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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Brentford are sending on Luka Bentt. Into the dying seconds.
Macclesfield have a free kick inside their own half and the keeper is going to launch it forward.
Summary
Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford - Heathcote own-goal gives visitors lead
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Non league Macclesfield knocked Palace out in previous round
Winners will travel to West Ham in fifth round
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Now or never for Macc.
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Much more love for Macc now. A lot of people have a new second team.
Mike
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Groans from the home fans.
A Macclesfield long throw-in but the referee says it's a foul throw.
This is slipping away from Macclesfield.
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Up goes the volume...five additional minutes it is.
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Macc are on the attack...
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
The word is there is going to be five additional minutes.
Hope for Macclesfield yet.
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Macclesfield can keep their heads held high knowing how well they did. Not only did they give a Premier League side a tough game in the fourth round, not only did they knock out another one in the third round. But they beat the holders. That is truly amazing.
Jack
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This has been a far from comfortable night for Brentford.
Another heroic effort by Macclesfield but this time it looks like they've hit the end of the road.
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Into the final five minutes.
John Rooney and 4,500 Macclesfield fans are roaring the part-timers forward.
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Devastated for Macclesfield. It's been such an heroic effort tonight and throughout this FA cup run. What a horrible unfortunate goal to concede. Chin up lads and keep going. You never know!
Dave
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Now almost a mix-up at the back for Brentford but they just about survive.
No one is leaving.
Macclesfield are not going out without a fight.
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Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveThey are just building up a head of steam now, Macclesfield. Mellor is just 12 yards out and gets up well.
CLOSE!published at 81 mins
Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Chaos inside the Brentford box!
Macclesfield have a second wind and D'Mani Mellor's goalbound attempt is blocked.
There was a hint of a handball but play goes on.
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Brentford's Yehor Yarmoliuk is booked for a foul but it's a poor delivery from the resulting free-kick. You feel if Macc are to get back in this then it's going to be from a set-piece.
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Macclesfield's FA Cup adventure started way back on 13 September with a second qualifying round win over Atherton Laburnum Rovers of the North West Counties League.
If this is to be the end of their journey, they're bowing out in style.
It's been an outstanding cup run by the non-league side.
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Brentford, like Palace and other physical Premier teams effectively play a very similar game to Macclesfield albeit with better quality players
Kev
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Macclesfield fans are screaming for a penalty!
James Edmondson goes down inside the box but referee Darren England is not interested and instead books the Macclesfield No 28 for diving.
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Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Macclesfield, who have sent on Luke Matheson, will still believe.
Brentford though have strengthened their side by sending on Dango Ouattara.
'Macclesfield have been unable to get up the field'published at 21:00 GMT
Macclesfield 0-1 Brentford
Chris Sutton
Former Celtic striker on BBC Radio 5 LiveIt's not like Brentford have really carved Macclesfield open. Maybe there was a bit of fatigue in there but their biggest issue is that they haven't been able to get up the field at all.
John Rooney has some thinking to do.
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Macclesfield's Sam Heathcote headed into his own goal against Brentford
At a glance
Macclesfield dangerous in first half with captain Paul Dawson firing inches wide
Brentford take lead after 70 minutes when Sam Heathcote turns Aaron Hickey's cross into own net
Brentford will play West Ham at London Stadium in fifth round
Macclesfield's FA Cup dream was dashed in cruel fashion as Brentford survived a scare to win the FA Cup fourth-round tie at Moss Rose.
The sixth-tier Silkmen - who stunned holders Crystal Palace in the third round - produced another magnificent display and more than held their own for long periods against the side sitting seventh in the Premier League.
And it took a desperate moment for the Bees to break the deadlock with 20 minutes left, when Macclesfield defender Sam Heathcote headed into his own net from Aaron Hickey's cross.
It was brutal on the PE teacher and Macclesfield, who were more dangerous in the first half against slipshod Brentford, with manager Keith Andrews making seven changes and leaving big guns like Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade at home.
Macclesfield had made light of the 116 places between the teams in the football pyramid, but in the end the side in seventh place in the National League North were betrayed by tiring legs and a moment of bad luck.
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Number: 1 M. Dearnley
Number: 15 L. Lacey
Number: 35 C. Borthwick-Jackson
Number: 12 S. Heathcote
Number: 4 L. Fensome
Number: 24 E. Osborne
Number: 7 I. Buckley-Ricketts
Number: 6 P. Dawson
Number: 28 J. Edmondson
Number: 11 L. Duffy
Number: 9 D. Bughail-Mellor
Substitutes
Number: 22 J. Johnson
Number: 19 J. Gale
Number: 2 L. Matheson
Number: 12 H. Valdimarsson
Number: 2 A. Hickey
Number: 5 E. Pinnock
Number: 22 N. Collins
Number: 33 M. Kayode
Number: 27 V. Janelt
Number: 18 Y. Yarmoliuk
Number: 11 R. Nelson
Number: 8 M. Jensen
Number: 45 R. Donovan
Number: 47 K. Furo
Substitutes
Number: 48 L. Bentt
Number: 23 K. Lewis-Potter
Number: 19 D. Ouattara
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Team Lineups
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home team,Macclesfield
Manager:John Richard Rooney
Formation:4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
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home team,Macclesfield
away team,Brentford
Manager:Keith Andrews
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
away team,Brentford
home team,Macclesfield
Manager:John Richard Rooney
Formation:4 - 1 - 4 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
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away team,Brentford
Manager:Keith Andrews
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Pitch Formation
Starting lineup
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Match Officials
- Referee:
- Darren England
- Assistant Referee 1:
- Scott Ledger
- Assistant Referee 2:
- Akil Howson
- Fourth Official:
- Tom Nield
Match Stats
Key, Macclesfield v BrentfordBasic Stats
Overall possession
Macclesfield 25.5%Brentford 74.5%
Shots
Macclesfield 8Brentford 16Shots on target
Macclesfield 1Brentford 1Total touches inside the opposition box
Macclesfield 11Brentford 33Goalkeeper saves
Macclesfield 1Brentford 1Aerial duels won
Macclesfield 16Brentford 15Fouls committed
Macclesfield 7Brentford 14Corners
Macclesfield 2Brentford 9In-depth match stats
Attack
Shots
Macclesfield 8Brentford 16Shots on target
Macclesfield 1Brentford 1Shots off target
Macclesfield 4Brentford 7Attempts out of box
Macclesfield 2Brentford 2Total offsides
Macclesfield 2Brentford 1Distribution
Total passes
Macclesfield 162Brentford 480Pass accuracy %
Macclesfield 43.2Brentford 81.5Backward passes
Macclesfield 24Brentford 89Forward passes
Macclesfield 98Brentford 175Total long balls
Macclesfield 60Brentford 90Successful final third passes
Macclesfield 29Brentford 121Total crosses
Macclesfield 13Brentford 32Defence
Total tackles
Macclesfield 18Brentford 11Won tackle %
Macclesfield 50Brentford 81.8Fouls committed
Macclesfield 7Brentford 14Total yellow cards
Macclesfield 2Brentford 2Total clearances
Macclesfield 46Brentford 29
Season so far
FA Cup
Key, Macclesfield v Brentford
Goals scored
Macclesfield 11Brentford 2Form guide
All competitions
Macclesfield won
v Leamington
3
1
National League N / S
Brentford draw
v Arsenal
1
1
Premier League
Macclesfield won
v Kidderminster Harriers
5
1
National League N / S
Brentford won
v Newcastle United
2
3
Premier League
Macclesfield won
v Bedford Town
2
1
National League N / S
Brentford won
v Aston Villa
0
1
Premier League
Macclesfield lose
v Peterborough Sports
4
3
National League N / S
Brentford lose
v Nottingham Forest
0
2
Premier League
Macclesfield won
v Worksop Town
2
4
National League N / S
Brentford lose
v Chelsea
2
0
Premier League
Match Facts
This is the first ever meeting between Macclesfield and Brentford – the Bees last faced a non-league side in 2018-19, needing a replay to beat Barnet at the fourth round stage.
This is Brentford’s first ever FA Cup match as a top-flight side against a non-league opponent. At the fourth round stage, top-flight teams have progressed from 26 of 28 ties against non-league sides; the exceptions are Sunderland against Yeovil in 1948-49 and Norwich against Luton in 2012-13.
Macclesfield knocked out Premier League side Crystal Palace in the third round – the last non-league team to knock out two top-flight sides in one FA Cup season was Millwall in 1913-14.
Brentford have reached the FA Cup fourth round for the first time since 2021-22, when they lost 4-1 to Everton. In their last 19 seasons, the Bees have only reached the fifth round once, doing so in 2018-19.
Macclesfield have won their first three matches in the FA Cup (first round onwards) – the last team to win their first four games in the competition were Rangers in the 1886-87 season, the only season they competed in the English FA Cup. Since 1925-26, no side has ever reached the fifth round in their debut season in the competition.
