Delightful dogfight as daring Greenock Morton duels with determined Alloa Athletic

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

Greenock Morton and Alloa Athletic supporters have their finest supporter outfits for this first game week of a new Championship season. Game on!

It's no vacation for neither Greenock nor Alloa Athletic 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.

Alloa Athletic play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Alloa Athletic when playing on grass are 7 wins, 12 draws and 16 defeats from 35 matches. They have scored 48 goals and conceded 61 times in these games.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Greenock have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost three.

Last season, Greenock Morton's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Championship. Over these 28 matches they scored 45 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Greenock Morton managed 6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 22 conceded.

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Alloa Athletic form and stats

Alloa 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, one draw and three defeats. From a total of nine matches.

It's a day of discovery for Alloa Athletic as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Alloa Athletic have played one with the results W1-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Alloa has scored 3 goals and conceded 1 time.

Let's have a look at how Alloa Athletic performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 43 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 5 with 21/24 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Greenock, two draws and three wins for Alloa Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

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Total First Half Second Half
Greenock Morton Alloa Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
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
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Greenock Morton Last season Alloa Athletic
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   14 28
10 6   Won W   3 7
6 5   Drew D   6 10
12 3   Lost L   5 11
45 27   Scored S   21 33
52 22   Conceded C   24 43
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
86% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 82%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 46%
43% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 25%
32% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 14%
71% 86%   BTTS BTTS   86% 61%
14% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   14% 21%
14% 0%   Failed to Score F T   7% 25%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.5 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   1 4
 
226 127   Total Shots T S   88 193
87 46   Shots on Target S O   49 93
51% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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