The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Forest Green Rovers leading Macclesfield Town by 18 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Forest Green Rovers nor Macclesfield Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Forest Green Rovers at their home stadium (The New Lawn) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Forest Green Rovers manager M. Cooper and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Stevenage (placed 24th) in the League Two. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Swindon Town.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Forest Green Rovers's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won 3 matches, drawn 0 and lost 1.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Exeter City are coming to town in three days.
Forest Green Rovers have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. From these home matches, Forest Green Rovers have conceded only 10 goals.
Macclesfield Town form and stats
Macclesfield Town have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 2-4-5 (11 played). The Macclesfield Town manager D. McMahon is a generous human being, having led his team to five draws in a row during the last 57 days. Macclesfield Town has drawn their two previous away games.
There were no winners in Macclesfield Town's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Grimsby Town (placed 20th). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Walsall that ended 1-1.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Macclesfield Town when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 3 and winning 2 games.
The schedule is very tough for Macclesfield Town now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Port Vale is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Macclesfield Town when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Macclesfield Town have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Forest Green Rovers won 6, Macclesfield Town won 2 and 2 draws. 5 games with over 2,5 goals, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Mills 7 goals |  J. Aitchison 4 goals |   E. Osadebe 4 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Macclesfield Town missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Macclesfield Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 18 | 10 | 2 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 83% | 82% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 90% |
| 48% | 45% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 55% | 38% |
| 22% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 10% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 30% | 27% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 52% |
| 48% | 45% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 24% |
| 39% | 45% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 45% | 33% |
| 5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| 5.3 | 4.5 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 266 | 141 | 48 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 111 | 225 |
| 84 | 38 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 35 | 78 |
| 31% | 26% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 26% |
- Macclesfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Macclesfield Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Swindon Town | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 19 | 46 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 43 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 38 |
| 4 | Colchester United | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 37 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 37 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Cheltenham Town | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 36 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 35 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 35 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -1 | 31 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 29 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 14 | Newport County | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 15 | Walsall | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 27 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 26 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 26 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -9 | 25 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 20 | Grimsby Town | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -22 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 17 |