Yeovil Town 0-2 Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town boss Sol Campbell has won five of his 18 games in charge of the club

Macclesfield Town ended a seven-game winless run to move off the bottom of the League Two table and take three vital points against fellow strugglers Yeovil Town.

Sol Campbell's side came into the game six points adrift of safety but they took the lead when James Pearson slotted home from Ben Stephens' delivery.

The Silkmen doubled their lead just after the half-hour mark as Harry Smith tapped in from Reece Cole's cross.

Yeovil twice threatened from a corner with Macclesfield defender David Fitzpatrick clearing off the line both times to deny them but the visitors held on.

The Glovers' slide towards a relegation battle continued after the defeat with the visitors moving a place, and three points, below them in 23rd.

Macclesfield could have slipped to nine points from safety had they lost, but they defended well to hold on for their first victory since beating Oldham in January.

The visitors would have faced an unenviable battle against the drop had they been defeated, but they boosted their chances of survival with nine games still to play thanks to their win.

Meanwhile, Yeovil have now lost three league games in a row and face promotion-chasing MK Dons next.

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Line-ups

Yeovil

• 12Baxter
• 23James
• 2GafaitiBooked at 78mins
• 6Sowunmi
• 21Grant
• 16AbrahamsSubstituted forMugabiat 46'minutes
• 17PattisonSubstituted forWorthingtonat 28'minutes
• 30SantosSubstituted forSeagerat 54'minutes
• 25Dobre
• 9FisherBooked at 68mins
• 13Zoko

Substitutes

• 1Nelson
• 5Mugabi
• 8Worthington
• 11Duffus
• 18Arquin
• 26Ojo
• 27Seager

Macclesfield

• 1O'Hara
• 27CameronBooked at 53mins
• 5Kelleher
• 33Jules
• 19Pearson
• 7DurrellBooked at 82mins
• 24Rose
• 30ColeSubstituted forWhitakerat 90+1'minutes
• 3Fitzpatrick
• 15StephensSubstituted forEvansat 75'minutes
• 10Smith

Substitutes

• 8Marsh
• 9Wilson
• 14Welch-Hayes
• 17Evans
• 23Whitaker
• 28Idem
• 39Martis

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

2,899

Match Stats

Home TeamYeovilAway TeamMacclesfield

Possession

Home34%

Away66%

Shots

Home12

Away8

Shots on Target

Home3

Away3

Corners

Home5

Away8

Fouls

Home8

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Yeovil Town 0, Macclesfield Town 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 0, Macclesfield Town 2.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt missed. Mihai-Alexandru Dobre (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+4'

Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Michael Rose (Macclesfield Town).

Posted at 90'+2'

Attempt missed. Tom James (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.

Posted at 90'+2'

Alex Fisher (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Nathan Cameron (Macclesfield Town).

Substitution

Posted at 90'+1'

Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Danny Whitaker replaces Reece Cole.

Posted at 90'

Attempt missed. Harry Smith (Macclesfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 85'

Corner, Macclesfield Town. Conceded by Tom James.

Booking

Posted at 82'

Elliott Durrell (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 82'

Josh Grant (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Harry Smith (Macclesfield Town).

Posted at 80'

Corner, Macclesfield Town. Conceded by Matt Worthington.

Posted at 79'

Attempt blocked. Michael Rose (Macclesfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Booking

Posted at 78'

Adel Gafaiti (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Adel Gafaiti (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 78'

Harry Smith (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 75'

Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Callum Evans replaces Ben Stephens.

Posted at 73'

Omar Sowunmi (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Elliott Durrell (Macclesfield Town).

Posted at 70'

Attempt saved. Ryan Seager (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 69'

Attempt saved. Ryan Seager (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Booking

Posted at 68'

Alex Fisher (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Alex Fisher (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 68'

Fiacre Kelleher (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Macclesfield Town. Conceded by Francois Zoko.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Macclesfield Town. Conceded by Adel Gafaiti.

Posted at 67'

Attempt blocked. Harry Smith (Macclesfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.

Posted at 66'

Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Michael Rose (Macclesfield Town).

Posted at 64'

Corner, Macclesfield Town. Conceded by Adel Gafaiti.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Yeovil Town. Conceded by David Fitzpatrick.

Posted at 61'

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

Posted at 59'

Delay in match Kieran O'Hara (Macclesfield Town) because of an injury.

Posted at 57'

Delay in match Ben Stephens (Macclesfield Town) because of an injury.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Matt Worthington (Yeovil Town).

Posted at 56'

Ben Stephens (Macclesfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 56'

Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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