FM Preview: Macclesfield Town v Barrow 27 Aug 2012

Last updated : 26 August 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Macclesfield Town v Barrow fixture

Barrow travel to take on Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Monday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having managed to conjure up just 1 wins from the previous 3 games.

The last time the two teams met at Macclesfield Town was amazingly over twenty years ago, in March 1992, with Barrow inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Silkmen in a Conference match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
1991/1992 Tue 17 Mar Macclesfield 0-1 Barrow Conference
1991/1992 Tue 26 Nov Barrow 2 - 0 Macclesfield Conference
1990/1991 Tue 26 Mar Macclesfield 3 - 0 Barrow Conference
1990/1991 Tue 18 Sep Barrow 1 - 1 Macclesfield Conference
1989/1990 Sat 17 Feb Macclesfield 2 - 1 Barrow Conference
1989/1990 Tue 03 Oct Barrow 1 - 1 Macclesfield Conference

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Recent respective form guides

Macclesfield Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

The away form of Barrow is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. Bluebirds have conceded 16 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.

Macclesfield Town's total of 9 points from their 4 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Blue Square (Conference) Premier.

Barrow are stuck down in the relegation zone of Blue Square (Conference) Premier with a return of just 2 points from their 4 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Macclesfield Town 6 3 0 3 8 8 9
Barrow 6 1 3 2 6 8 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Bluebirds are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Macclesfield Town. Home win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Macclesfield Town 4 games since last home draw.
Won their latest 3 matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 7 .
Barrow Not won in previous 8 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 4 most recent games.

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