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Morecambe face a trip to Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Tuesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 2 of the 4 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2009, with Morecambe inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the The Silkmen in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 22 Aug | Morecambe | 2 - 2 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Mon 13 Apr | Macclesfield | 0 - 1 | Morecambe | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Fri 26 Dec | Morecambe | 4 - 1 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 09 Feb | Morecambe | 0 - 1 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Jan | Macclesfield | 1 - 2 | Morecambe | LGE2 |
| 1996/1997 | Tue 10 Sep | Macclesfield | 0 - 0 | Morecambe | CONF |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 21 Aug | Morecambe | 1 - 0 | Macclesfield | CONF |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
The away form of Morecambe however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Shrimps, and 4 goals against.
Macclesfield find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 28 points from their 24 matches. Morecambe's 37 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Shrimps's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Macclesfield, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | 4 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Morecambe | Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |