National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Montrose or Greenock Morton that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This football field has artifical turf, unlike Greenock Morton's home arena. The latest 14 games by the away side on artifical turf have given 7 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses.
Montrose form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Challenge Cup for Montrose, as the manager S. Petrie led his troops to eliminate Stirling Albion, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Montrose have collected 5 points from their League One home games so far after 1-2-2.
Montrose shared the glory with Queen's Park in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Falkirk that ended 2-2.The Montrose fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Greenock Morton form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Celtic II in order to reach 3rd round of Challenge Cup. They also participated in Challenge Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Championship matches, Greenock Morton have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
Greenock's last game was the home draw against Arbroath (2-2).
Before that, Greenock travelled to Ayr United and returned home with a draw after the Championship game finished 0-0.There's been a serious shortage of goals from Greenock's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. As opposed to that, Greenock have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Data for the last three meetings featuring these two teams are: one win for Montrose, zero draws and two wins for Greenock Morton. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Webster 8 goals | L. Milne 2 goals |  G. Oliver 2 goals |
Montrose missing players
Greenock Morton missing players
| Montrose | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 32 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 27 | ||
| 38 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 21% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 7% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 36% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 8.5 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.8 | ||
| 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Cove Rangers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Montrose | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Clyde | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 11 |
| 9 | Peterhead | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | East Fife | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 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 | Inverness CT | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Arbroath | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 8 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 6 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 4 |