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Macclesfield play host to Port Vale at Moss Rose on Wednesday evening, hoping to break their duck against the visitors. The Silkmen lost the only previous game contested between the two teams.
The only previous meeting between Macclesfield and Port Vale at was amazingly over twenty years ago, in November 1984, with Port Vale inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the The Silkmen in a F.A. Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Fri 28 Nov | Port Vale | 1 - 3 | Macclesfield | FAC |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Port Vale | 1 - 4 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 1987/1988 | Sun 10 Jan | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Macclesfield | FAC |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 17 Nov | Macclesfield | 1-2 | Port Vale | FAC |
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, 6 to 4.
The away form of Port Vale is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. While the Valiants have hit 5 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Macclesfield find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 33 points from their 31 matches. Port Vale find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 31 points from their 30 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Macclesfield are not exactly setting the world alight at Moss Rose at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Port Vale in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |