Match Report
Macclesfield Town, 1st with 92 points, sat 36 points above Eastleigh (15th, 56). Recent form told a different story for Eastleigh: only 21st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 15th. Against a league average of 1.3 goals per team per game, Eastleigh ran at 1.41 scored and 1.57 conceded, Macclesfield Town at 1.46 and 1.
Defeat had not touched Macclesfield Town in 5 games. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Eastleigh against 13/15 for Macclesfield Town.
The match was played at Silverlake Stadium in Eastleigh (capacity 3,000). On the scoreboard, Macclesfield Town led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-2.