Football tips: Arbroath vs Greenock Morton - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 30.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

Arbroath are welcoming Greenock Morton for another important game after their 3-4 result against 4th-placed Dunfermline Athletic.

Insights:
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (22) in Championship

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Arbroath form and stats

Arbroath have collected 20 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-5-3. Two home wins in a row for Arbroath bring valid hopes of a third.

Ahead of that match, Arbroath won a home game hosting Ayr United (4-0).

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

Arbroath has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. From these home matches, Arbroath have conceded only 11 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Greenock Morton, who have the fewest scored goals (22) in Championship, so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose). Greenock have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Hearts.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Greenock have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Greenock Morton - Arbroath 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Arbroath wins - draws - Greenock Morton wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathJ. Hamilton
J. Hamilton
8 goals
Greenock MortonA. Nesbitt
A. Nesbitt
4 goals
ArbroathR. Little
R. Little
3 goals

Arbroath missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Arbroath Greenock Morton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 2 12 26
7 5 3 Won W 0 2 6
8 5 0 Drew D 2 5 10
11 3 1 Lost L 0 5 10
28 16 8 Scored S 2 8 22
34 11 3 Conceded C 2 15 33
92% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 88%
62% 62% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 58% 62%
38% 31% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 31%
27% 15% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 19%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
46% 46% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 46%
27% 38% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 23%
35% 31% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 42% 42%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.7 1.2
5 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
6.9 8.3 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6.3 6.8
2.3 2.7 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 2.4
47% 46% 53% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 29% 35%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (22) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (8) away in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the most matches under the total-line (17) in Championship

  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 26 16 6 4 59 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 12 5 5 2 15 8 35 54
2 Raith Rovers 26 12 7 7 45 32 12 6 3 3 24 14 14 6 4 4 21 18 13 43
3 Dundee 26 11 9 6 47 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 13 3 6 4 22 23 7 42
4 Dunfermline Athletic 26 10 9 7 38 33 14 9 3 2 24 13 12 1 6 5 14 20 5 39
5 Inverness CT 26 8 11 7 34 29 12 3 7 2 14 11 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 35
6 Queen of the South 26 9 5 12 38 49 12 4 3 5 17 22 14 5 2 7 21 27 -11 32
7 Arbroath 26 7 8 11 28 34 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 29
8 Ayr United 26 6 10 10 29 35 13 3 6 4 11 12 13 3 4 6 18 23 -6 28
9 Greenock Morton 26 6 10 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 12 2 5 5 8 15 -11 28
10 Alloa Athletic 26 4 7 15 29 60 13 2 5 6 17 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -31 19

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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.