League Cup: Buckle up for the Greenock Morton - Falkirk clash

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Sat 09.July
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Greenock Morton or Falkirk that keep their silverware dream alive.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Falkirk have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 5-3-7 (win-draw-loss) from 15 matches.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Greenock Morton participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.

With 3 Championship wins, 9 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Greenock Morton are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Stress levels are on the rise for Greenock Morton's attacking players as they have now played 295 minutes without scoring in a league game. Muirhead was their last goal scorer.

The supporters are hoping that Greenock Morton will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Arbroath.

Preceding that match was a Championship defeat to Inverness CT (0-1).

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 Greenock's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 2 matches, drawn 2 and lost 0.

The Greenock Morton fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 18 matches. Greenock Morton have conceded 27 from these games.

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Falkirk form and stats

Falkirk's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.

7 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Falkirk playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Falkirk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Queen's Park.

Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Queen's Park that ended 1-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hibernian in just three days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Falkirk have scored 26 goals in 18 league games away. Falkirk have conceded 24 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two squads are: four wins for Greenock Morton, three draws and three wins for Falkirk. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Greenock Morton missing players

Falkirk missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Greenock Morton Falkirk
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
9 3   Won W   4 7
8 5   Drew D   2 4
8 3   Lost L   5 14
30 15   Scored S   15 32
30 15   Conceded C   17 45
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
68% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 88%
44% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 56%
16% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 28%
8% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 20%
48% 64%   BTTS BTTS   45% 56%
32% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 16%
24% 27%   Failed to Score F T   27% 28%
 
4.6 5.2   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 5.7
6.2 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.2
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
7.8 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   9 9.1
3.2 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
37% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 36%
 
10.4 7.4   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10
3.9 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 36 23 10 3 73 32 18 13 5 0 43 13 18 10 5 3 30 19 41 79
2 Airdrieonians 36 21 9 6 68 37 18 12 3 3 36 21 18 9 6 3 32 16 31 72
3 Montrose 36 15 14 7 53 36 18 6 9 3 25 20 18 9 5 4 28 16 17 59
4 Queen's Park 36 11 18 7 51 36 18 8 8 2 29 15 18 3 10 5 22 21 15 51
5 Alloa Athletic 36 12 9 15 49 57 18 6 4 8 26 30 18 6 5 7 23 27 -8 45
6 Falkirk 36 12 8 16 49 55 18 5 3 10 23 31 18 7 5 6 26 24 -6 44
7 Peterhead 36 11 9 16 46 51 18 8 4 6 24 17 18 3 5 10 22 34 -5 42
8 Clyde 36 9 12 15 39 62 18 6 5 7 23 36 18 3 7 8 16 26 -23 39
9 Dumbarton 36 9 7 20 48 71 18 3 6 9 21 31 18 6 1 11 27 40 -23 34
10 East Fife 36 5 8 23 31 70 18 4 5 9 17 26 18 1 3 14 14 44 -39 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Clyde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Falkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hibernian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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