Football news and preview: Inverness CT favourites when Greenock Morton arrive

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 05.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Championship: High-level versus not good enough, at least that's what the standings say. Inverness CT - Greenock Morton. Home victory or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

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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Inverness CT form and stats

Inverness CT have collected 20 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-2-3. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Inverness CT are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Kilmarnock.

Before that, Inverness CT played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Dunfermline Athletic.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Inverness CT matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and four defeats (from eight games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Partick Thistle in only four days. This game is also played here at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

The Inverness CT fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Inverness CT have conceded only 10 goals. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Greenock Morton have produced an overall stat of 3-3-5 so far.

Greenock delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Raith Rovers (placed 4th) in their previous game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Greenock Morton as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. Greenock have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Greenock Morton - Inverness CT 1-6 was the end result in these contenders' last h2h fixture, earlier this season. Data for the former ten meetings involving these two teams are: five wins for Inverness CT, three draws and two wins for Greenock Morton. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Greenock MortonG. Ugwu
G. Ugwu
7 goals
Greenock MortonG. Oliver
G. Oliver
6 goals
Greenock MortonG. Reilly
G. Reilly
3 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Inverness CT Greenock Morton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
10 6 2 Won W 0 3 4
8 2 1 Drew D 1 3 9
5 3 1 Lost L 2 5 9
30 15 6 Scored S 2 9 26
19 10 5 Conceded C 4 12 33
87% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 86%
57% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 73%
39% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 36% 50%
17% 18% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 9% 36%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
52% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 36% 50%
39% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 27%
22% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 45% 36%
 
4.5 5.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.4 4.5
4 3.9 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.9 5.6
1.7 1.5 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 1.5 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
9.7 9.3 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9 7.3 8.6
3.8 4.5 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.5 3.5
34% 30% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 32% 34%
 
7.5 6.5 6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 12.3 11
2.8 2.9 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.2 4.4
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arbroath 23 12 8 3 36 16 11 5 5 1 16 7 12 7 3 2 20 9 20 44
2 Kilmarnock 23 12 4 7 28 16 10 5 1 4 12 8 13 7 3 3 16 8 12 40
3 Inverness CT 23 10 8 5 30 19 11 6 2 3 15 10 12 4 6 2 15 9 11 38
4 Raith Rovers 24 9 10 5 34 27 12 5 5 2 20 17 12 4 5 3 14 10 7 37
5 Partick Thistle 21 10 6 5 34 19 11 6 3 2 14 7 10 4 3 3 20 12 15 36
6 Hamilton Academical 23 6 7 10 25 38 12 3 3 6 11 22 11 3 4 4 14 16 -13 25
7 Dunfermline Athletic 23 4 10 9 22 37 12 2 6 4 12 19 11 2 4 5 10 18 -15 22
8 Ayr United 23 5 7 11 20 36 12 4 4 4 13 16 11 1 3 7 7 20 -16 22
9 Greenock Morton 22 4 9 9 26 33 11 1 6 4 17 21 11 3 3 5 9 12 -7 21
10 Queen of the South 23 4 7 12 24 38 12 2 3 7 7 15 11 2 4 5 17 23 -14 19

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.