Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Mirren & Greenock Morton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game was also an away game, at Raith Rovers. 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.
St. Mirren form and stats
Mirren was eliminated in the group stage last season in the League Cup.St. Mirren drew their last game, also a home match. Dundee United was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that, Mirren played out a League Cup draw 2-2 when visiting Queen of the South (after extra-time, 2-4 on penalties).
The manager J. Goodwin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Queen's Park in only three days.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Greenock was sent out of League Cup in the 2nd round last season.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? Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Greenock's last three away games as they have all been lost.
There might be some fixture complaints from Greenock as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Championship match against Raith Rovers (0-5). That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Ayr United in the Championship.
Greenock lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The schedule is very tough for Greenock now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Cup game at Partick Thistle is waiting in only three days.
It's early days yet, but Greenock Morton has scored 0 and conceded 6 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Mirren won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Greenock Morton has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  J. Obika 2 goals |  R. Tait 1 goals |  E. Erhahon 1 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Greenock Morton missing players
| St. Mirren | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Scored | S | 18 | 40 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 46% | 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 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 222 | 123 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 163 | ||
| 75 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 32 | 69 | ||
| 32% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 51% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | St. Mirren | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Queen of the South | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 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 | 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 |