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

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

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 Dunfermline Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

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, who have the most conceded goals (37) in Championship, have played 9 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for Greenock Morton, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Happy days for Greenock Morton in their previous game, a Championship match away at Arbroath (placed 7th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Partick Thistle with the scoreline 1-2.

A decent goal production from Greenock Morton in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Greenock Morton have conceded 12 in these 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 8 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Dunfermline Athletic only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. It's looking increasingly bleak for Dunfermline Athletic who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Greenock Morton was the last time a defeat was avoided. Dunfermline Athletic has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Dunfermline Athletic failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Ayr United (placed 3rd) that ended with defeat 0-1. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Alloa Athletic.

Dunfermline Athletic have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Dunfermline Athletic have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Dunfermline Athletic - Greenock Morton 3-1, played this season. Greenock Morton-Dunfermline Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Greenock Morton 3 wins, Dunfermline Athletic 2 wins, 5 draws. 4 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Dunfermline AthleticK. Nisbet
K. Nisbet
15 goals
Greenock MortonR. McHugh
R. McHugh
6 goals
Dunfermline AthleticR. Dow
R. Dow
4 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Dunfermline Athletic missing players

Greenock Morton Dunfermline Athletic
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 9 1 Played P 3 9 20
7 5 1 Won W 1 2 7
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
11 3 0 Lost L 2 5 9
25 16 1 Scored S 4 10 29
37 12 0 Conceded C 3 13 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 78% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 78% 80%
68% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 33% 40%
37% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 30%
32% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 15%
63% 78% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 50%
16% 22% 100% Clean Sheets C S 33% 22% 20%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 30%
 
5.6 6.7 9 Corners For (avg) C F 5.3 4.4 5
4.9 4.6 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 5.7 4.2
1.5 1.1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.3 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
143 73 6 Total Shots T S 27 74 202
52 26 1 Shots on Target S O 12 31 77
46% 58% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 32% 38%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Dunfermline Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest matches under the total-line (6)
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals (37)
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
  • 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 20 16 1 3 44 15 10 9 1 0 31 6 10 7 0 3 13 9 29 49
2 Inverness CT 20 11 2 7 29 22 10 6 1 3 17 10 10 5 1 4 12 12 7 35
3 Ayr United 20 10 1 9 33 30 10 5 1 4 16 12 10 5 0 5 17 18 3 31
4 Dundee 20 8 5 7 26 28 10 5 1 4 13 14 10 3 4 3 13 14 -2 29
5 Dunfermline Athletic 20 7 4 9 29 27 11 5 2 4 19 14 9 2 2 5 10 13 2 25
6 Queen of the South 19 7 4 8 20 21 10 4 2 4 13 9 9 3 2 4 7 12 -1 25
7 Arbroath 20 7 4 9 18 22 10 4 3 3 10 9 10 3 1 6 8 13 -4 25
8 Partick Thistle 20 6 4 10 27 36 9 2 1 6 10 16 11 4 3 4 17 20 -9 22
9 Greenock Morton 19 7 1 11 25 37 9 5 1 3 16 12 10 2 0 8 9 25 -12 22
10 Alloa Athletic 20 4 6 10 21 34 10 2 3 5 8 17 10 2 3 5 13 17 -13 18

Read more about Championship

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.