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History of the Macclesfield Town v Morecambe fixture

Macclesfield play host to Morecambe at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. Of the two previous meetings, the Silkmen have won one and drawn one.

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 ...

Nothing seems to be going right for the Silkmen at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Shrimps come away with an easy victory. 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.