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Leasing.com Stadium, 19:30<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
6th in National League North v 7th in Premier League<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Gap =115<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
I am co-commentating on this game for 5 Live with Ali Bruce-Ball and I cannot wait.<\/p>\n
Macclesfield boss John Rooney did an incredible job with his side’s historic win over Crystal Palace in round three. <\/p>\n
I watched the game back as part of my prep and, while the Silkmen had less than 29% possession, they limited Palace to very few chances and they were deserved winners.<\/p>\n
Knocking the holders out was rightly hailed as the biggest shock in the FA Cup’s illustrious history, and it would be another fantastic feat if they toppled Brentford too.<\/p>\n
Only one non-league side has ever beaten two top-flight teams in the same FA Cup campaign – Millwall in 1913-14, who overcame Chelsea and Bradford City.<\/p>\n
I’d love to think Macclesfield could do it too, and if they play like they did against Palace then they have a great chance, especially on their plastic pitch.<\/p>\n
I think Brentford will be ready for them, though, and Keith Andrews’ side are having a tremendous season too.<\/p>\n
Andrews will know he can’t make too many changes here, and maybe Brentford will go on an FA Cup run themselves – they have not reached the quarter-finals since 1989, so it it is long overdue.<\/p>\n
This is going to be a tight game but I just have a feeling the Bees will edge it.<\/p>\n
Sutton’s prediction:<\/b> 1-2<\/p>\n
Daffy:<\/b> I don’t underthtand thith game at all \u2013 what is a Maccle? Why are there fields of them? And why do you altho call them the Thilkmen? Jutht for that, I’m going with Brentford!<\/p>\n
Porky: <\/b>B-b-Bees make honey, And honey is sweet… and so is my d-d-dear-d-d-arling Petunia.<\/p>\n
Daffy & Porky’s prediction: <\/b>0-3<\/p>\n
AI’s prediction:<\/b> 0-3<\/p>\n
Chris Sutton was speaking to BBC Sport’s Chris Bevan. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck’s answers are as told to Dan Berlinka.<\/i><\/p>\n
The AI predictions were generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat. We asked the tool to predict the score of each tie.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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