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Gillingham travel to take on Macclesfield Town at Moss Rose on Saturday afternoon, looking to break their duck against the hosts. The The Gills lost the only previous game played between the two.
The only previous meeting between Macclesfield and Gillingham at was back in March 1999, over five years ago, the The Silkmen carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1998/1999 | Tue 09 Mar | Macclesfield | 1 - 0 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 03 Oct | Gillingham | 2 - 2 | Macclesfield | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Macclesfield Town's home form is poor, winning just 2 of the last six, and losing the other 4. While The Silkmen have scored 9, a worringly large 17 have been leaked at the other end.
Gillingham's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the The Gills have hit 5 goals, 17 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Macclesfield find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 13 points from their 13 matches. Gillingham's 21 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing appears to be going right for the The Gills out on the road recently, yet the Madmen can see a turn around in fortunes as they battle to a victory in a closely fought contest at Macclesfield. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Macclesfield | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Gillingham | Not won in previous 5 away matches. |