Match Report
Macclesfield Town, 23rd on 25 points, faced a 44-point deficit to Crewe Alexandra (2nd, 69). Crewe Alexandra's recent output lagged their position: 6th on form over five rounds while 2nd in the table. Per game in the league, Crewe Alexandra were scoring 1.81 and conceding 1.16, Macclesfield Town 0.86 and 1.27, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Macclesfield Town's winless run stood at 6. Over the last five, Crewe Alexandra had taken 12 of 15 points to Macclesfield Town's 2.
9 meetings are on record — 2 won by Crewe Alexandra, 3 by Macclesfield Town, 4 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Goals at both ends are the pattern: both teams scored in 67% of the meetings.
Alexandra Stadium in Crewe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,153. Crewe Alexandra led 2-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-0.