Macclesfield Town vs Exeter City match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (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 23rd vs 3rd 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

Macclesfield Town have collected 23 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-8-2.

No payout for Macclesfield Town in their previous match, an away game at Morecambe that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that, Macclesfield Town played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Leyton Orient.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Plymouth Argyle in only three days. This game is also played here at Moss Rose Ground.

Macclesfield Town has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Macclesfield Town are not conceding a lot of goals here at Moss Rose Ground in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.

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Exeter City form and stats

The visitors, who have the most clean sheets (15) in League Two, are W7-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Exeter City have lost on their last two travels.

Exeter City had fun at their own home (Moss Rose Ground) last time out, beating Oldham Athletic 5-1. Archie Collins, Matt Jay, Ryan Bowman, Jayden Richardson and Brennan Dickenson scored. Before that, Exeter City secured a home win against Stevenage with the score 2-1.

As you can tell from the results above, Exeter City was very dominant against Oldham Athletic, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Archie Collins, Matt Jay, Ryan Bowman, Jayden Richardson and Brennan Dickenson providing the goals.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Portsmouth.

Exeter City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 16 games (in the league). Exeter City have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Exeter City - Macclesfield Town 1-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Macclesfield Town, zero draws and three wins for Exeter City. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Exeter CityR. Bowman
R. Bowman
11 goals
Exeter CityN. Law
N. Law
7 goals
Macclesfield TownJ. Ironside
J. Ironside
6 goals

Macclesfield Town missing players

Exeter City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Macclesfield Town Exeter City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 4 Played P 5 16 32
7 5 0 Won W 3 7 17
14 8 3 Drew D 1 4 9
11 2 1 Lost L 1 5 6
29 16 3 Scored S 8 18 47
36 11 4 Conceded C 6 21 34
94% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 91%
66% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 62% 62%
34% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 44% 44%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 38% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 6% 12%
53% 60% 75% BTTS BTTS 60% 50% 47%
19% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 38% 47%
34% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 16%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.8 1.1 1.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
333 162 31 Total Shots T S 61 193 401
111 59 14 Shots on Target S O 28 61 126
26% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 37%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Exeter City has the most clean sheets (15)
  • Macclesfield Town has the fewest conceded goals (11) 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 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

Table
  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 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.