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Macclesfield Town v Crystal Palace : FA Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

Moss Rose,

Saturday lunch time sees ’s Macclesfield Town and Oliver Glasner’s Crystal Palace go head to head in a FA Cup battle at the Moss Rose. All the odds are provided straight from top bookmakers, while predictions are algorithmically generated from stats over a 20-game period. We focus especially on FA Cup match data, including head to head (H2H) records. Explore it all using the tabs below.

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Crystal Palace's next match is v Sunderland at 15:00 on Saturday 17th January
The last English FA Cup meeting between Macclesfield and C Palace was on Saturday 10th January 2026
English FA Cup
January 10th 2026
Macclesfield 2
1 C Palace
 
P. Dawson 43'90' Y. Jesús Pino Santos
I. Buckley-Ricketts 60'
 
MAC
CRY
Shots On
4
4
Shots Off
5
6
Corners
2
3
Possession
29%
71%
Fouls
8
13
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
MacclesfieldC Palace
 
M. Dearnley
L. Fensome
R. Menayese
S. Heathcote
L. Lacey (C. Borthwick-Jackson 79')
P. Dawsonfootball icon
J. Kay (Carlos Dos Santos 80')
I. Buckley-Rickettsfootball icon
D. Bughail-Mellor (D. Whitehead 90')
J. Edmondson
L. Duffy (L. Matheson 79')
M. Guehi
(T. Mitchell 46') J. Canvot
A. Wharton
football iconY. Jesús Pino Santos
C. Uche
B. Sosa
W. Benítez
C. Richards
(W. Hughes 46') K. Rodney
(B. Casey 69') J. Devenny
(B. Johnson 46') J. Drakes-Thomas

