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Morecambe travel to take on Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The two previous games have resulted in one drawn game and one defeat for the Shrimps.
The last time the two teams met at Macclesfield was more than a decade ago, in September 1996, when they played out a goalless draw in a Conference match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1996/1997 | Tue 10 Sep | Macclesfield | 0 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 21 Aug | Morecambe | 1 - 0 | Macclesfield | CONF |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 10 Oct | Macclesfield | 2 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 05 Sep | Morecambe | 2 - 4 | Macclesfield | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Silkmen's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Morecambe's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Shrimps's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Macclesfield are currently lying in 20th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 23 from their 24 matches played. Morecambe lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 36 from their 23 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Morecambe are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Morecambe | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago. |