Championship duel: Close contest expected between Greenock Morton and Dunfermline Athletic

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11612 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Greenock Morton fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Dunfermline Athletic.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Greenock Morton form and stats

As mentioned below, Greenock Morton are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Championship games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Cappielow Park after three straight home wins.

In their previous game, the manager D. Hopkin led his Greenock Morton to a defeat in the Championship match away at Dundee United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Cappielow Park. Before that, Greenock Morton had a home game versus Dundee which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Greenock Morton perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Greenock Morton as a small favourite), we find eight games. Greenock Morton has won 3 of these, drawn 3 and lost 2.

Greenock Morton are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Cappielow Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 attempts. Greenock Morton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

Dunfermline Athletic, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Championship, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Dunfermline Athletic delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Alloa Athletic (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Championship game. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Partick Thistle at their stadium, the result 3-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dunfermline Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 3 Dunfermline Athletic wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.

Dunfermline Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). It's not easy to score on Dunfermline Athletic as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Greenock Morton victories, 4 draws and 2 Dunfermline Athletic wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

R. McHugh
3 goals / 3 assists
K. Turner
3 goals
N. Cadden
2 goals / 2 assists

Greenock Morton missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Greenock Morton Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
7 3 2 Played P 1 3 7
3 3 2 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
4 0 0 Lost L 1 1 3
10 8 7 Scored S 0 4 7
19 3 3 Conceded C 1 2 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 71%
71% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 29%
71% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
71% 67% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
43% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 14%
43% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 43%
 
6.7 8.3 8 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.7 5.9
5.4 4 2 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 3.7 3.3
1.6 1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 0.3 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Dunfermline Athletic have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dunfermline Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Greenock Morton have won all their home matches so far.
  • Greenock Morton have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Greenock Morton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Greenock Morton
All Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
30-08-19 CH Inverness CT 5 - 0 Greenock Morton
07-09-19 CC Inverness CT 3 - 1 Greenock Morton
14-09-19 CH Queen of the South 1 - 0 Greenock Morton
21-09-19 CH Greenock Morton 1 - 0 Dundee
28-09-19 CH Dundee United 6 - 0 Greenock Morton
05-10-19 CH Greenock Morton 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
19-10-19 CH Arbroath 14:00 Greenock Morton
26-10-19 CH Greenock Morton 14:00 Inverness CT
29-10-19 CH Greenock Morton 19:45 Ayr United
01-11-19 CH Dundee 19:05 Greenock Morton
Dunfermline Athletic
All Playoffs 1/2 Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 CH Arbroath 1 - 0 Dunfermline Athletic
07-09-19 CC Dunfermline Athletic 1 - 2 Alloa Athletic
14-09-19 CH Dunfermline Athletic 0 - 1 Inverness CT
21-09-19 CH Partick Thistle 0 - 3 Dunfermline Athletic
28-09-19 CH Dunfermline Athletic 1 - 1 Alloa Athletic
05-10-19 CH Greenock Morton 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
19-10-19 CH Dunfermline Athletic 14:00 Ayr United
26-10-19 CH Dundee United 14:00 Dunfermline Athletic
29-10-19 CH Dunfermline Athletic 19:45 Arbroath
02-11-19 CH Dunfermline Athletic 15:00 Queen of the South

  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 7 6 0 1 22 7 4 4 0 0 18 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 15 18
2 Ayr United 7 6 0 1 17 6 3 3 0 0 7 2 4 3 0 1 10 4 11 18
3 Inverness CT 7 4 1 2 12 8 4 3 0 1 10 4 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 13
4 Dundee 7 2 3 2 8 11 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -3 9
5 Greenock Morton 7 3 0 4 10 19 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 0 0 4 2 16 -9 9
6 Arbroath 7 2 2 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 8
7 Dunfermline Athletic 7 1 3 3 7 8 4 0 2 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 4 2 -1 6
8 Queen of the South 7 1 3 3 3 6 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 6
9 Partick Thistle 7 1 2 4 10 14 3 0 0 3 3 8 4 1 2 1 7 6 -4 5
10 Alloa Athletic 7 1 2 4 6 13 3 0 1 2 2 6 4 1 1 2 4 7 -7 5

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