Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Raith Rovers & Greenock Morton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Challenge Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an absorbing fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both participants are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Raith Rovers form and stats
Raith Rovers have collected 15 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-0-3.
Raith Rovers faced defeat in their previous match, away at Ayr United (0-2).
A home victory ahead of that match, as anticipated. The team were big favourites against Auchinleck Talbot and won 3-0. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Raith Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 3.
With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Raith Rovers defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Last season their Challenge Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Arbroath in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1.
Before that game, the victory at home hosting Queen of the South in the Scottish Cup (4-1). So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Greenock playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Greenock Morton wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Greenock Morton have scored 10 goals in 9 league games away. Greenock Morton have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Rovers won seven, Greenock Morton triumphed in two and we saw one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Connolly 7 goals |   R. Muirhead 6 goals |  G. Gillespie 5 goals |
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| Raith Rovers | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 37 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 15 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 32% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 6.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 33% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 52% | ||
| 6.9 | 5.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.8 | 7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ayr United | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Dundee | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
