Macclesfield Town vs Morecambe: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 20.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Moss Rose Ground (6355 seats)

It's early days in the League Two and the teams are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.

It's no vacation for neither Macclesfield Town nor Morecambe 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.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

Macclesfield Town have only played one game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 5 wins, 11 draws and 7 defeats from 23 matches.

Macclesfield Town are returning here after visiting Northampton Town in a League Two game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Before that, Macclesfield Town played out a Carabao Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Blackpool.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Macclesfield Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 3 Lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Macclesfield Town, as the League Two home game vs Scunthorpe United is only four days away.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Macclesfield Town at home. 3 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Morecambe form and stats

One match played away so far for Morecambe and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses from 23 games. With three draws in a row for Morecambe the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment. Two points from the last two away games for Morecambe, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

There were no winners in Morecambe's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 0-0 vs Cheltenham Town. Ahead of that match was the Carabao Cup away draw versus Mansfield Town that ended 2-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Morecambe in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Morecambe, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Morecambe, the League Two home match versus Exeter City. Busy days.

Morecambe has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip at the early stages of this season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Macclesfield Town won 3 games, 4 matches ended with a draw and Morecambe has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

T. Archibald
2 goals / 1 assists
B. Stephens
1 goals
E. Osadebe
1 goals / 1 assists

Macclesfield Town missing players

Morecambe missing players

Macclesfield Town Morecambe
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 1 1 2
1 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
5 3 0 Scored 2 2 2
2 0 0 Conceded 2 2 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 67%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS 100% 100% 33%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 67%
 
5.3 5 0 Corners For (avg) 7 7 4
7.7 9 0 Corners Against (avg) 7 7 6.7
2.3 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Macclesfield Town Last season Morecambe
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs low Away Total
46 23 7 Played 7 23 46
10 5 2 Won 3 6 14
14 11 3 Drew 2 7 12
22 7 2 Lost 2 10 20
48 26 5 Scored 8 21 54
74 35 5 Conceded 8 39 70
96% 91% 86% Over 0.5 86% 87% 93%
78% 83% 57% Over 1.5 71% 74% 76%
46% 43% 0% Over 2.5 43% 48% 48%
26% 26% 0% Over 3.5 14% 35% 30%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 14% 13% 13%
59% 70% 29% BTTS 57% 48% 48%
17% 17% 43% Clean Sheets 29% 26% 24%
28% 22% 43% Failed To Score 29% 39% 35%
 
4.1 4.6 4.4 Corners For (avg) 4.7 3.3 4.3
6.2 6.4 4.7 Corners Against (avg) 5.9 6.6 5.8
1.4 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 1.7 1.5
3 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 1
Key stats last season:
  • Morecambe have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Macclesfield Town
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
04-05-19 LT Macclesfield Town 1 - 1 Cambridge United
03-08-19 LT Exeter City 1 - 0 Macclesfield Town
10-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 3 - 0 Leyton Orient
13-08-19 CC Blackpool 2 - 2 Macclesfield Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 1 - 2 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 18:45 Morecambe
24-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Scunthorpe United
27-08-19 CC Grimsby Town 18:45 Macclesfield Town
31-08-19 LT Stevenage 14:00 Macclesfield Town
03-09-19 EFL Macclesfield Town 18:45 Newcastle United U21
Morecambe
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
27-07-19 CF Morecambe 0 - 2 Accrington Stanley
03-08-19 LT Morecambe 0 - 2 Grimsby Town
10-08-19 LT Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Morecambe
13-08-19 CC Mansfield Town 2 - 2 Morecambe
17-08-19 LT Morecambe 0 - 0 Cheltenham Town
20-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 18:45 Morecambe
24-08-19 LT Morecambe 14:00 Exeter City
27-08-19 CC Burton Albion 18:45 Morecambe
31-08-19 LT Swindon Town 14:00 Morecambe
03-09-19 EFL Blackpool 18:30 Morecambe

  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 Swindon Town 3 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 7
2 Exeter City 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Forest Green Rovers 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Macclesfield Town 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
5 Plymouth Argyle 3 2 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 3 6
6 Crewe Alexandra 3 2 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -1 6
7 Bradford City 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 5
8 Mansfield Town 3 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 5
9 Newport County 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Cambridge United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
11 Cheltenham Town 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 4
12 Crawley Town 3 1 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 4
13 Grimsby Town 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 4
14 Salford City 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4
15 Walsall 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 4
16 Leyton Orient 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
17 Port Vale 3 0 3 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 3
18 Carlisle United 3 1 0 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 3
19 Morecambe 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 2
20 Colchester United 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
21 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
22 Stevenage 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 2 -3 1
23 Scunthorpe United 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -5 0
Last season 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 46 23 16 7 73 43 23 11 10 2 35 23 23 12 6 5 38 20 30 85
2 Bury 46 22 13 11 82 56 23 14 6 3 52 26 23 8 7 8 30 30 26 79
3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 23 10 13 71 49 23 14 5 4 35 14 23 9 5 9 36 35 22 79
4 Mansfield Town 46 20 16 10 69 41 23 14 5 4 38 15 23 6 11 6 31 26 28 76
5 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 14 12 68 47 23 8 9 6 28 20 23 12 5 6 40 27 21 74
6 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 63 50 23 14 5 4 33 13 23 6 8 9 30 37 13 73
7 Newport County 46 20 11 15 59 59 23 14 6 3 32 22 23 6 5 12 27 37 0 71
8 Colchester United 46 20 10 16 65 53 23 12 4 7 39 23 23 8 6 9 26 30 12 70
9 Exeter City 46 19 13 14 60 49 23 12 3 8 34 25 23 7 10 6 26 24 11 70
10 Stevenage 46 20 10 16 59 55 23 12 3 8 28 23 23 8 7 8 31 32 4 70
11 Carlisle United 46 20 8 18 67 62 23 12 3 8 42 31 23 8 5 10 25 31 5 68
12 Crewe Alexandra 46 19 8 19 60 59 23 15 2 6 45 25 23 4 6 13 15 34 1 65
13 Swindon Town 46 16 16 14 59 56 23 8 9 6 31 27 23 8 7 8 28 29 3 64
14 Oldham Athletic 46 16 14 16 67 60 23 10 6 7 42 33 23 6 8 9 25 27 7 62
15 Northampton Town 46 14 19 13 64 63 23 7 12 4 30 27 23 7 7 9 34 36 1 61
16 Cheltenham Town 46 15 12 19 57 68 23 10 7 6 34 29 23 5 5 13 23 39 -11 57
17 Grimsby Town 46 16 8 22 45 56 23 11 4 8 26 21 23 5 4 14 19 35 -11 56
18 Morecambe 46 14 12 20 54 70 23 8 5 10 33 31 23 6 7 10 21 39 -16 54
19 Crawley Town 46 15 8 23 51 68 23 10 5 8 34 31 23 5 3 15 17 37 -17 53
20 Port Vale 46 12 13 21 39 55 23 7 3 13 24 36 23 5 10 8 15 19 -16 49
21 Cambridge United 46 12 11 23 40 66 23 7 7 9 21 26 23 5 4 14 19 40 -26 47
22 Macclesfield Town 46 10 14 22 48 74 23 5 11 7 26 35 23 5 3 15 22 39 -26 44
23 Notts County 46 9 14 23 48 84 23 5 9 9 23 34 23 4 5 14 25 50 -36 41
24 Yeovil Town 46 9 13 24 41 66 23 4 9 10 20 34 23 5 4 14 21 32 -25 40

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