This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Falkirk holding 9th place and Greenock Morton lying 7th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Greenock Morton could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Championship game only four sleeps ago.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artificial turf and that the visiting Greenock Morton have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artificial turf is 5-3-2 (win-draw-loss) from ten matches.
Falkirk form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories so far this season. Falkirk, who have the fewest points (13) at home in Championship, have only managed 2 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses so far from their games here at Falkirk Community Stadium.A good away victory last time out for Falkirk, who won 1-0 against Dunfermline Athletic. Preceding that match was a defeat to Alloa Athletic (1-2).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Falkirk handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W1-D1-L3.
Falkirk has scored 16 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. 23 goals have been conceded.
Greenock Morton form and stats
There's been little loot from Greenock Morton's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games. Greenock Morton, who have the fewest scored goals (12) away in Championship, only has 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. Greenock Morton has drawn their two previous away games.Greenock Morton delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Inverness CT in their previous match; a Championship game. A 1-2 loss hosting Alloa Athletic before that.
We have checked recent matches where Greenock Morton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 49 games were W13-D15-L21.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 16 away games, an average of less than one per game. Greenock Morton have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Greenock Morton - Falkirk 1-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Falkirk, 3 draws and 4 wins for Greenock Morton.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Rudden 11 goals / 1 assists |   R. McHugh 6 goals / 1 assists |  M. Tidser 4 goals / 6 assists |
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| Falkirk | Greenock Morton | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 33 | 16 | Played | 16 | 33 |
| 34 | 16 | Scored | 12 | 32 |
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | 22 | 45 |
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | 88% | 88% |
| 76% | 81% | Over 1.5 | 75% | 73% |
| 36% | 38% | Over 2.5 | 38% | 42% |
| 15% | 19% | Over 3.5 | 6% | 15% |
| 9% | 6% | Over 4.5 | 6% | 9% |
| 52% | 50% | Both teams to score | 50% | 55% |
| 24% | 19% | Clean Sheet | 19% | 24% |
| 30% | 38% | Failed To Score | 44% | 33% |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners For (avg) | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners Against (avg) | 5.8 | 5.4 |
| 2 | 1.4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| 5 | 1 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 1 |
- Falkirk is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Ross County | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 65 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 45 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 59 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 50 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 33 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 50 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 33 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 41 |
| 6 | Alloa Athletic | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 29 | -12 | 38 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 33 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 37 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 39 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 22 | -1 | 35 |
| 9 | Falkirk | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -9 | 35 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 34 |
