With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Macclesfield Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Grimsby Town.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Macclesfield Town form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Macclesfield Town are 3-5-1 (wins-draw-losses). The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Macclesfield Town has four draws from their last four matches. Two draws in a row at home now for Macclesfield Town.
Macclesfield Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Walsall (placed 17th). In the match before that, Macclesfield Town hosted Bradford City and drew the game 1-1.
The Macclesfield Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Macclesfield Town have conceded only 6 goals.
Grimsby Town form and stats
3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Grimsby Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
A. Rose was the last player to score for the away team. Grimsby Town haven't scored a league goal in the last 640 minutes.
The manager A. Limbrick was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Blundell Park. Grimsby Town suffered a 0-1 loss to Scunthorpe United (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw at Carlisle United's stadium before that.
After this away game Grimsby Town return home for a League Two game against Crawley Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Grimsby Town find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Grimsby Town in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Grimsby Town - Macclesfield Town 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Macclesfield Town 5 wins, 2 draws and Grimsby Town 3 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hanson 5 goals |   E. Osadebe 4 goals |  T. Archibald 4 goals |
Macclesfield Town missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Macclesfield Town | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 90% | 89% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 85% |
| 65% | 67% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 22% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 25% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 25% |
| 35% | 22% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 4.9 | 6.4 | 7.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 212 | 101 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 28 | 116 | 227 |
| 77 | 42 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 33 | 69 |
| 25% | 24% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 29% |
- Grimsby Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3)
- Macclesfield Town has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Macclesfield Town have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 36 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 36 |
| 7 | Northampton Town | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 34 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 28 |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 28 |
| 13 | Newport County | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| 14 | Salford City | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -7 | 26 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 16 | Macclesfield Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -3 | 24 |
| 17 | Walsall | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 23 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 23 |
| 21 | Grimsby Town | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 21 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -15 | 21 |
| 23 | Morecambe | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -21 | 18 |
| 24 | Stevenage | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 16 |