League Two match preview: Macclesfield Town versus Exeter City

Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 09.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Moss Rose Ground (6355 seats)

Struggling Macclesfield Town will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Exeter City in the upcoming league round. It’s 24th vs 7th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Macclesfield Town are 4-9-7 (wins-draw-losses). With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Macclesfield Town. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Macclesfield Town drew their last game, also a home match. Morecambe was the opponent, 1-1 the score. 1-1 away at Lincoln City before that.

There will be little rest for Macclesfield Town after this match as they are travelling to Forest Green Rovers for a League Two game in only three days.

Macclesfield Town are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 22 goals in 20 matches. Macclesfield Town have conceded 32 from these games.

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Exeter City form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats.

Exeter City has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Cheltenham Town for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Mansfield Town.

A quick return to home after this game, as Exeter City are hosting Port Vale in the League Two only three days away.

Exeter City have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, 20 away games. 20 goals have been conceded by Exeter City in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Exeter City - Macclesfield Town 0-1 earlier this season. Macclesfield Town-Exeter City H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Macclesfield Town 1 win, Exeter City 2 wins, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

N. Law
9 goals / 1 assists
H. Smith
6 goals
J. Forte
5 goals / 1 assists

Macclesfield Town missing players

Exeter City missing players

Macclesfield Town Exeter City
Total Home Statistic Away Total
40 20 Played 20 40
42 22 Scored 23 53
66 32 Conceded 20 42
98% 95% Over 0.5 95% 95%
80% 85% Over 1.5 80% 72%
48% 45% Over 2.5 25% 40%
25% 25% Over 3.5 10% 20%
15% 15% Over 4.5 5% 8%
60% 70% Both teams to score 55% 52%
15% 15% Clean Sheet 25% 28%
28% 20% Failed To Score 25% 25%

  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 40 17 11 12 53 42 20 10 3 7 30 22 20 7 8 5 23 20 11 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 40 15 13 12 51 48 21 7 9 5 27 24 19 8 4 7 24 24 3 58
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 39 16 8 15 49 57 19 11 5 3 26 21 20 5 3 12 23 36 -8 56
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 Yeovil Town 41 9 10 22 38 60 20 4 7 9 19 32 21 5 3 13 19 28 -22 37
23 Notts County 41 8 13 20 43 74 21 4 9 8 20 31 20 4 4 12 23 43 -31 37
24 Macclesfield Town 40 8 12 20 42 66 20 4 9 7 22 32 20 4 3 13 20 34 -24 36

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