Championship duel: Close contest expected between Arbroath and Greenock Morton

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 17.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

Greenock Morton know they are in for a rough journey to Arbroath and their Gayfield Park. This article has all the intelligence you need ahead of the match.

Insights:
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (24) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have scored at least twice as many goals away as Arbroath have scored home.

It's no vacation for neither Arbroath nor Greenock Morton as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Arbroath form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Arbroath have only managed 1 win, 5 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Gayfield Park. With eight home Championship games in a row without a win, the Arbroath fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Arbroath haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 181 minutes ago. Olusanya scored that one. Nothing to worry about in defence for Arbroath, as their goalkeeper Derek Gaston has completely shut out the opponents for 195 minutes in the Championship.

The Arbroath crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Greenock Morton here at Gayfield Park. The first defeat after collecting points in three league fixtures.

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Hamilton Academical (after extra-time) the opponent.

Sports bettors should know that 9 of the most recent 12 league games from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.

Arbroath have scored {8 league goals} here from 13 matches, not a lot. Arbroath have conceded 20 from these games.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Championship travels is 3 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Greenock play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Arbroath (placed 10th). Those three points felt sweet as this club had gone three league matches without winning.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Partick Thistle (after extra-time).

Betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 12 of this club's latest 16 league games.

Greenock Morton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. As for defending, Greenock Morton rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 21 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arbroath have managed a sequence of 11 consecutive games without defeat (5-6-0) when facing Greenock Morton.

The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the match result Greenock Morton - Arbroath 1-2 logged in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Greenock MortonR. Muirhead
R. Muirhead
8 goals
ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
5 goals
Greenock MortonG. Gillespie
G. Gillespie
5 goals

Arbroath missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Arbroath Greenock Morton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 5 15 29
4 1 0 Won W 1 4 12
12 5 1 Drew D 2 7 9
12 8 2 Lost L 2 4 8
24 8 1 Scored S 6 18 41
41 21 6 Conceded C 7 21 34
86% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 90%
71% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 69%
36% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 59%
18% 14% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 28%
14% 14% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 10%
57% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 73% 62%
18% 21% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 34%
39% 43% 67% Failed to Score F T 20% 13% 14%
 
5.2 5.1 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 6.6 5.3 5.4
5 4.6 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.7 5.6
2.3 2.2 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.7
4 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
8 8.6 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 8.5 7.6
3.1 3.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.3 3.5
28% 18% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 36% 41%
 
9 9.6 8.7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.1 7.7
4 4.2 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 3.3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Arbroath have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the fewest points (8) at home in Championship
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (24) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the worst goal difference (-12) at home in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have scored at least twice as many goals away as Arbroath have scored home.

  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 28 15 6 7 56 37 14 8 4 2 26 15 14 7 2 5 30 22 19 51
2 Dundee 27 13 7 7 44 31 13 7 2 4 26 17 14 6 5 3 18 14 13 46
3 Partick Thistle 28 13 5 10 49 39 14 8 2 4 32 19 14 5 3 6 17 20 10 44
4 Ayr United 27 12 7 8 50 35 14 5 5 4 23 16 13 7 2 4 27 19 15 43
5 Greenock Morton 28 11 9 8 40 34 14 8 2 4 23 13 14 3 7 4 17 21 6 42
6 Inverness CT 27 9 9 9 38 39 13 3 6 4 18 15 14 6 3 5 20 24 -1 36
7 Raith Rovers 27 9 8 10 33 36 13 5 5 3 22 18 14 4 3 7 11 18 -3 35
8 Cove Rangers 28 6 8 14 33 56 15 5 4 6 19 25 13 1 4 8 14 31 -23 26
9 Hamilton Academical 27 6 7 14 25 45 14 3 4 7 14 23 13 3 3 7 11 22 -20 25
10 Arbroath 27 4 12 11 24 40 13 1 5 7 8 20 14 3 7 4 16 20 -16 24

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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.