Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Bury 3rd with 79 points, Macclesfield Town 22nd with 44, 35 apart. Recent form flatters Macclesfield Town's table spot — 14th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 22nd. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Bury ran at 1.78 scored and 1.22 conceded, Macclesfield Town at 1.04 and 1.61.
Macclesfield Town arrived off three consecutive draws, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Bury 10/15, Macclesfield Town 3/15.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bury 4, draws 1, Macclesfield Town 1, at 3.83 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 83% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
Gigg Lane in Bury, capacity 11,840, hosted the game. Bury led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.