Northampton Town vs Macclesfield Town match preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

With their 15 point advantage in the league table, Northampton Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Macclesfield Town.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Northampton Town form and stats

6-11-4 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Northampton Town so far this season.

Northampton Town drew their last game, also a home match. Mansfield Town was the opponent, 1-1 the score. 2-2 away at Notts County before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Northampton Town have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won 1 time, drawn 3 and lost 0.

Northampton Town are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Bury awaits in three days.

The Northampton Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 25 in 21 matches. Northampton Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Macclesfield Town so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-14 (win-draw-lose).

Macclesfield Town play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Forest Green Rovers. Before that, Macclesfield Town secured a home win against Exeter City with the score 3-2.

We have checked recent matches where Macclesfield Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 51 games were W18-D9-L24.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Newport County in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Macclesfield Town as they have only managed to score 20 times from 21 away games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Macclesfield Town have conceded 36 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Macclesfield Town - Northampton Town 0-5. Last nine meetings between the teams: Northampton Town won 5, Macclesfield Town won 3 and 1 draw.

Top Goalscorers

S. Wilson
10 goals / 1 assists
A. Williams
9 goals / 3 assists
H. Smith
7 goals / 2 assists

Northampton Town missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Northampton Town Macclesfield Town
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
53 25 Scored 20 45
55 24 Conceded 36 70
90% 86% Over 0.5 100% 98%
79% 76% Over 1.5 76% 81%
52% 48% Over 2.5 48% 48%
31% 24% Over 3.5 24% 26%
5% 0% Over 4.5 14% 17%
62% 62% Both teams to score 48% 60%
24% 29% Clean Sheet 14% 14%
24% 24% Failed To Score 38% 29%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Macclesfield Town hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 42 23 15 4 73 38 21 11 9 1 35 20 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 84
2 Bury 42 21 11 10 76 50 21 13 5 3 48 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 26 74
3 Mansfield Town 42 19 16 7 62 35 21 13 5 3 33 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 27 73
4 Milton Keynes Dons 42 21 9 12 67 45 21 13 4 4 33 13 21 8 5 8 34 32 22 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 20 11 11 61 45 21 14 4 3 32 11 21 6 7 8 29 34 16 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 42 18 13 11 62 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 20 67
7 Exeter City 42 18 11 13 57 45 21 11 3 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 12 65
8 Carlisle United 42 18 7 17 62 59 21 10 3 8 37 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 3 61
9 Colchester United 42 17 9 16 58 52 21 10 4 7 36 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 6 60
10 Swindon Town 42 15 15 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 21 8 6 7 26 26 3 60
11 Stevenage 42 17 9 16 50 52 21 11 2 8 25 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -2 60
12 Newport County 41 17 9 15 52 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 21 6 3 12 26 36 -5 60
13 Oldham Athletic 41 15 13 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 58
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 8 18 52 53 21 13 2 6 39 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -1 56
15 Northampton Town 42 12 18 12 53 55 21 6 11 4 25 24 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 54
16 Cheltenham Town 42 14 11 17 54 60 21 9 6 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 53
17 Grimsby Town 42 14 8 20 41 53 21 9 4 8 23 21 21 5 4 12 18 32 -12 50
18 Port Vale 42 12 11 19 36 48 21 7 3 11 23 31 21 5 8 8 13 17 -12 47
19 Morecambe 42 12 11 19 47 64 21 7 4 10 28 30 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 47
20 Crawley Town 42 13 7 22 42 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 21 4 3 14 12 32 -19 46
21 Cambridge United 42 12 9 21 37 61 21 7 6 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 45
22 Macclesfield Town 42 9 12 21 45 70 21 5 9 7 25 34 21 4 3 14 20 36 -25 39
23 Yeovil Town 42 9 10 23 38 61 21 4 7 10 19 33 21 5 3 13 19 28 -23 37
24 Notts County 42 8 13 21 43 77 21 4 9 8 20 31 21 4 4 13 23 46 -34 37

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