Arbroath vs Greenock Morton: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 04.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 7th and the visitors in 9th place.

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!

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Arbroath form and stats

4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Arbroath so far this season.

Arbroath are returning here after visiting Inverness CT in a Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Heartbreak before that as Arbroath lost 0-2 at Queen of the South's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arbroath handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D2-L2.

Arbroath has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Arbroath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gayfield Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Greenock Morton, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Championship, have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-0-8 (9 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Partick Thistle with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Alloa Athletic with the score of 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Greenock Morton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were W4-D0-L6.

The attacking power of Greenock Morton when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Greenock Morton concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Greenock Morton - Arbroath 1-0. Last two meetings between the teams: Arbroath won 1, Greenock Morton won 1 and 0 draws. 0 games with over 2,5 goals, 2 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathB. Linn
B. Linn
6 goals
Greenock MortonR. McHugh
R. McHugh
6 goals
ArbroathL. Donnelly
L. Donnelly
5 goals

Arbroath missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Arbroath Greenock Morton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 18
7 4 1 Won W 1 1 6
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 1
8 2 0 Lost L 1 8 11
17 9 3 Scored S 3 7 23
20 7 2 Conceded C 2 24 36
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
63% 56% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 78%
32% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 67% 67%
5% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 44% 39%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
37% 33% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 61%
32% 44% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 11% 17%
37% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 22%
 
5.2 5.7 7 Corners For (avg) C F 6.5 4.9 5.8
4.8 4.8 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 5 4.8
1.9 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1.9 1.5
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
162 91 28 Total Shots T S 7 61 134
58 35 8 Shots on Target S O 4 23 49
28% 26% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 30% 45%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath has the fewest matches over the total-line (6)
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (17)
  • Arbroath has the most matches under the total-line (13)
  • Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest points (3) away
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals (24) away
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals (36)
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
  • Greenock Morton has the the worst goal difference (-17) away
  • Greenock Morton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee United 19 15 1 3 43 15 10 9 1 0 31 6 9 6 0 3 12 9 28 46
2 Inverness CT 19 10 2 7 27 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 9 4 1 4 10 12 5 32
3 Dundee 19 8 5 6 26 26 9 5 1 3 13 12 10 3 4 3 13 14 0 29
4 Ayr United 19 9 1 9 32 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 9 4 0 5 16 18 2 28
5 Dunfermline Athletic 19 7 4 8 29 26 10 5 2 3 19 13 9 2 2 5 10 13 3 25
6 Queen of the South 18 7 4 7 20 20 9 4 2 3 13 8 9 3 2 4 7 12 0 25
7 Arbroath 19 7 4 8 17 20 9 4 3 2 9 7 10 3 1 6 8 13 -3 25
8 Partick Thistle 19 6 3 10 26 35 9 2 1 6 10 16 10 4 2 4 16 19 -9 21
9 Greenock Morton 18 6 1 11 23 36 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 1 0 8 7 24 -13 19
10 Alloa Athletic 19 4 5 10 20 33 9 2 2 5 7 16 10 2 3 5 13 17 -13 17

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.