57
13 Newport County 40 16 9 15 49 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 57
14 Northampton Town 41 12 17 12 52 54 20 6 10 4 24 23 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 53
15 Crewe Alexandra 41 15 8 18 49 53 20 12 2 6 36 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -4 53
16 Cheltenham Town 41 14 10 17 53 59 21 9 6 6 31 27 20 5 4 11 22 32 -6 52
17 Grimsby Town 41 14 7 20 40 52 21 9 4 8 23 21 20 5 3 12 17 31 -12 49
18 Port Vale 41 12 11 18 36 46 21 7 3 11 23 31 20 5 8 7 13 15 -10 47
19 Morecambe 41 12 10 19 46 63 20 7 3 10 27 29 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 46
20 Cambridge United 41 12 9 20 37 58 20 7 6 7 20 21 21 5 3 13 17 37 -21 45
21 Crawley Town 41 12 7 22 41 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 20 3 3 14 11 32 -20 43
22 Macclesfield Town 41 9 12 20 45 68 21 5 9 7 25 34 20 4 3 13 20 34 -23 39
23 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
24 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37

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