About Match
Macclesfield go into the game 3rd in the table on 16 points; South Shields sit 6th on 14 — a 2-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Macclesfield 1.57 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, South Shields 1.17 and 0.5, with the league averaging 1.31. Macclesfield would climb to 19 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
South Shields carry a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Macclesfield, 1 for South Shields and 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 75% of the meetings won by the home side.
Moss Rose Ground in Macclesfield, capacity 6,355, hosts the game.