Possible nail-biting contest in Inverness CT - Greenock Morton game

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Championship: The middle-of-the-table positions shows the journey Inverness CT and Greenock Morton have taken uptil now. Both squads are up for it; bring it!

Insights:
  • Inverness CT have the most points from losing position (10) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship

Inverness CT have less rest than Greenock Morton in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Scottish Cup game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Queen's Park, was also a home game here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Inverness CT form and stats

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

Inverness's previous fixture was also a home event, the defeat 0-2 versus Queen's Park (in Scottish Cup).

Preceding that game was the away draw at Raith Rovers that finished 2-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Inverness CT perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Inverness CT as a small favourite), we find 12 games. Inverness CT has won 7 of these, drawn 5 and lost 0.

Inverness CT are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Inverness are not conceding a lot of goals here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 11 matches.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Greenock Morton, who have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship, playing as the away team in the Championship this season. Recent form does not give Greenock Morton much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Inverness CT will be a tough nut to crack.

The manager Imrie was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Cappielow Park. Greenock suffered a 1-2 loss to Arbroath (placed 9th).

A loss, in the Scottish Cup away at Celtic, earlier. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Greenock Morton playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 3 Greenock Morton wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Greenock have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Greenock Morton have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Believe it or not, the last time Greenock Morton kept a "clean sheet" was also facing this opponent, nine league games ago (Greenock Morton - Inverness CT 4-0). Inverness-Greenock Morton H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inverness CT four wins, Greenock Morton four wins, two draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
10 goals
Greenock MortonR. Muirhead
R. Muirhead
7 goals
Greenock MortonG. Gillespie
G. Gillespie
5 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Inverness CT Greenock Morton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 1 Played P 2 12 21
8 3 1 Won W 0 3 8
7 5 0 Drew D 0 5 6
7 3 0 Lost L 2 4 7
32 16 1 Scored S 2 13 29
30 10 0 Conceded C 7 17 24
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 90%
64% 55% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 71%
45% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 57%
41% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 17% 19%
27% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 8% 10%
55% 55% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 62%
27% 18% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 33%
27% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 14%
 
4 4.8 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 6 5.3
7 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.6 5.5
1.5 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.9 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
7.5 7.8 6 Shots (avg) S ( 5 8.4 7.1
3.5 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3 3.1
42% 38% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 36% 45%
 
9 6.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 9 7.5
4.2 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 3.8 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (24) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the most points from losing position (10) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have won significantly more corners at home than 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 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 21 11 5 5 36 25 10 6 1 3 21 13 11 5 4 2 15 12 11 38
4 Partick Thistle 22 10 3 9 42 37 12 7 2 3 29 18 10 3 1 6 13 19 5 33
5 Inverness CT 22 8 7 7 32 30 11 3 5 3 16 10 11 5 2 4 16 20 2 31
6 Greenock Morton 21 8 6 7 29 24 9 5 1 3 16 7 12 3 5 4 13 17 5 30
7 Raith Rovers 23 8 6 9 30 31 12 5 4 3 22 18 11 3 2 6 8 13 -1 30
8 Cove Rangers 22 5 7 10 30 47 13 5 3 5 18 22 9 0 4 5 12 25 -17 22
9 Arbroath 23 4 9 10 22 37 11 1 4 6 7 18 12 3 5 4 15 19 -15 21
10 Hamilton Academical 22 4 5 13 18 39 10 2 2 6 10 17 12 2 3 7 8 22 -21 17

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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.