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Northampton face a trip to Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, determined to keep up their impressive record at the venue, having come through the challenge on 3 of the previous 4 occassions.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 3 winners in a League Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Macclesfield | 1 - 3 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Macclesfield | 0 - 4 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 04 Dec | Northampton | 2 - 0 | Macclesfield | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 07 Aug | Macclesfield | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 20 Mar | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Macclesfield | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Silkmen in those games, with 6 conceded.
Northampton have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Cobblers's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 6 goals for and 4 against.
Macclesfield are currently lying in 19th place in Coca Cola League Two having mustered a points tally of 8 from their 8 matches played. Northampton see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola League Two, showing a record of 11 points from their 8 games played so far,
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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Northampton | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Northampton are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Macclesfield. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Northampton | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |