Match ends, Macclesfield Town 0, Nuneaton Town 1.
Macclesfield Town 0-1 Nuneaton Town
- From the section Football
Onome Sodje's stoppage-time goal gave struggling Nuneaton victory over high-flying Macclesfield.
His neat finish from 12 yards a minute into injury time moved Nuneaton up a place to third-from-bottom.
Rob Ogleby fired wide early on for the visitors while Andy Taylor headed over and Macc keeper Rhys Taylor made saves to deny Ogleby and James Armson.
Danny Whitaker and Waide Fairhurst had Macclesfield's best efforts either side of the half-time break.
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Macclesfield drop to fourth in the Conference, seven points off leaders Barnet, while Nuneaton are seven points from safety with seven games to play.
On-loan Nuneaton goalkeeper Max Crocombe is still to concede a goal for Boro, having now kept five successive clean sheets since arriving on 20 February from League Two side Oxford United.
Unbeaten now in six matches, Liam Daish's side have lifted themselves nine points clear of bottom club Telford.
Line-ups
Macclesfield
- 1Taylor
- 2Halls
- 4Audel
- 11MokeSubstituted forPhenixat 45'minutes
- 28Grant
- 5PilkingtonBooked at 89mins
- 6TurnbullSubstituted forFairhurstat 60'minutes
- 18Bell
- 23WhitakerSubstituted forLewisat 46'minutesBooked at 81mins
- 35Bailey-Jones
- 29Barnes-HomerBooked at 79mins
Substitutes
- 8Lewis
- 10Fairhurst
- 12Cowan
- 20Branagan
- 27Phenix
Nuneaton
- 1Crowcombe
- 3Franklin
- 20Wheeler
- 5DeanBooked at 77mins
- 7Armson
- 18Brown
- 11StreeteSubstituted forDawsonat 46'minutes
- 8OglebySubstituted forCowanat 87'minutes
- 12Maris
- 15Rees
- 10BrownSubstituted forSodjeat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Cowan
- 6Walker
- 19Wren
- 27Dawson
- 28Sodje
- Referee:
- Ian Hussin
- Attendance:
- 1,514
Match Stats
Home TeamMacclesfieldAway TeamNuneaton
- Possession
- Home51%
- Away49%
- Shots
- Home4
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home0
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away11
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Macclesfield Town 0, Nuneaton Town 1.
Offside, Nuneaton Town. Onome Sodje tries a through ball, but Onome Sodje is caught offside.
Offside, Macclesfield Town. Alex Grant tries a through ball, but Alex Grant is caught offside.
Goal!
Goal! Macclesfield Town 0, Nuneaton Town 1. Onome Sodje (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Booking
George Pilkington (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by George Pilkington (Macclesfield Town).
George Maris (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Nuneaton Town. Gavin Cowan replaces Robert Ogleby.
Foul by Courtney Baker-Richardson (Nuneaton Town).
Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Foul by Elliot Wheeler (Nuneaton Town).
Theo Bailey-Jones (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. James Armson (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
Foul by Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town).
Robert Ogleby (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Theo Bailey-Jones (Macclesfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Lee Bell (Macclesfield Town).
Gareth Dean (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Foul by Lee Bell (Macclesfield Town).
Onome Sodje (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Booking
Paul Lewis (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Paul Lewis (Macclesfield Town).
Onome Sodje (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Substitution
Substitution, Nuneaton Town. Onome Sodje replaces Andy Brown.
Booking
Matthew Barnes-Homer (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Matthew Barnes-Homer (Macclesfield Town).
Gareth Dean (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Corner, Nuneaton Town.
Booking
Gareth Dean (Nuneaton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Gareth Dean (Nuneaton Town).
Waide Fairhurst (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Offside, Nuneaton Town. Robert Ogleby tries a through ball, but Robert Ogleby is caught offside.
Attempt missed. James Armson (Nuneaton Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Foul by Andy Brown (Nuneaton Town).
Andy Halls (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick.
Attempt missed. Waide Fairhurst (Macclesfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box.
Foul by Michael Phenix (Macclesfield Town).
Courtney Baker-Richardson (Nuneaton Town) wins a free kick.
Corner, Macclesfield Town.