Possible nail-biting contest in Greenock Morton - Dunfermline Athletic game

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

Greenock Morton are welcoming Dunfermline Athletic for yet another highly important game after their 1-1 result vs 4th-placed Kilmarnock.

Insights:
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship

Both squads have had enough days rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an energetic fixture!

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Championship this season. Greenock Morton have only managed 0 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Cappielow Park. With nine home Championship games in a row without a win, the Greenock fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Airdrieonians game long ago, can be stopped today.

Greenock manager Imrie and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Kilmarnock (placed 4th) in the Championship.

Heartbreak before that as Greenock lost 1-2 at Arbroath's place.

The Greenock Morton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Greenock are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 9 played). It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Dunfermline Athletic form and stats

There's been little loot from Dunfermline Athletic's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Dunfermline Athletic only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 4 draws.

Dunfermline have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 182 minutes ago. McCann was the goal scorer.

Dunfermline has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Raith Rovers for a Championship game that ended a draw (0-0).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Arbroath.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Dunfermline as they have only managed to score 8 times from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Dunfermline have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Greenock Morton and Dunfermline Athletic have faced off before this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Greenock 1-3. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Greenock won four, Dunfermline Athletic triumphed in two and we saw four draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

GreenockG. Ugwu
G. Ugwu
6 goals
Greenock MortonG. Oliver
G. Oliver
5 goals
Dunfermline AthleticK. O'Hara
K. O'Hara
4 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Greenock Morton Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 2
8 5 1 Drew D 0 4 9
9 4 1 Lost L 2 4 8
17 10 4 Scored S 1 8 18
31 19 5 Conceded C 4 13 31
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 78% 79%
68% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 56% 68%
47% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 58%
32% 56% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 32%
11% 22% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
53% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 47%
21% 11% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 26%
42% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 47%
 
4.7 5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4.8 5.4
5.9 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 6.6 5.8
1.6 1.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.1 8.8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 6.9 8.2
2.9 3.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.5 1.7 2.4
31% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 53% 40%
 
11.3 9.3 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11 9.7
4.6 4.7 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.5 3.9 4.1
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Greenock Morton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest points (5) at home in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (17) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have yet to win a game at home.
  • Greenock Morton is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arbroath 20 10 8 2 33 14 10 4 5 1 15 7 10 6 3 1 18 7 19 38
2 Inverness CT 19 10 5 4 26 14 9 6 0 3 12 7 10 4 5 1 14 7 12 35
3 Raith Rovers 20 9 7 4 27 19 10 5 4 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 11 7 8 34
4 Kilmarnock 19 10 3 6 24 14 9 4 1 4 11 8 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 33
5 Partick Thistle 18 9 4 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 14 31
6 Hamilton Academical 20 6 5 9 22 34 10 3 1 6 8 19 10 3 4 3 14 15 -12 23
7 Ayr United 19 4 6 9 18 32 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -14 18
8 Queen of the South 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 2 3 5 7 11 9 2 2 5 12 18 -10 17
9 Dunfermline Athletic 19 2 9 8 18 31 10 1 5 4 10 18 9 1 4 4 8 13 -13 15
10 Greenock Morton 19 2 8 9 17 31 9 0 5 4 10 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 -14 14

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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.