Season ticket holders at Cappielow Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Greenock Morton languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Arbroath will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Greenock Morton form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Cappielow Park as Greenock Morton, who have the most conceded goals (29) in Championship, have scored 13 goals to get 13 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Championship are 4-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Greenock Morton to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Greenock Morton will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Championship game against Partick Thistle (placed 10th). Heartbreak before that as Greenock Morton lost 1-2 at Dundee's place.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Greenock Morton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 3 Lost 2.
The Greenock Morton manager D. Hopkin has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Greenock Morton have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Arbroath form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arbroath so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-4 (win-draw-lose).
Arbroath are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Championship against Inverness CT (placed 4th). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Alloa Athletic.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Arbroath playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 3 Arbroath wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Arbroath are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Arbroath have conceded 9 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Arbroath - Greenock Morton 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  R. McHugh 6 goals |   B. Linn 5 goals |  L. Donnelly 4 goals |
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| Greenock Morton | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 17 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 29 | 8 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 69% |
| 69% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 17% | 8% |
| 46% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 17% | 38% |
| 31% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 31% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 6.3 | 5.5 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Greenock Morton have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arbroath have scored away.
- Greenock Morton have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Dundee | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 13 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -12 | 13 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 11 |