Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019
Result
Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield Town
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Stevenage 2-2 Macclesfield Town: match report
Stevenage drew with Macclesfield Town 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Ben Stephens opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Stevenage's goals came from Kurtis Guthrie (68') and Luther James-Wildin (72'). Macclesfield Town scored through Ben Stephens (27') and Joe Ironside (85', penalty).
Discipline: Stevenage received 1 yellow card; Macclesfield Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stevenage were 23rd on 2 points from 5 and Macclesfield Town 4th on 9 points from 5. Stevenage went on to finish that season 24th with 22 points, and Macclesfield Town 22nd with 36.
Stevenage lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Macclesfield Town in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Osadebe of Macclesfield Town (7.6), ahead of Joe Ironside (7.3).
Going into the match Stevenage's last five read D-L-D-L-L and Macclesfield Town's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 27'Goal · Ben Stephens
- 49'Yellow card · Corey O'Keeffe
- 56'Yellow card · Joel Byrom
- 68'Goal · Kurtis Guthrie
- 72'Goal · Luther James-Wildin
- 72'Yellow card · Emmanuel Osadebe
- 85'Penalty goal · Joe Ironside
Team news
Stevenage expected line-up (3-4-1-2)
Paul Farman, Luther James-Wildin, Tom Soares, Kell Watts, Scott Cuthbert, Terence Vancooten, Chris Stokes, Noor Husin, Danny Newton, Paul Taylor, Kurtis Guthrie
Macclesfield Town line-up (3-4-1-2)
Owen Evans, Miles Welch-Hayes, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Jak McCourt, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Emmanuel Osadebe, Ben Stephens, Joe Ironside