Greenock Morton have enginereed 5 home victories so far, Arbroath have won 2 away. Who betters their standings after this one?
- Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Championship
- Arbroath have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Greenock Morton form and stats
16 points is a decent return from 8 Championship games here at Cappielow Park for Greenock Morton. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Ever since the Arbroath game Greenock Morton has been unbeatable here at Cappielow Park producing four straight wins.
The followers hope that Greenock will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Scottish Cup fixture against Celtic.
A Championship defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Hamilton Academical.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 Morton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 0.
The Greenock fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. From these home matches, Greenock Morton have conceded only 5 goals.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-5-4 (11 played).
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a Scottish Cup home defeat versus Motherwell with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Ayr United.Arbroath are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.
Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's latest 10 league matches.
Arbroath have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Arbroath rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Arbroath have pulled off a streak of 10 consecutive games without defeat (4-6-0) when facing Greenock Morton.The contenders have played each other before in this season, with the final score Arbroath - Greenock 1-1 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Muirhead 7 goals |  G. Gillespie 5 goals | C. Blues 3 goals |
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| Greenock Morton | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 28 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| 22 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 36 |
| 90% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 70% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 77% |
| 55% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 10% | 12% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 60% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 59% |
| 35% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 36% |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.9 | 5.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3 |
| 44% | 56% | 58% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 31% |
| 7.5 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 8.5 | 9.3 |
| 2.9 | 1.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4 |
- Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Arbroath have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Championship
- Arbroath have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Championship
- Greenock Morton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Greenock Morton have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (22) in Championship
- Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Championship
- Greenock Morton have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Championship
- Greenock Morton have won significantly less corners at 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 | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
