Betting preview: Greenock Morton vs Partick Thistle should be interesting

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the league table, with both teams experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 8th and the visitors in 9th place.

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 are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Cappielow Park. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.

Greenock Morton are returning here after visiting Alloa Athletic in a Championship game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Ahead of that match, Greenock Morton lost 1-2 at home to Dundee United.

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 six games. Greenock Morton has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Greenock Morton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cappielow Park with 15 goals in 8 league matches. On the other hand, Greenock Morton have conceded 10 goals.

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Partick Thistle form and stats

The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Partick Thistle failed to get anything from their last game, a Championship home match vs Dundee (placed 4th) that ended with defeat 0-1. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Inverness CT.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Partick Thistle playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were 3 Partick Thistle wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Partick Thistle's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. For Partick Thistle, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Greenock Morton and Partick Thistle have met before this season: Partick Thistle - Greenock Morton 2-1. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Greenock Morton, 0 draws and 7 wins for Partick Thistle. Over 2,5 goals: 7 times; under 2,5 goals: 3 games.

Top Goalscorers

Greenock MortonR. McHugh
R. McHugh
6 goals
Partick ThistleK. Miller
K. Miller
4 goals
Partick ThistleS. Gordon
S. Gordon
4 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Partick Thistle missing players

Greenock Morton Partick Thistle
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 9 18
6 5 2 Won W 0 3 5
1 1 0 Drew D 2 2 3
10 2 0 Lost L 0 4 10
22 15 5 Scored S 2 14 24
34 10 1 Conceded C 2 18 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
65% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
41% 38% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 56% 44%
35% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 22%
59% 75% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 78%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
24% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
5.8 6.9 6.5 Corners For (avg) C F 8 5.4 5.5
4.6 4.2 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.5 6.1 5.3
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.6 1.1
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 4
 
128 67 18 Total Shots T S 19 79 176
47 24 6 Shots on Target S O 9 39 74
45% 58% 83% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 36% 32%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Greenock Morton has the fewest scored goals in the first half (5)
  • Greenock Morton has the most conceded goals in the second half (21)
  • Greenock Morton have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0)
  • Partick Thistle has the fewest clean sheets (0) away
  • Partick Thistle has the most matches over the total-line (12)
  • Partick Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Partick Thistle 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 18 15 0 3 42 14 9 9 0 0 30 5 9 6 0 3 12 9 28 45
2 Inverness CT 18 10 2 6 27 21 9 6 1 2 17 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 6 32
3 Ayr United 18 9 1 8 31 28 9 5 1 3 15 10 9 4 0 5 16 18 3 28
4 Dundee 18 8 4 6 25 25 9 5 1 3 13 12 9 3 3 3 12 13 0 28
5 Dunfermline Athletic 18 7 4 7 28 23 9 5 2 2 18 10 9 2 2 5 10 13 5 25
6 Queen of the South 17 6 4 7 18 19 9 4 2 3 13 8 8 2 2 4 5 11 -1 22
7 Arbroath 18 6 4 8 16 20 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 7 13 -4 22
8 Greenock Morton 17 6 1 10 22 34 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 1 0 8 7 24 -12 19
9 Partick Thistle 18 5 3 10 24 34 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 3 2 4 14 18 -10 18
10 Alloa Athletic 18 3 5 10 17 32 9 2 2 5 7 16 9 1 3 5 10 16 -15 14

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.