Championship game guide and statistics: Greenock Morton against Queen's Park

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

Greenock Morton come from a 2-2 score facing Inverness CT in their previous match, a fixture to learn from. The next job is this sturdy Queen's Park side.

Insights:
  • Greenock Morton is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Queen's Park is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

5-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Greenock Morton so far this season.

Greenock drew their last game, 2-2 away at Inverness CT (placed 6th).

Ahead of that match, Greenock Morton lost 1-2 at home to Arbroath.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Greenock Morton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Take note: 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

A decent goal production from Greenock in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. Greenock Morton have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Queen's Park form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Queen's Park have produced an overall stat of 6-2-4 so far.

Impressive finishing from Thomas secured the home win 2-0 against Ayr United in their previous game.

A defeat, in the Scottish Cup away at Inverness CT, before that. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Queen's playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 3 Queen's Park wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Something to take note of for sports gamblers considering a bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league matches with just one or no team finding the net.

As for defending, Queen's Park rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head-to-head meeting ended Queen's Park - Greenock Morton 1-2, earlier this season. Stats for the prior four meetings involving these two teams are: two wins for Greenock, one draw and one win for Queen's Park. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Greenock MortonR. Muirhead
R. Muirhead
8 goals
Queen's ParkG. Savoury
G. Savoury
7 goals
Greenock MortonG. Gillespie
G. Gillespie
5 goals

Greenock Morton missing players

Queen's Park missing players

Greenock Morton Queen's Park
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 9 2 Played P 5 12 23
8 5 0 Won W 4 6 13
7 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
7 3 1 Lost L 1 4 6
31 16 1 Scored S 14 24 46
26 7 2 Conceded C 4 18 30
91% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 91%
59% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 65%
23% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 42% 39%
9% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 33% 26%
64% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 33% 48%
32% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 35%
14% 11% 50% Failed to Score F T 20% 42% 22%
 
5.2 4.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.4 6.5
5.5 5.4 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.6 6.5 6.3
2.7 2.4 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.2 1.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
7.4 5.4 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.7 11
3.3 3.2 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 4.7 4.7
43% 55% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 52% 43% 43%
 
7.6 5.4 5.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 11 11.4
3 2 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.6 5.2 5
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Greenock Morton have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greenock Morton have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Championship
  • Greenock Morton is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Queen's Park have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Queen's Park have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Championship
  • Queen's Park have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Championship
  • Queen's Park have the the best goal difference (+16) in Championship
  • Queen's Park is in the best form (4-1-1) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Queen's Park 23 13 4 6 46 30 11 7 2 2 22 12 12 6 2 4 24 18 16 43
2 Ayr United 23 11 6 6 46 31 12 5 5 2 22 13 11 6 1 4 24 18 15 39
3 Dundee 22 11 6 5 37 26 10 6 1 3 21 13 12 5 5 2 16 13 11 39
4 Partick Thistle 23 10 3 10 42 38 13 7 2 4 29 19 10 3 1 6 13 19 4 33
5 Raith Rovers 24 9 6 9 32 32 12 5 4 3 22 18 12 4 2 6 10 14 0 33
6 Inverness CT 23 8 8 7 34 32 12 3 6 3 18 12 11 5 2 4 16 20 2 32
7 Greenock Morton 22 8 7 7 31 26 9 5 1 3 16 7 13 3 6 4 15 19 5 31
8 Cove Rangers 23 6 7 10 31 47 13 5 3 5 18 22 10 1 4 5 13 25 -16 25
9 Arbroath 24 4 9 11 23 39 12 1 4 7 8 20 12 3 5 4 15 19 -16 21
10 Hamilton Academical 23 4 6 13 19 40 11 2 3 6 11 18 12 2 3 7 8 22 -21 18

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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.