Championship match prediction: Little separates Greenock Morton and Raith Rovers in quality

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Championship. That game was also an away game, at Dunfermline Athletic. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Greenock Morton form and stats

3-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Greenock Morton so far this season.

The Greenock fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Cappielow Park: A 0-1 defeat against Arbroath (placed 9th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Inverness CT.

Greenock Morton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 7 games. 7 goals have been conceded.

Raith Rovers form and stats

The visitors, who have the most scored goals (15) away in Championship, are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Dundee.

The Rovers manager J. McGlynn has got the team scoring on the road, with 15 away goals in 7 league matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Raith Rovers have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Raith Rovers - Greenock Morton 5-0 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Greenock won three games, zero matches ended with a draw and Raith Rovers has seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

I. Duku 5 goals

D. Armstrong 4 goals

K. Orsi 3 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Raith Rovers missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Hearts	14	11	0	3	40	17	8	7	0	1	28	11	6	4	0	2	12	6	23	33
2	Dunfermline Athletic	14	6	6	2	24	15	7	5	1	1	14	7	7	1	5	1	10	8	9	24
3	Raith Rovers	13	6	3	4	28	22	6	3	1	2	13	9	7	3	2	2	15	13	6	21
4	Dundee	13	5	5	3	24	24	6	4	2	0	12	6	7	1	3	3	12	18	0	20
5	Ayr United	13	4	5	4	20	17	6	3	3	0	9	3	7	1	2	4	11	14	3	17
6	Greenock Morton	14	4	5	5	13	18	7	3	2	2	8	7	7	1	3	3	5	11	-5	17
7	Inverness CT	11	3	5	3	18	15	5	2	3	0	9	5	6	1	2	3	9	10	3	14
8	Queen of the South	13	4	2	7	19	30	7	3	1	3	12	16	6	1	1	4	7	14	-11	14
9	Arbroath	14	2	5	7	10	19	7	1	4	2	5	6	7	1	1	5	5	13	-9	11
10	Alloa Athletic	13	2	2	9	13	32	7	1	2	4	10	19	6	1	0	5	3	13	-19	8