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Chesterfield pack their bags to visit Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Spireites will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 20.00% success rate in the fixture.
The previous match played between the two at Moss Rose was within the last three years, in October 2005, with Macclesfield running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a (Associate Members) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 06 Oct | Chesterfield | 2 - 2 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Oct | Macclesfield | 2 - 0 | Chesterfield | ASSM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Sep | Macclesfield | 2 - 1 | Chesterfield | ASSM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Chesterfield | 2 - 1 | Macclesfield | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 03 Mar | Macclesfield | 1 - 2 | Chesterfield | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 09 Jan | Chesterfield | 4 - 1 | Macclesfield | ASSM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 30 Sep | Chesterfield | 4 - 1 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
Chesterfield have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Macclesfield are currently lying in 19th place in Coca-Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 46 from their 44 matches played. Chesterfield lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League Two, picking up 68 from their 44 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Chesterfield | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Spireites has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Macclesfield. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Chesterfield | Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |