National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Greenock Morton or Queen's Park that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Queen's Park played their last game only three days ago, a League Cup match. That game, against Partick Thistle, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Queen's Park.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Last season, Greenock's League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.Overall Championship stats at home this season for Greenock Morton are 6-5-3 (wins-draw-losses). Greenock has four consecutive draws when playing at home, an interesting stat.
Greenock drew their last game, also a home match. Queen of the South (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties) was the opponent, 2-2 the score. In the match before that, Greenock Morton hosted Arbroath and drew the Championship game 1-1.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Greenock Morton home games with this odds we find four games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, one draw and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Greenock as they have a new game in only four days, a Championship match thankfully also at home. Alloa Athletic are visiting.
The Greenock fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 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.
Queen's Park form and stats
Last season their League Cup adventure ended in the group stage.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Queen's Park have produced an overall stat of 5-2-7 so far. Queen's has drawn their two previous away games.
319 minutes! That's how long the Queen's Park goalkeeper William Muir and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Queen's are travelling again after losing away to Partick Thistle in their previous match (0-2). Before that, Queen's travelled to Stenhousemuir and returned home with a draw after the League Two game finished 0-0.
You'll want to know how Queen's managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and four home wins.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Queen's Park manager R. McKinnon as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Stirling Albion.
Queen's Park are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only -1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 18 goals have been conceded by Queen's 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
Head-to-head totals (for the last two meetings): Greenock Morton won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Queen's Park has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / oneGreenock Morton missing players
Queen's Park missing players
| Greenock Morton | Queen's Park | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 40 | 22 | Conceded | C | 24 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 12% | ||
| 80% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.7 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 172 | 101 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 228 | ||
| 70 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 46 | 92 | ||
| 51% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Mirren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 3 | Greenock Morton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 |
| 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 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 27 | 42 | 68 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 43 |
| 4 | Cowdenbeath | 27 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 40 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 14 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Annan Athletic | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -21 | 31 |
| 8 | Stenhousemuir | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 48 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -16 | 29 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 37 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -14 | 24 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 35 | -29 | 17 |