National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Greenock Morton or Ayr United that keep their silverware dream alive.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Greenock Morton form and stats
Greenock was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Challenge Cup.1 victory, 1 draw and 2 defeats. That’s what Greenock Morton have to build on here at Cappielow Park in the Championship.
The Greenock Morton club members got no joy from their last match, also played here at Cappielow Park: A 1-2 defeat against Arbroath.
Ahead of that match, Greenock lost 1-2 at home to Ayr United.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Greenock Morton here at Cappielow Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games).
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United's mission in Challenge Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ayr, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-3 versus Raith Rovers.
Preceding that game was the away Championship victory against Greenock Morton with the score of 2-1.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Ayr United are regular goalscorers on their travels. Ayr United have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Greenock Morton-Ayr United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Greenock Morton three wins, Ayr United three wins, four draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  D. Akinyemi 7 goals |  G. Gillespie 2 goals | A. Murdoch 2 goals |
Greenock Morton missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Greenock Morton | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 19 | 40 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 20% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 6 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 12.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 29% | ||
| 8 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7.8 | ||
| 2.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Dundee | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Cove Rangers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
