Airdrieonians vs Greenock Morton betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Scotland Championship Play-Offs
Competition: Tue 18.May
Match begins: 18:35 (UTC)
Venue: Penny Cars Stadium (10171 seats)

Airdrieonians welcome Greenock Morton for another interesting Championship Play-Offs fixture here at Penny Cars Stadium.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

It should be mentioned that Greenock Morton play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Greenock Morton on artifical turf are 4 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats from eleven games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 18-9. You can compare this with overall results below.

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Airdrieonians form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Airdrieonians as they were promoted from League One last season. Happy days that were secured through 9 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from 18 games. The team scored 17 goals at home last season and conceded 10. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

This is expected to be a close game, with Airdrieonians perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Airdrieonians as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Airdrieonians has won seven of these, drawn three and lost five.

The manager I. Murray will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Greenock Morton in only three days.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The last season was not a pleasant experience for Greenock as they could not accumulate enough points to survive. After only 6 victories from 27 games, relegation was a fact. Greenock Morton's manager G. MacPherson are hoping to lead the team right back to Championship at the first attempt.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Greenock in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Greenock Morton, two draws and three defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Greenock are hosting Airdrieonians in the Championship Play-Offs only three days away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Airdrieonians wins - draws - Greenock Morton wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AirdrieoniansD. Carrick
D. Carrick
9 goals
AirdrieoniansK. Connell
K. Connell
6 goals
AirdrieoniansC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
5 goals

Airdrieonians missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Airdrieonians Greenock Morton
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 1 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 2
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 7
1 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 33%
Airdrieonians Last season Greenock Morton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
22 11   Played P   13 27
12 7   Won W   2 6
2 1   Drew D   6 11
8 3   Lost L   5 10
35 21   Scored S   8 22
24 11   Conceded C   15 33
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 85%
77% 91%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 59%
41% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 30%
27% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 19%
14% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 11%
41% 45%   BTTS BTTS   46% 44%
32% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 26%
27% 18%   Failed to Score F T   46% 44%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.2
2 1   Red cards R C   3 5
 
9.6 9.8   Shots (avg) S (   5.9 6.6
3.6 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.3
47% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%

Last season 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 22 11 7 4 40 18 11 6 4 1 22 7 11 5 3 3 18 11 22 40
2 Airdrieonians 22 12 2 8 35 24 11 7 1 3 21 11 11 5 1 5 14 13 11 38
3 Cove Rangers 22 10 6 6 28 18 11 7 1 3 18 10 11 3 5 3 10 8 10 36
4 Montrose 22 9 6 7 33 33 11 5 3 3 19 14 11 4 3 4 14 19 0 33
5 Falkirk 22 9 5 8 29 26 11 5 4 2 14 9 11 4 1 6 15 17 3 32
Last season 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 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
9 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LA Galaxy II 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Las Vegas Lights 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Phoenix Rising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Oakland Roots 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Sacramento Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Orange County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 San Diego Loyal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tacoma Defiance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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