Championship: Greenock Morton - Queen of the South match guide and numbers

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

Greenock Morton duel Queen of the South for glory and football prosperity.

Both teams have had enough days rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's trust this will be an energetic game!

Queen of the South play their home matches on artifical turf, while this game will take place on grass. Up to date data for Queen of the South when featuring on grass are 14 wins, 8 draws and 16 defeats from 38 matches. They have created 54 goals and conceded 63 times in these games.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Greenock Morton at their home stadium (Cappielow Park) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

Greenock are returning here after visiting Hamilton Academical in a Championship game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. C. Ugwu scored the goal(s).

Before that, Greenock drew at home versus Dunfermline Athletic.

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 as a small favourite), we find six games. Greenock Morton has won three of these, drawn two and lost one.

At Cappielow Park, Greenock Morton has the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Queen of the South form and stats

Queen of the South have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Championship were 5 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats from 14 fixtures.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Championship home defeat versus Kilmarnock with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Queen of the South were so close to getting something from the game against Kilmarnock, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal one minutes into overtime.

Prior to that match, the Queen of the South manager A. Johnston faced defeat when travelling to Partick Thistle and losing 2-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Queen of the South playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were three Queen wins, two draws and four defeats.

It's early days yet, but Queen of the South has scored 2 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Greenock-Queen of the South H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Greenock Morton four wins, Queen of the South two wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GreenockL. McGrattan
L. McGrattan
1 goals
Greenock MortonG. Oliver
G. Oliver
1 goals
Greenock MortonG. Ugwu
G. Ugwu
1 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Greenock Morton Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 2 2 Scored S 0 2 2
2 2 2 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 10 5.5
6.5 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3.5
1.5 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 6
4.5 6 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 33%
Greenock Morton Last season Queen of the South
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 2   Played P   14 27
3 2   Won W   5 9
0 0   Drew D   2 5
1 0   Lost L   7 13
8 6   Scored S   21 38
3 1   Conceded C   27 51
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 96%
75% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 85%
75% 100%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 59%
25% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   43% 41%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   36% 30%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   71% 67%
50% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 19%
0% 0%   Failed to Score F T   14% 19%
 
5.7 6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.5
3 2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.5 5.7
0.7 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.5
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
13 16   Shots (avg) S (   7.9 8.5
3.7 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.6
45% 75%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Partick Thistle 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 6
2 Kilmarnock 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Inverness CT 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Greenock Morton 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
5 Hamilton Academical 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 4 -1 1
6 Raith Rovers 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
7 Arbroath 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
8 Ayr United 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
9 Dunfermline Athletic 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 -3 1
10 Queen of the South 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 0
Last season 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 27 17 6 4 63 24 14 11 1 2 44 16 13 6 5 2 19 8 39 57
2 Dundee 27 12 9 6 49 40 13 8 3 2 25 17 14 4 6 4 24 23 9 45
3 Raith Rovers 27 12 7 8 45 36 13 6 3 4 24 18 14 6 4 4 21 18 9 43
4 Dunfermline Athletic 27 10 9 8 38 34 14 9 3 2 24 13 13 1 6 6 14 21 4 39
5 Inverness CT 27 8 12 7 36 31 13 3 8 2 16 13 14 5 4 5 20 18 5 36
6 Queen of the South 27 9 5 13 38 51 13 4 3 6 17 24 14 5 2 7 21 27 -13 32
7 Arbroath 27 7 9 11 28 34 14 5 6 3 16 11 13 2 3 8 12 23 -6 30
8 Ayr United 27 6 11 10 31 37 13 3 6 4 11 12 14 3 5 6 20 25 -6 29
9 Greenock Morton 27 6 11 10 22 33 14 4 5 5 14 18 13 2 6 5 8 15 -11 29
10 Alloa Athletic 27 5 7 15 30 60 14 3 5 6 18 29 13 2 2 9 12 31 -30 22

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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.