Open game expected at Cappielow Park: Greenock Morton vs Ayr United preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 31.October
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

The Championship league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Greenock Morton and Ayr United are placed 5th and 4th respectively.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Greenock Morton have only played one Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from 14 matches.

Before that, Greenock had a home game versus Alloa Athletic which ended with a victory 1-0.

At Cappielow Park, Greenock Morton has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Ayr United form and stats

One match played away so far in the Championship for Ayr United and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from 13 games.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Queen of the South.

As mentioned above, Ayr drew the match against Inverness CT. Manager M. Kerr brought on I. Cameron to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ayr United has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Greenock won two, Ayr United won four and four draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GreenockC. Salkeld
C. Salkeld
1 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Ayr United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Greenock Morton Ayr United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 1 0 Scored S 0 1 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
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% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 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
2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16 8 0 Total Shots T S 0 5 10
6 2 0 Shots on Target S O 0 3 6
17% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 50%
Greenock Morton Last season Ayr United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   13 27
10 6   Won W   6 12
6 5   Drew D   1 4
12 3   Lost L   6 11
45 27   Scored S   20 38
52 22   Conceded C   21 35
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
86% 86%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 74%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
43% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 30%
32% 36%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 22%
71% 86%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
14% 14%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 30%
14% 0%   Failed to Score F T   31% 30%
 
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   1.7 1.8
1 1   Red cards R C   2 2
 
226 127   Total Shots T S   107 273
87 46   Shots on Target S O   53 127
51% 57%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 29%

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

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 Raith Rovers 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 6 6
2 Dunfermline Athletic 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 5 6
3 Hearts 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6
4 Ayr United 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
5 Greenock Morton 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
6 Dundee 2 1 0 1 3 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -3 3
7 Inverness CT 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 1
8 Queen of the South 2 0 0 2 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
9 Alloa Athletic 2 0 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -4 0
10 Arbroath 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0

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