Greenock Morton vs Queen of the South in League Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 06.October
Match begins: 18:45 (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 Queen of the South that keep their silverware dream alive.

Greenock's stadium, Cappielow Park, has a grass surface. Queen of the South have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Queen of the South when playing on grass; 10 wins, 8 draws and 13 losses from 31 matches. They have scored 37 goals in these games and conceded 45.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Greenock was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.

Overall Championship stats at home this season for Greenock Morton are 6-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). The home supporters have been following results with a growing disbelief as Greenock has racked up an amazing four draws in a row here at their own stadium. How long will this continue?

Greenock drew their last game, also a home match. Arbroath was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inverness CT (2-3).

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

Greenock Morton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Cappielow Park with 27 goals in 14 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Queen of the South form and stats

They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Queen of the South so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-6 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Queen, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Ayr United game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Two away games in a row for Queen, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Inverness CT in the Championship. Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Inverness CT's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Queen of the South in our archives, and the results are: one win for Queen, one draw and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Queen of the South, the League Cup home match versus St. Mirren. Busy days.

The attacking power of Queen when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 20 goals have been conceded by Queen in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Greenock Morton, five draws and two wins for Queen of the South. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Greenock Morton missing players

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Total First Half Second Half
Greenock Morton Queen of the South
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
8 3   Won W   3 6
7 6   Drew D   4 5
10 3   Lost L   6 14
39 20   Scored S   11 27
44 20   Conceded C   20 40
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
92% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   77% 80%
68% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 52%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 32%
20% 25%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 8%
76% 92%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
12% 8%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 16%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   46% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.3 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.4
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
166 92   Total Shots T S   107 237
68 36   Shots on Target S O   48 95
50% 50%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 St. Mirren 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 Dundee United 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26

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 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 St. Mirren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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