On paper it looks like advantage Greenock Morton in this match against Hamilton Academical, but the away side will fight to the end. Here's our match guide!
- Greenock Morton have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
10-8-13 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 31 matches are 33-52 (scored/conceded).
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Greenock Morton and Hamilton Academical.
Greenock Morton form and stats
9-2-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Greenock Morton so far this season.
Greenock's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Hamilton Academical (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A huge relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in six consecutive games.
Before that, Greenock Morton played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Ayr United.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Greenock's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Betting people might want to know that 15 of the latest 19 league matches from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.
A decent goal production from Greenock Morton in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Greenock Morton have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
There's been little loot from Hamilton Academical's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 16 away games in the Championship. Hamilton Academical only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws.
Academical are travelling again after losing away to Greenock Morton in their previous match (0-2).
A draw for Hamilton Academical before that, at their own venue hosting Cove Rangers (1-1).Looking at the earlier recent performances of Hamilton Academical when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 2 games.
The attacking power of Hamilton Academical when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 16 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Here's the final score when the sides played each other previously this campaign; Greenock - Hamilton Academical 2-0. Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Greenock Morton won three, Hamilton Academical were winners in five and we saw two draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Muirhead 8 goals |  G. Gillespie 7 goals |  G. Oakley 6 goals |
Greenock Morton missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Greenock Morton | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 45 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 28 |
| 38 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 32 | 58 |
| 91% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 75% | 69% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 72% |
| 56% | 62% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 38% | 28% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 66% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 31% | 41% |
| 31% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 19% | 19% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 50% | 44% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.1 | 7.5 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| 37% | 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 32% | 28% |
| 8.2 | 6.5 | 5.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
- Greenock Morton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Greenock Morton have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hamilton Academical have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Dundee | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 13 | 54 |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 51 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 47 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -1 | 41 |
| 8 | Arbroath | 32 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -15 | 32 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -30 | 29 |
| 10 | Cove Rangers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 71 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 41 | -36 | 27 |
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