Match Report
47 points separated the sides: Macclesfield 2nd on 77, Bradford Park Avenue 19th on 30. Macclesfield had been under-performing their position — 7th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. In league terms the two rates read 2.1/1.18 for Macclesfield and 1.25/2.13 for Bradford Park Avenue (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.64.
Momentum sat with Macclesfield, winners of their last four, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Bradford Park Avenue had gone 5 games without a win. The five-game form split read 13/15 points for Macclesfield against 1/15 for Bradford Park Avenue.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 3-3 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 3-4.