Macclesfield Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2020

Result

Macclesfield Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Macclesfield Town 2-1 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Macclesfield Town beat Forest Green Rovers 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 25 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Carl Winchester opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Macclesfield Town's goals came from Joe Ironside (74') and Arthur Gnahoua (83'). Forest Green Rovers scored through Carl Winchester (17').

Discipline: Macclesfield Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Macclesfield Town were 16th on 31 points from 27 and Forest Green Rovers 9th on 44 points from 28. Macclesfield Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 36 points, and Forest Green Rovers 11th with 49.

Macclesfield Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Macclesfield Town wins, 1 draw and 2 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Macclesfield Town's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Forest Green Rovers's L-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Carl WinchesterForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 48'Missed penaltyForest Green Rovers
  • 69'Yellow card · Fraser HorsfallMacclesfield Town
  • 74'Goal · Joe IronsideMacclesfield Town · 1-1
  • 80'Red card · Corey O'KeeffeMacclesfield Town
  • 83'Goal · Arthur GnahouaMacclesfield Town · 2-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Macclesfield Town 0, draws 1, Forest Green Rovers 2.

Team news

Macclesfield Town expected line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Evans, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Miles Welch-Hayes, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Connor Kirby, Emmanuel Osadebe, Ben Stephens, Joe Ironside

Forest Green Rovers expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Adam Smith, Farrend Rawson, Liam Kitching, Joseph Mills, Liam Shephard, Ebou Adams, Carl Winchester, Junior Mondal, Jack Aitchison, Jevani Brown