Lincoln City vs Macclesfield Town match preview

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sincil Bank Stadium (10127 seats)

Only a win will satisfy Lincoln City supporters in this Sincil Bank Stadium clash with Macclesfield Town, having a healthy lead in the League Two table.

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!

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Lincoln City form and stats

Lincoln City has performed well at Sincil Bank Stadium so far this season with 11 wins from 19 matches. Points have also been lost, 7 after draws and 1 from defeats. The Lincoln City fans aren't used to losing here at Sincil Bank Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Lincoln City has played 18 games in a row here without a defeat. Lincoln City haven’t lost a game in 14 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Everton.

A good away victory last time out for Lincoln City, who won 3-0 against Crawley Town (placed 18th). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Mansfield Town the opponent.

A decent goal production from Lincoln City in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 19 matches. Lincoln City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sincil Bank Stadium, averaging less than one per game. The total is 18 from 19 matches.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

The loot brought home from travels has not been plentiful for Macclesfield Town as they have only collected 14 points from their 19 away games. Macclesfield Town only has 4 wins to counter their 13 defeats and 2 draws.

There were no winners in Macclesfield Town's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 2-2 vs Stevenage (placed 11th). Prior to that result Macclesfield Town won their away game at Yeovil Town. The scoreline was 2-0.

Macclesfield Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 19 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Macclesfield Town have conceded 33 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Macclesfield Town - Lincoln City 1-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Lincoln City, 1 draw and 3 wins for Macclesfield Town.

Top Goalscorers

J. Akinde
14 goals
Bruno Andrade
9 goals
S. McCartan
7 goals / 1 assists

Lincoln City missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Lincoln City Macclesfield Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 19 38
100% 100% Over 0.5 95% 97%
79% 79% Over 1.5 84% 79%
46% 47% Over 2.5 47% 50%
23% 32% Over 3.5 26% 26%
10% 11% Over 4.5 16% 16%
64% 74% Both teams to score 68% 58%
28% 21% Clean Sheet 16% 16%
8% 5% Failed To Score 21% 29%

  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 39 22 13 4 69 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 20 11 6 3 36 18 33 79
2 Bury 38 20 11 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 20 8 6 6 26 23 30 71
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 20 9 10 64 40 20 13 4 3 33 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 24 69
4 Mansfield Town 39 17 15 7 56 33 20 12 5 3 32 13 19 5 10 4 24 20 23 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 10 10 56 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 19 6 6 7 29 32 14 64
6 Forest Green Rovers 39 16 13 10 57 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 20 10 5 5 34 22 18 61
7 Exeter City 38 17 10 11 51 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 19 7 7 5 22 19 14 61
8 Carlisle United 39 17 7 15 59 51 20 9 3 8 34 27 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 58
9 Colchester United 39 16 9 14 57 48 20 10 4 6 36 21 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 57
10 Swindon Town 38 14 12 12 47 46 20 7 8 5 26 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 1 54
11 Stevenage 39 15 9 15 45 49 19 10 2 7 22 19 20 5 7 8 23 30 -4 54
12 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 8 16 48 49 19 12 2 5 35 19 20 3 6 11 13 30 -1 53
13 Northampton Town 39 12 16 11 49 50 19 6 10 3 23 21 20 6 6 8 26 29 -1 52
14 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
15 Grimsby Town 39 14 7 18 40 48 20 9 4 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 49
16 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
17 Cheltenham Town 39 13 9 17 49 57 20 9 5 6 30 26 19 4 4 11 19 31 -8 48
18 Crawley Town 39 12 7 20 40 58 20 9 4 7 29 27 19 3 3 13 11 31 -18 43
19 Morecambe 39 11 9 19 44 62 19 6 3 10 26 29 20 5 6 9 18 33 -18 42
20 Cambridge United 38 11 9 18 34 56 19 7 6 6 20 20 19 4 3 12 14 36 -22 42
21 Port Vale 39 10 11 18 33 45 20 6 3 11 22 31 19 4 8 7 11 14 -12 41
22 Yeovil Town 39 9 9 21 36 56 19 4 7 8 18 29 20 5 2 13 18 27 -20 36
23 Macclesfield Town 38 8 10 20 40 64 19 4 8 7 21 31 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 34
24 Notts County 39 7 12 20 38 72 20 4 8 8 18 29 19 3 4 12 20 43 -34 33

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