Match preview Championship: Greenock Morton - Inverness CT at Cappielow Park

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 06.April
Match begins: 18:00 (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 Inverness CT will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Championship

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 and Inverness CT.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

4-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Greenock Morton so far this season.

Greenock's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus Inverness CT (placed 4th). In the game before, an away victory in the Scottish Cup match versus East Fife (after extra-time) with a 2-1 scoreline.

The Greenock fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. On the other hand, Greenock have conceded 17 goals.

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Inverness CT form and stats

Playing away, Inverness CT have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season. The fact that Inverness CT have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Having won their last three away games Inverness has no reason to fear anyone.

It's the second away game in a row for Inverness, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Greenock Morton (placed 9th) in the Championship last time out. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Ross County at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Inverness CT has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. As opposed to that, Inverness have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Greenock - Inverness CT 1-4 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Greenock Morton won two, Inverness CT won six and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTN. Todorov
N. Todorov
8 goals
Inverness CTD. Mackay
D. Mackay
5 goals
GreenockC. McGuffie
C. McGuffie
3 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Inverness CT missing players

Greenock Morton Inverness CT
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 12 23
6 4 2 Won W 1 5 8
7 3 1 Drew D 2 3 9
10 5 0 Lost L 1 4 6
20 13 4 Scored S 5 19 32
31 17 1 Conceded C 4 14 24
91% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
61% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 74%
35% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 58% 43%
22% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 26%
13% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
43% 42% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 61%
22% 25% 67% Clean Sheets C S 25% 33% 30%
43% 42% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.2 0.8 0.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.7
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.8 6.8 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8.2 9.3 8.1
2.5 2.6 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.2 3.8
34% 42% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 37% 36%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Greenock Morton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inverness CT have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Inverness CT have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Championship
  • Inverness CT 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 Hearts 23 14 5 4 50 24 12 9 1 2 35 16 11 5 4 2 15 8 26 47
2 Raith Rovers 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 6 2 3 22 12 11 4 4 3 17 15 12 36
3 Dundee 22 10 6 6 43 37 11 7 2 2 22 15 11 3 4 4 21 22 6 36
4 Inverness CT 23 8 9 6 32 24 11 3 6 2 13 10 12 5 3 4 19 14 8 33
5 Dunfermline Athletic 22 8 7 7 30 28 11 7 2 2 17 9 11 1 5 5 13 19 2 31
6 Queen of the South 22 9 3 10 36 44 10 4 2 4 16 20 12 5 1 6 20 24 -8 30
7 Ayr United 23 6 8 9 28 30 11 3 4 4 10 11 12 3 4 5 18 19 -2 26
8 Arbroath 23 6 7 10 19 28 12 4 5 3 12 11 11 2 2 7 7 17 -9 25
9 Greenock Morton 23 6 7 10 20 31 12 4 3 5 13 17 11 2 4 5 7 14 -11 25
10 Alloa Athletic 23 4 6 13 27 51 12 2 5 5 16 27 11 2 1 8 11 24 -24 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.