With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second Championship game of the season. Dundee look forward to welcoming Greenock Morton in front of their home support.
Dundee and Greenock Morton should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dundee form and stats
The fans are hoping that Dundee will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-6 away loss in the Championship game against Hearts (placed 1st). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Brora Rangers.
As you see from the result above, Dundee suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Dundee handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and four defeats.
Last season, Dundee's league statistics were 11 wins, 8 draws and 8 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Championship. Over these 27 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 31. Playing at home last season Dundee managed 7-2-4 (win-draw-lost) with 17 goals and 14 conceded.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Impressive finishing from C. Salkeld secured the home win 1-0 against Alloa Athletic in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Queen's Park in the League Cup.
Greenock are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, zero draws and seven defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
Let's have a look at how Greenock Morton performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 45 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 1 and lost 9 with 18/30 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Dundee, one draw and three wins for Greenock Morton. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Salkeld 1 goals |
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| Dundee | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 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 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Dundee | Last season | Greenock Morton | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 9 | 12 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 30 | 52 | ||
| 89% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 70% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 86% | ||
| 33% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 68% | ||
| 15% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 43% | ||
| 7% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 71% | ||
| 37% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 14% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 290 | 161 | Total Shots | T S | 99 | 226 | ||
| 108 | 64 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 87 | ||
| 30% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 7 | Alloa Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 10 | Dundee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
| 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 | Dundee United | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 26 |