Football betting preview: Greenock Morton Res. vs Motherwell Res.

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Competition: Scotland Reserve League
Competition: Mon 09.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Cappielow Park (11589 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the Reserve League, Greenock Morton Res. holding 7th place and Motherwell Res. lying 8th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Greenock Morton Res. form and stats

Greenock Morton Res., who have the most clean sheets (4) in Reserve League, have collected 11 points from their Reserve League home games so far after 3-2-2.

A nice win for Greenock Morton Res. last time playing, versus St. Mirren Res.. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0. Heartbreak before that as Greenock Morton Res. lost 0-4 at Dundee United Res.'s place.

Greenock Morton Res. are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Cappielow Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 20 goals in 7 matches. Greenock Morton Res. have conceded 11 from these games.

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Motherwell Res. form and stats

Motherwell Res. have only collected 3 points from their away games in the Reserve League, after 1-0-5 (6 played). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Motherwell Res. are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Motherwell Res. failed to get anything from their last game, a Reserve League home match vs Kilmarnock Res. (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 3-4. Prior to that match, the Motherwell Res. manager faced defeat when travelling to Queen of the South Res. and losing 2-4.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Kilmarnock Res. was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Motherwell Res. have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 6 goals have been scored. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Motherwell Res.'s goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 17 goals in 6 travels.

Head 2 Head

Motherwell Res. - Greenock Morton Res. 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Greenock Morton Res. victories, zero draws and two Motherwell Res. wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Greenock Morton Res. missing players

Motherwell Res. missing players

Greenock Morton Res. Motherwell Res.
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 2 6 13
5 3 1 Won W 0 1 4
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 3
6 2 0 Lost L 2 5 6
27 20 8 Scored S 2 6 22
24 11 3 Conceded C 6 17 27
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 83% 77%
57% 71% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 54%
36% 43% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 23%
57% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 69%
29% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 15%
21% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 15%
 
3.5 3.9 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.7 4.8
6.1 5.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.5 4.3
1.1 1.4 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 0.8 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
125 72 31 Total Shots T S 18 72 167
60 37 16 Shots on Target S O 7 30 70
43% 51% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 20% 31%
Key stats in Reserve League this season:
  • All of Motherwell Res.'s matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Greenock Morton Res. has the most clean sheets (4)
  • Greenock Morton Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Greenock Morton Res. have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Motherwell Res. have scored away.
  • Greenock Morton Res. have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Greenock Morton Res. haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Motherwell Res. have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Motherwell Res. have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Motherwell Res. have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Motherwell Res. haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamilton Academical Res. 12 8 3 1 35 19 7 4 2 1 17 14 5 4 1 0 18 5 16 27
2 Dundee United Res. 11 7 1 3 32 19 7 5 1 1 26 8 4 2 0 2 6 11 13 22
3 Ross County Res. 12 7 1 4 26 15 5 4 0 1 12 6 7 3 1 3 14 9 11 22
4 Hearts Res. 11 6 3 2 24 18 5 4 0 1 12 8 6 2 3 1 12 10 6 21
5 Kilmarnock Res. 12 6 1 5 29 24 6 4 1 1 14 8 6 2 0 4 15 16 5 19
6 St. Mirren Res. 14 6 1 7 28 29 7 5 0 2 19 10 7 1 1 5 9 19 -1 19
7 Greenock Morton Res. 14 5 3 6 27 24 7 3 2 2 20 11 7 2 1 4 7 13 3 18
8 Motherwell Res. 13 4 3 6 22 27 7 3 3 1 16 10 6 1 0 5 6 17 -5 15
9 Dunfermline Res. 12 3 0 9 16 30 5 2 0 3 8 11 7 1 0 6 8 19 -14 9
10 Queen of the South Res. 13 1 2 10 14 48 6 1 0 5 5 18 7 0 2 5 9 30 -34 5

Read more about Reserve League

The SPFL Reserve League is the reserve team league in Scottish football. It began in 2018, to replace the Development League, and includes 27 clubs divided in two divisions. These hold the reserve teams of the biggest teams in Scotland.