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Exeter City travel to take on Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 2 of the 5 previous games, with the hosts winning just 1.
The last time the two teams met at Macclesfield was back in January 2003, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sat 25 Jan | Macclesfield | 1 - 1 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Exeter City | 1 - 1 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Feb | Macclesfield | 1 - 2 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Sep | Exeter City | 0 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 10 Feb | Exeter City | 0 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 09 Sep | Macclesfield | 0 - 2 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 23 Oct | Macclesfield | 1 - 0 | Exeter City | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. While The Silkmen have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
The Grecians have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Grecians, and 10 goals against.
Macclesfield's 9 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Exeter City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 8 points from their 7 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
| Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
An interesting game for the Grecians to play at the moment, and one from which I believe will see Exeter City take away one point. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | 6 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 10 . |
| Exeter City | No win in the 2 most recent games. |