All the facts and stats for the League Cup clash: Greenock Morton - Stranraer

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Competition: Scotland League Cup
Competition: Tue 18.Jul
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Greenock Morton & Stranraer face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

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

11 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Greenock Morton have to build on here at Cappielow Park in the Championship.

Greenock are returning here after visiting Kelty Hearts in a League Cup match and winning with a 3-1 scoreline.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Cove Rangers and winning 2-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Greenock Morton as they are travelling to their away game against Ross County in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Greenock Morton in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 18 league matches. Greenock have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Stranraer form and stats

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

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Stranraer so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-11 (win-draw-lose).

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home loss versus Ross County with 1-5 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the League Two away draw versus Dumbarton that ended 1-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Edinburgh City in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stranraer as they have only managed to score 15 times from 18 away games in the league. Stranraer struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 34 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Greenock Morton won six games, one match ended with a tie and Stranraer have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be "violent", having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Greenock Morton missing players

Stranraer missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Greenock Morton Stranraer
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   14 25
9 7   Won W   4 8
9 1   Drew D   3 6
7 3   Lost L   7 11
35 16   Scored S   15 28
35 11   Conceded C   23 39
96% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 72%
56% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 40%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
12% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 16%
68% 55%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
20% 45%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 24%
16% 9%   Failed to Score F T   36% 36%
 
5.6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4
5.3 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.6
2.3 2.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.7
3 0   Red cards R C   2 3
 
8.9 9.4   Shots (avg) S (   5.5 6.8
4 4.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 3
35% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 37%
 
9.6 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   8.8 8.8
4.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.6 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ross County 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelty Hearts 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
5 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 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 36 17 12 7 66 40 18 10 4 4 42 22 18 7 8 3 24 18 26 63
2 Ayr United 36 16 10 10 61 43 18 7 7 4 28 17 18 9 3 6 33 26 18 58
3 Queen's Park 36 17 7 12 63 52 18 10 4 4 32 22 18 7 3 8 31 30 11 58
4 Partick Thistle 36 16 9 11 65 45 18 10 4 4 39 20 18 6 5 7 26 25 20 57
5 Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53 43 18 11 2 5 29 16 18 4 10 4 24 27 10 57
6 Inverness CT 36 15 10 11 52 47 18 6 7 5 25 18 18 9 3 6 27 29 5 55
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46 49 18 7 7 4 34 24 18 4 3 11 12 25 -3 43
8 Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29 47 18 2 8 8 11 22 18 4 8 6 18 25 -18 34
9 Hamilton Academical 36 7 10 19 31 63 18 3 6 9 18 30 18 4 4 10 13 33 -32 31
10 Cove Rangers 36 7 10 19 38 75 18 5 4 9 21 34 18 2 6 10 17 41 -37 31
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Stirling Albion 36 21 10 5 67 37 18 13 4 1 42 18 18 8 6 4 25 19 30 73
2 Dumbarton 36 18 8 10 49 39 18 10 4 4 25 16 18 8 4 6 24 23 10 62
3 Annan Athletic 36 14 9 13 61 51 18 8 5 5 36 21 18 6 4 8 25 30 10 51
4 East Fife 36 14 8 14 54 50 18 7 3 8 28 24 18 7 5 6 26 26 4 50
5 Forfar Athletic 36 13 9 14 37 43 18 7 5 6 20 23 18 6 4 8 17 20 -6 48
6 Stenhousemuir 36 12 11 13 51 55 18 6 7 5 26 24 18 6 4 8 25 31 -4 47
7 Stranraer 36 12 9 15 43 57 18 9 5 4 28 23 18 3 4 11 15 34 -14 45
8 Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic 36 11 9 16 36 47 18 6 3 9 22 29 18 5 6 7 14 18 -11 42
9 Elgin City 36 11 7 18 44 62 18 6 4 8 21 24 18 5 3 10 23 38 -18 40
10 Albion Rovers 36 11 6 19 47 48 18 6 3 9 20 19 18 5 3 10 27 29 -1 39

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 Ross County 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
2 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelty Hearts 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
5 Stranraer 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0

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