Partick Thistle vs Greenock Morton: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 07.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Firhill Stadium (13079 seats)

Home team gets the points, the away team claims a mighty victory or an exciting draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table teams Partick Thistle and Greenock Morton battle at Firhill Stadium.

Insights:
  • Partick Thistle have the most scored goals (40) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Partick Thistle form and stats

Partick Thistle have performed here at Firhill Stadium this season with 6 wins from 10 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Partick, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Partick Thistle faced defeat in their previous match, away at Queen's Park (0-2). The first defeat after collecting points in four league fixtures.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Inverness CT in a game that was won 5-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Partick have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 12 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Lots of goals? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league matches with this club has seen three or more goals.

Goals are plentiful at Firhill Stadium in the league this season as Partick Thistle has scored 27 goals here in 10 home games. Partick have conceded 16 from these games.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

3-5-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Greenock Morton, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship, in their Championship matches away. In general it has been a productive period now for Greenock Morton as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Greenock Morton are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Raith Rovers (placed 6th). A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Raith Rovers. Greenock were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 2-2, with Muirhead scoring the equalizer.

Before that match, 1-1 away against Raith Rovers (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) in the Challenge Cup. We have checked recent matches where Greenock Morton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 4 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats.

Both teams to score at least one goal each? This team's latest fixtures suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Greenock Morton have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Greenock have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have faced each other before in this season, with the result Greenock Morton - Partick Thistle 2-1 entered in the official records. The ref brandished his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the sinner was Akinola (Partick Thistle). Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Partick Thistle wins - draws - Greenock Morton wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Partick ThistleB. Graham
B. Graham
9 goals
Greenock MortonR. Muirhead
R. Muirhead
7 goals
PartickA. Dowds
A. Dowds
5 goals

Partick Thistle missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Partick Thistle Greenock Morton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 10 1 Played P 2 10 18
9 6 1 Won W 0 3 8
3 2 0 Drew D 1 5 6
8 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
40 27 2 Scored S 3 12 27
35 16 1 Conceded C 4 14 19
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 89%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 72%
75% 90% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 56%
50% 70% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 22%
40% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 11%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 61%
10% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 39%
20% 10% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 11%
 
6 5.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.2 4.9
4.2 3.4 2 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 5.7
1.5 1.3 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.7
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 11 14 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 8.3 7.2
4.7 5.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.1 3.2
43% 49% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 39% 47%
 
7.7 7.9 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.3 7.4
3.2 2.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.4 2.6
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Partick Thistle's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Partick Thistle have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Greenock Morton have scored away.
  • Partick Thistle have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most conceded goals in the second half (21) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most scored goals (27) at home in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the most scored goals (40) in Championship
  • Partick Thistle have the the best goal difference (+11) at home in Championship
  • 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 Queen's Park 19 11 3 5 38 27 10 6 2 2 20 12 9 5 1 3 18 15 11 36
2 Dundee 19 10 4 5 32 24 9 5 1 3 18 13 10 5 3 2 14 11 8 34
3 Ayr United 19 9 5 5 38 27 10 4 4 2 19 11 9 5 1 3 19 16 11 32
4 Greenock Morton 18 8 6 4 27 19 8 5 1 2 15 5 10 3 5 2 12 14 8 30
5 Partick Thistle 20 9 3 8 40 35 10 6 2 2 27 16 10 3 1 6 13 19 5 30
6 Raith Rovers 20 8 3 9 25 26 10 5 2 3 19 15 10 3 1 6 6 11 -1 27
7 Inverness CT 19 7 5 7 26 27 10 3 4 3 16 10 9 4 1 4 10 17 -1 26
8 Cove Rangers 19 5 6 8 28 34 10 5 2 3 16 9 9 0 4 5 12 25 -6 21
9 Arbroath 20 3 8 9 17 30 10 1 4 5 6 14 10 2 4 4 11 16 -13 17
10 Hamilton Academical 19 2 5 12 16 38 9 1 2 6 9 17 10 1 3 6 7 21 -22 11

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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.