Macclesfield Town vs Carlisle United. Sky Bet League Two.
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Friday 19 October 2018 12:40, UK
Struggling Macclesfield will again have numerous absentees when they host Carlisle in League Two.
Koby Arthur is again available, having been passed fit after being withdrawn against Accrington through a precaution over a tight hamstring.
But - while Elliott Durrell and Ryan Lloyd have both returned to training - they remain short of match fitness for the basement boys. Callum Evans, Danny Whitaker and Jordan Ponticelli are all missing, owing to respective ankle, knee ligaments and metatarsal injuries.
Carlisle could recall Anthony Gerrard, who has served a one-match suspension. The promising Liam McCarron is also pushing to start, having impressed as a substitute against Morecambe.
Jamie Devitt remains an injury doubt with a shin problem sustained at the start of the month. Should manager John Sheridan look to make further changes to a team that has only won one of their last five games, George Glendon and Regan Slater are among those who could feature in his starting XI.
This will be the first league clash between Macclesfield and Carlisle since January 2006, when the Silkmen came out 3-0 winners.
Carlisle have never won away at Macclesfield in the Football League in six previous visits (D3 L3).
Macclesfield are now winless in their last 36 EFL games (D11 L25) - should they fail to win this game they will set a new record for most games without a victory in the top four tiers of English Football (overtaking Derby County between September 2007 and August 2008 - P36 W0 D8 L28)
Carlisle have lost just two of their previous 13 away games in League Two (W8 D3), winning each of the last three in a row.
Macclesfield have scored just four league goals at home this season - only Cheltenham have netted fewer in League Two this term (3).
