Match Report


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Match Report

Match Report
Heavy rain falls from above here at Moss Rose where Macclesfield Town play West Ham United in this league cup game. Its a sell-out today with the 3,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Macclesfield Town are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while West Ham United appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.


0.00
West Ham United kick off!
2.33
Eben Gargo makes a probing pass to Jose Ferreira. Jose Ferreira takes it forward alone. Jose Ferreira plays a perfect one-two with Pedro Williams and rushes in on goal... Jose Ferreira rockets a shot on goal. Magnificent save by Robin Carron!
6.22
West Ham United are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
8.36
Joris Cairo flicks the ball to his team mate, Jonathan Serrant. Jonathan Serrant flicks the ball to his team mate, Graeme Newton. Graeme Newton tries a spectacular long range effort. Graeme Newton scores for West Ham United!!
16.30
Macclesfield Town are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate West Ham United's defence.
18.34
Arek Wilimowski makes a beautiful solo run. Arek Wilimowski shoots from outside the area but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
24.10
Eben Gargo makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jonathan Serrant. Jonathan Serrant passes the ball forward to Luca Dalakis. Luca Dalakis shoots from 20 yards but it curls horrendously wide!
28.08
Guilherme Fernandez knocks the ball forward to Mick Cope. Mick Cope knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Eben Gargo.
36.03
Brian Benali knocks the ball forward to Gary Bould. Gary Bould lofts in a cross ball towards Mick Cope. Mick Cope connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.50
Malcolm Drake kicks a strong pass forward to Fouad Sinouh. Fouad Sinouh deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Mick Cope. Mick Cope knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Eben Gargo.
42.12
Joris Cairo plays a long ball forward. Graeme Newton knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!


45.00
Macclesfield Town kick off the second half!
48.19
Arek Wilimowski makes a simple pass to Graeme Newton. Graeme Newton shoots from distance. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Graeme Newton!
53.36
Fouad Sinouh chips the ball to his team mate, Mick Cope. Mick Cope knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
75.05
Luca Dalakis clumsily knocks into Julian Harrison. The referee calls over Luca Dalakis and warns him to calm down! Julian Harrison stretches but gets up unharmed.
77.58
Arek Wilimowski deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Graeme Newton. Graeme Newton plays a perfect one-two with Luca Dalakis and rushes in on goal... Graeme Newton rockets a shot on goal but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
79.58
Brian Benali chips the ball to his team mate, Gary Bould. Gary Bould knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to John Mckinlay who gathers it comfortably.
81.23
Fouad Sinouh knocks the ball to his team mate, Gary Bould. Gary Bould knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to John Mckinlay who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
Ricardo Valle makes a simple pass to Jim Ward. Jim Ward makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Pedro Williams. Pedro Williams knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Julian Harrison.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!


The man of the match was awarded to Graeme Newton of West Ham United

Match Statistics

Match Statistics
Goals
Goals: 0 vs 2
Shots on Target
Shots on Target: 0 vs 3
Shots off Target
Shots off Target: 1 vs 3
Offsides
Offsides: 0 vs 0
Fouls
Fouls: 0 vs 1
Yellow Cards
Yellow Cards: 0 vs 0
Red Cards
Red Cards: 0 vs 0

Possession
Possession: 57.8125 vs 42.1875
Play Area
Home team third: 35.94%, Midfield: 42.19%, Away team third: 21.88%

Scorers