Betting guide: Partick Thistle favourite to beat Greenock Morton at Firhill Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 09.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Firhill Stadium (10102 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Championship, Partick Thistle holding 10th place and Greenock Morton lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Partick Thistle form and stats

There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Partick Thistle yet to win or draw a Championship game here. The sad story at Firhill Stadium is: Partick Thistle played 5 games, lost 5 games. It's been an uphill battle for Partick Thistle in their home games for quite some time now, as five matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Dundee United game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Partick Thistle to get some points in this home game.

Partick Thistle lost their last game at Ayr United (placed 2nd) after a 1-4 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Dundee United.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Partick Thistle's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Partick Thistle aren't scoring a lot here at Firhill Stadium in the league, with only 4 goals from 5 games. Partick Thistle are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).

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Greenock Morton form and stats

There's been little loot from Greenock Morton's travels as they have only collected 0 points from 6 away games in the Championship. Greenock Morton, who have the most conceded goals (27) in Championship, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 0 draws. The manager D. Hopkin is not happy with the away performances in the Championship so far, as all 6 matches have been lost. A depressing six defeats in a row for Greenock Morton in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Ayr United.

Two away games in a row for Greenock Morton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Dundee in the Championship. A 2-3 loss hosting Ayr United before that.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Greenock Morton when being an outsider away as they are today, we find four matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Goals are few and far between in Greenock Morton's away league games. Only 3 goals from 6 travels. Greenock Morton can't defend away. 19 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Greenock Morton - Partick Thistle 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 6 Partick Thistle victories, 1 draw and 3 Greenock Morton wins. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Greenock MortonR. McHugh
R. McHugh
6 goals
Partick ThistleK. Miller
K. Miller
4 goals
Partick ThistleS. Bannigan
S. Bannigan
2 goals

Partick Thistle missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Partick Thistle Greenock Morton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
12 5 1 Played P 1 6 12
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 4
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
8 5 1 Lost L 1 6 7
15 4 0 Scored S 0 3 16
24 12 1 Conceded C 1 19 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 75%
67% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 67%
50% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
25% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 58%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 8%
25% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 33%
 
6.1 5.4 6 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.5 5.7
5.6 4.2 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 3 6 5.3
1.2 0.6 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.7 1.4
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Greenock Morton have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Greenock Morton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Greenock Morton have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Greenock Morton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Greenock Morton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Partick Thistle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Partick Thistle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Partick Thistle have lost all their home matches so far.
  • Partick Thistle have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Dundee United 12 9 0 3 28 12 6 6 0 0 21 4 6 3 0 3 7 8 16 27
2 Ayr United 12 8 0 4 27 16 6 4 0 2 12 7 6 4 0 2 15 9 11 24
3 Dundee 12 6 3 3 18 16 6 4 1 1 8 5 6 2 2 2 10 11 2 21
4 Inverness CT 12 6 2 4 19 15 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 3 1 2 7 6 4 20
5 Arbroath 12 5 2 5 11 14 6 3 2 1 5 5 6 2 0 4 6 9 -3 17
6 Dunfermline Athletic 12 4 4 4 15 13 7 3 2 2 10 8 5 1 2 2 5 5 2 16
7 Queen of the South 12 3 4 5 10 12 6 2 2 2 7 5 6 1 2 3 3 7 -2 13
8 Greenock Morton 12 4 1 7 16 27 6 4 1 1 13 8 6 0 0 6 3 19 -11 13
9 Alloa Athletic 12 2 4 6 12 22 6 1 2 3 5 11 6 1 2 3 7 11 -10 10
10 Partick Thistle 12 2 2 8 15 24 5 0 0 5 4 12 7 2 2 3 11 12 -9 8