Best Tip: C Palace to win

Nobody in the FA Cup wants to be beaten in front of their own fans, but the stats below suggest that is set to be Macclesfield's fate as they go head-to-head with C Palace at Moss Rose on Saturday lunch time. The bookmakers agree, with all placing the away win as the most likely outcome at odds of 1.25, and so does our predictive algorithm. Our algorithm suggests the away win in the win / draw / win market has a 77% probability, easily making it the best bet here.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 79% chance of C Palace coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Macclesfield
8%
12/1
40%
1/33
21%
Draw
13%
6/111/1
C Palace
79%
2/11
7%
80/1
3%
C Palace 2-0
11%
6/1
17%
18/5
C Palace 3-0
10%
13/2
25%
7/1
8%
C Palace 2-1
9%
9/1
17%
29/10
10%
C Palace 3-1
8%
10/1
8%
13/2
9%
C Palace 1-0
8%
17/2
12%
13/5
C Palace 4-0
7%
9/1
25%
14/1
7%
Draw 1-1
6%
12/112/5
8%
C Palace 4-1
6%
14/1
12%
16/1
C Palace 5-0
4%
16/1
31%
33/1
9%
Draw 2-2
3%
25/1
17%
18/5
10%
C Palace 5-1
3%
22/1
12%
40/1
C Palace 3-2
3%
25/1
29%
20/1
10%
Draw 0-0
3%
20/1
37%
19/4
Macclesfield 2-1
2%
33/1
37%
1/3
15%
Macclesfield 1-0
2%
33/1
32%
27/10
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
69%
2/5
3%
6/4
Under 2.5 Goals
31%
2/1
9%
10/21
1%
Home 1st Goal
36%
11/4
21%
17/4
13%
Away 1st Goal
63%
1/4
7%
1/3
3%
No 1st Goal
1%
20/1
37%
19/4
BTTS - Yes
51%
1/1
22%
21/10
5%
BTTS - No
49%
3/4
18%
1/3
3%
BTTS - Home Win
4%
20/1
48%
1/5
19%
BTTS - Draw
10%
15/2
8%
18/5
5%
BTTS - Away Win
36%
13/8
14%
18/1
6%
Home/draw
21%
7/2
36%
1/1000
9%
Away/draw
92%
1/25
4%
16/5
1%
Home/away
87%
1/101/6
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
87%
1/91/4
Under 1.5 Goals
13%
11/211/4
Over 3.5 Goals
48%
1/1
5%
21/10
2%
Under 3.5 Goals
52%
8/11
4%
1/3
2%
Over 4.5 Goals
29%
12/5
3%
14/1
3%
Under 4.5 Goals
71%
3/10
1%
1/80
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
15%
5/155/1
9%
Under 5.5 Goals
85%
1/81/200
1%
Over 0.5 Goals
97%
1/66
1%
1/9
Under 0.5 Goals
3%
20/1
21%
19/4
Home DNB
17%
10/1
38%
1/1000
27%
Away DNB
88%
1/20
4%
16/1
1%
Macclesfield win to nil
3%
22/1
35%
-
C Palace win to nil
43%
10/11
22%
-
Macclesfield / Macclesfield
5%
25/1
44%
7/4
17%
Macclesfield / C Palace
5%
18/1
10%
17/10
10%
Macclesfield / Draw
4%
25/1
24%
23/10
Draw / Macclesfield
4%
28/1
32%
45/1
12%
Draw / C Palace
19%
3/1
7%
11/1
Draw / Draw
8%
9/1
8%
22/1
C Palace / Macclesfield
2%
50/1
39%
1/50
8%
C Palace / C Palace
50%
4/7
9%
55/1
3%
C Palace / Draw
4%
20/1
19%
150/1
Win / draw / win form
Macclesfield
20 games
Goals: Scored
53
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
C Palace
20 games
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
Goal Statistics
Macclesfield C Palace
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
0.8
goals
2.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
46%
1
36%
2
14%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Macclesfield scoring 1 goal or less
1
17%
2
24%
3
22%
4
16%
5+
21%
There is a 83% probability that C Palace will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away games
20 home / away games
2.1
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings past 20 games
Macclesfield
PG (predicted goals)
C Palace
0.8
2.8
Attack rating
27%
better
MAC
CRY
view stats
Games scored13
13
Failed to score2
7
Scored first10
11
Goals scored38
23
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
9
Avg. shots per goal4
8
Conversion rate for24
13
Avg. XG for0
1.8
KickOff rating
+27%
Defence rating
9%
better
MAC
CRY
view stats
Games conceded9
13
Clean sheets6
7
Conceded first4
7
Goals conceded18
22
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded5
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
7
Conversion rate against19%
14%
Avg. XG against0
1.4
KickOff rating
+9%

The line-ups for the FA Cup match between Macclesfield v C Palace will show here when available.

Macclesfield FA Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
2511
R MenayeseD ElliottL. FensomeM Dearnley
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Dearnley GLK1
1
-
L. Fensome DEF111
1
-
R Menayese DEF21
1
-
S Heathcote DEF11
-
L. Lacey DEF1
1
-
J. Edmondson MID21
-
P. Dawson MID121
-
J Kay MID111
1
-
L Duffy MID11
-
I Buckley-Ricketts FWD1
-
D Mellor FWD2
-
Subs
S. Callister GLK
-
L Matheson DEF
-
C Borthwick-Jackson DEF
-
R Griffiths MID21
1
-
Carlos Dos Santos MID
-
D Whitehead MID1
1
-
D Elliott FWD15
1
-
M Woltman FWD2
-
C Palace FA Cup squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Benítez GLK
-
J. Canvot DEF
-
C Richards DEF
-
M Guéhi DEF
-
J Devenny MID
-
A Wharton MID
-
K Rodney MID
-
B Sosa MID
-
J. Drakes-Thomas FWD
-
Y Pino FWD
-
C. Uche FWD
-
Subs
D Henderson GLK
-
T Mitchell DEF
-
M Lacroix DEF
-
G. King DEF
-
D. Benamar DEF
-
W Hughes MID
-
B Johnson FWD
-
Z. Marsh FWD
-
B. Casey FWD
-