English FA Cup

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Match Report

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Own goal sees Brentford end dream FA Cup run for Macclesfield

Macclesfield were unable to recreate the magic of last month's FA Cup win over Crystal Palace, with a Sam Heathcote own goal sending Brentford through to the fifth round after a spirited contest at Moss Rose.

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Lineups

MFC · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Max DearnleyG
  2. 35Cameron Borthwick-JacksonCD-L
  3. 12Sam HeathcoteCD-R
  4. 24Elliot OsborneDM
  5. 15Luis LaceyLB
  6. 4Lewis FensomeRB
  7. 6Paul DawsonCM-L
  8. 28James EdmondsonCM-R
  9. 7Isaac Buckley-RickettsLM
  10. 11Luke DuffyRM
  11. 9D'Mani Bughail-MellorF

BRE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Hákon ValdimarssonG
  2. 5Ethan PinnockCD-L
  3. 22Nathan CollinsCD-R
  4. 2Aaron HickeyLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 8Mathias JensenAM
  7. 27Vitaly JaneltLM
  8. 18Yehor YarmoliukRM
  9. 47Kaye FuroF
  10. 11Reiss NelsonAM-L
  11. 45Romelle DonovanAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 61' Substitution, Brentford. Keane Lewis-Potter replaces Reiss Nelson.
  3. 68' Substitution, Macclesfield. James Gale replaces Isaac Buckley-Ricketts.
  4. 70' Own Goal by Sam Heathcote, Macclesfield. Macclesfield 0, Brentford 1.
  5. 71' Substitution, Macclesfield. Luke Matheson replaces Lewis Fensome because of an injury.
  6. 71' Substitution, Brentford. Dango Ouattara replaces Kaye Furo.
  7. 75' James Edmondson (Macclesfield) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 77' Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Paul Dawson (Macclesfield) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 85' Substitution, Macclesfield. Justin Johnson replaces Elliot Osborne.
  11. 90'+4' Substitution, Brentford. Luka Bentt replaces Romelle Donovan.

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