Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Partick Thistle & Greenock Morton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Greenock Morton could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Cup game only three sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at St. Mirren. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Partick Thistle form and stats
Partick participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Partick Thistle's two home games in the League One so far this season, having collected 4 points here at The Energy Check Stadium. 1W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Partick Thistle.
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw versus Falkirk in the League One last time out and are looking for a win here. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cove Rangers (0-1).
Partick Thistle has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Greenock Morton form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.It's not happening yet for Greenock Morton on their Championship travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Greenock are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
A 0-5 defeat away at Raith Rovers before that.
The draw against St. Mirren (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) came from a losing position. The Greenock Morton manager D. Hopkin brought on R. MacIver as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Greenock Morton has managed 0 goals and let in 6 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Partick Thistle seven wins, zero draws and Greenock Morton three victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Graham 2 goals |  J. Cardle 1 goals |  B. Spittal 1 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Greenock Morton missing players
| Partick Thistle | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 26 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 20 | 39 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 242 | 141 | Total Shots | T S | 74 | 169 | ||
| 102 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 70 | ||
| 24% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 50% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 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 | Cove Rangers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Airdrieonians | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Peterhead | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 10 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |