Match Report
The table gap was wide: 22 points between Grimsby Town (14th, 47 pts) and Macclesfield Town (23rd, 25 pts). In league terms the two rates read 0.86/1.27 for Macclesfield Town and 1.22/1.38 for Grimsby Town (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.26.
Macclesfield Town had drawn four in a row. Grimsby Town had not won in 13 games.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by Macclesfield Town, 2 by Grimsby Town, 3 drawn, at 1.17 goals per meeting. Only 17% of these meetings ended in a home win. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 0% of the meetings went over two goals.
Moss Rose Ground in Macclesfield staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,355. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.