Match Info

FA Cup - 1/16-finals

Date: 16 February 2026, Monday

Location: Leasing.com Stadium (Macclesfield)

Referee: England D. (Eng)

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	Macclesfield Town		Brentford

	1	X	2
	12	7.5	1.15
	14.5	7.9	1.17
	13.5	8.12	1.18
	9.59	5.42	1.29	Watch
	12	6.5	1.18
	14	7.8	1.2	Watch
	14	7.5	1.18
Avarage Now (Initially)	12.8 ↑ (11.44)	7.25 ↑ (6.28)	1.19 ↓ (1.22)

The most likely Over/Under: 3.50

The best margin for this event is 3.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Macclesfield Town
7.4%

Draw
13.1%

Brentford
79.5%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

8.2%

14.9%

76.9%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Macclesfield Town has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-0.8%)

Brentford has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.6%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
13.3%	13.3%	73.3%

Macclesfield Town - Brentford Predictions

Users Predictions: 13 users predict this event. Macclesfield will win (votes: 2 - 15.4%). Brentford will win (votes: 10 - 76.9%). It will Tie (votes: 1 - 7.7%).
Confidence interval (95%) for Brentford: 54% – 99.8%.

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

AH +0.75, 1st Half - Macclesfield (2.04) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

O/U 3.25 - under (votes: 1 - 100%) .

AH +2 - Macclesfield (1.93) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

BTTS - yes (votes: 3 - 100%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

AH 0 - Brentford (1.05) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

DNB - Brentford (1.05) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

EH +1 - Brentford (1.04) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

DC - Brentford (1.04) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

TQ, OT - Brentford (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): Brentford will win (6 of 7 users predict this - 85.71%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 14 Selected Experts predict this event. Macclesfield (votes: 3 - 21.4%). Brentford (votes: 11 - 78.6%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 0:2

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Dearnley M. (G) 4. Fensome L. 12. Heathcote S. 35. Borthwick-Jackson C. 15. Lacey L. 24. Osborne E. 11. Duffy L. 6. Dawson P. (C) 28. Edmondson J. 7. Buckley I. 9. Mellor D.	12. Valdimarsson H. R. (G) 33. Kayode M. 22. Collins N. (C) 5. Pinnock E. 2. Hickey A. 27. Janelt V. 18. Yarmolyuk Y. 45. Donovan R. 8. Jensen M. 11. Nelson R. 47. Furo K.
Substitutes
17. Dos Santos C. 19. Gale J. 8. Griffiths R. 22. Johnson J. 2. Matheson L. 5. Menayese R. 32. Pasiek K. 34. Stone M. 23. Whitehead D.	20. Ajer K. 31. Balcombe E. (G) 48. Bentt L. 3. Henry R. 23. Lewis-Potter K. 19. Ouattara Da. 49. Shield O. 50. Stephenson J. 4. van den Berg S.
Coaches
Rooney J.	Andrews K.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
21', Janelt V. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 1)
61', Nelson R. ↓, Lewis-Potter K. ↑,
68', Buckley I. ↓, Gale J. ↑,
70', 0 - 1, Heathcote S. (Own goal),
71', Furo K. ↓, Ouattara Da. ↑,
72', Fensome L. ↓, Matheson L. ↑,
75', Edmondson J. 🟨,
77', Yarmolyuk Y. 🟨,
84', Dawson P. 🟨,
85', Osborne E. ↓, Johnson J. ↑,
90+4', Donovan R. ↓, Bentt L. ↑,

Preview

Macclesfield is undoubtedly in great shape (last 5 games: 4 wins).

Brentford's form has been unstable in recent games (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

In this match, Brentford is the clear favorite.

The teams have not played against each other recently.

Outrights of English FA Cup for now

Brentford: 1.95%

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Macclesfield Town
English National League North
10.02.26	Macclesfield Town - Leamington	3:1 ✺
03.02.26	Macclesfield Town - Kidderminster Harriers	5:1 ✺
31.01.26	Macclesfield Town - Bedford Town	2:1 ✺
27.01.26	Peterborough Sports - Macclesfield Town	4:3 ✺
24.01.26	Worksop Town - Macclesfield Town	2:4 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 10.2 WWWLW
- Brentford FC
English Premier League
12.02.26	Brentford - Arsenal	1:1 ✺
07.02.26	Newcastle United - Brentford	2:3 ✺
01.02.26	Aston Villa - Brentford	0:1 ✺
25.01.26	Brentford - Nottingham Forest	0:2 ✺
17.01.26	Chelsea - Brentford	2:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 20.2 TWWLL

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