Northampton Town 1-2 Macclesfield Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 August 2019
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Macclesfield Town
League Two · Saturday 17 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
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Northampton Town 1-2 Macclesfield Town: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Macclesfield Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ben Stephens opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Jordan Turnbull (72'). Macclesfield Town scored through Ben Stephens (39') and Theo Archibald (90').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Macclesfield Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 20th on 1 point from 2 and Macclesfield Town 8th on 3 points from 2. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Macclesfield Town 22nd with 36.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Macclesfield Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Theo Archibald of Macclesfield Town (8.6), ahead of Owen Evans (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Northampton Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Macclesfield Town.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Ben Stephens
- 69'Yellow card · Shaun McWilliams
- 72'Goal · Jordan Turnbull
- 74'Yellow card · Emmanuel Osadebe
- 77'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
- 90'Goal · Theo Archibald
- 90+2'Yellow card · Owen Evans
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Charlie Goode, Aaron Pierre, George Cox, Sam Hoskins, Sam Foley, Daniel Powell, Dean Bowditch
Macclesfield Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Owen Evans, Miles Welch-Hayes, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Jay Harris, Jak McCourt, Eddie Clarke, Emmanuel Osadebe, Joe Ironside, Ben Stephens