National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ross County or Greenock Morton that keep their silverware dream alive.
The visiting Greenock Morton played their last game only four days ago, a League Cup match.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the League Cup.County are returning here after guesting Stranraer in a League Cup game and winning with a 5-1 scoreline.
Previous to that game, a Playoffs 1/2 home match hosting Partick Thistle (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in a game that was won 3-1.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ross County as they are travelling to their away game against Edinburgh City in the League Cup. That match is four days after this one.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Greenock's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.As the visiting team in Championship matches, Greenock Morton have produced an overall stat of 4-10-4 so far.
The club members enjoyed Greenock Morton's previous match versus Stranraer, a League Cup win (3-0) played at home.
Earlier, the League Cup victory away at Kelty Hearts. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Greenock playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 2 away wins, 0 draws and 4 home wins.
The visiting Greenock Morton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 24 goals from 18 games. Greenock struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ross County four wins, three draws and Greenock Morton three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Ross County missing players
Greenock Morton missing players
| Ross County | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 40 | 17 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.2 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | ||
| 42% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 37% | ||
| 14 | 14.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Ross County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 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 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Ross County | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 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 |
