Delightful dogfight as daring Northampton Town duels with determined Macclesfield Town

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

It's still early in the League Two season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Northampton Town - Macclesfield Town preview!

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!

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Northampton Town form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first game of the season here at Sixfields Stadium. Last season these fans witnessed 7 wins, 12 draws and 4 losses from Northampton Town's 23 home games.

Northampton Town drew their last game, 1-1 away at Port Vale. Preceding that match was a defeat to Walsall (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Northampton Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D4-L0.

At Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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Macclesfield Town form and stats

The visitors' first away game ended a defeat. Last season Macclesfield Town had these away match statistics: Played 23; won 5, drew 3 and lost 15.

Macclesfield Town won their last game, 3-0 versus Leyton Orient played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Exeter City wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Macclesfield Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were W0-D0-L5.

0 goals so far away for Macclesfield Town, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Northampton Town, 1 draw and 3 wins for Macclesfield Town. Over 2,5 goals: 6 times; under 2,5 goals: 4 games.

Top Goalscorers

R. Watson
1 goals
E. Osadebe
1 goals
T. Vassell
1 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Macclesfield Town missing players

Northampton Town Macclesfield Town
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
2 1 1 Played 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 3
2 1 1 Conceded 0 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 50%
50% 100% 100% Failed To Score 0% 100% 50%
 
7 5 5 Corners For (avg) 0 6 5.5
5.5 4 4 Corners Against (avg) 0 7 8
3.5 2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 3 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Northampton Town Last season Macclesfield Town
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
14 7   Won   5 10
19 12   Drew   3 14
13 4   Lost   15 22
64 30   Scored   22 48
63 27   Conceded   39 74
91% 87%   Over 0.5   100% 96%
80% 78%   Over 1.5   74% 78%
57% 52%   Over 2.5   48% 46%
37% 30%   Over 3.5   26% 26%
7% 0%   Over 4.5   13% 15%
65% 65%   BTTS   48% 59%
22% 26%   Clean Sheets   17% 17%
22% 22%   Failed To Score   35% 28%
 
5.7 5.5   Corners For (avg)   3.6 4.1
4.7 4.2   Corners Against (avg)   6 6.2
2.2 1.7   Yellow Cards (avg)   1.4 1.4
2 1   Red Cards   3 3
Key stats last season:
  • Macclesfield Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Macclesfield Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Northampton Town
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
20-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 2 Sheffield United
23-07-19 CF Brackley Town 1 - 0 Northampton Town
26-07-19 CF Northampton Town 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 1 - 1 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Swansea City 18:45 Northampton Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Northampton Town
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town
27-08-19 EFL Northampton Town 18:30 Arsenal U21
Macclesfield Town
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
22-04-19 LT Macclesfield Town 0 - 0 Newport County
27-04-19 LT Port Vale 0 - 1 Macclesfield Town
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 18:45 Macclesfield Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 18:45 Morecambe
24-08-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Scunthorpe United
31-08-19 LT Stevenage 14:00 Macclesfield Town

  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 Plymouth Argyle 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Swindon Town 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Exeter City 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Grimsby Town 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4
5 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
6 Walsall 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
7 Cheltenham Town 2 1 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
8 Macclesfield Town 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
9 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
10 Carlisle United 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
11 Salford City 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
12 Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 -2 3
13 Leyton Orient 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
14 Bradford City 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
15 Cambridge United 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
16 Mansfield Town 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
17 Newport County 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
18 Port Vale 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
19 Colchester United 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
20 Northampton Town 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
21 Morecambe 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -2 1
22 Oldham Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
23 Stevenage 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
24 Scunthorpe United 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 0

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