MATCH PREVIEW: West Ham v Macclesfield (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

MATCH PREVIEW: West Ham v Macclesfield

1:07pm Tuesday 26th August 2008 in

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Carling Cup Round Two, Wednesday August 27, 7.45pm.

LAST MEETING: Macclesfield 0 West Ham 3 (FA cup 3rd round, 06-01-2002)
A Jermaine Defoe double and a late Joe Cole striker gave Glenn Roeder's side a comprehensive victory against the silkmen.

A late John Moncur red card overshadowed a good Hammers performance.

HEAD-TO-HEAD: West Ham wins 1, Maccelsfield wins 0, draws 0.

FORM: Keith Alexander's side couldn't have got off to a worse start in League Two, with three consecutive defeats to their name.

A 4-0 opening day battering to Shrewsbury was following by 2-0 defeats to both Bradford and Accrington Stanley.

However former Lincoln gaffer Alexander saw his side produce one of the upset's of the first round of the Carling Cup when they beat Championship outfit Blackpool 2-0 at Moss Rose.

DANGER MAN: Former Boston striker Francis Green finished as the silkmen's leading scorer last season with 11 goals.

The 29-year-old's pace and power is something that the Hammers defence will have to contend with should they avoid being the victims of a massive cup scalp.

FUN FACT: Ex-WWF wrestler and actor The Rock is the Silkmen's most famous fan.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson - who has appeared in films such as The Mummy Returns, The Scorpion King, Get Smart, The Rundown and Walking tall - picked Maccelsfield's name out of a hat on popular football show Soccer AM last year and has been a loyal Town fan ever since.

PREDICTION: West Ham 3 Maccelsfield 0