Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Celtic & Greenock Morton face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Celtic have less rest than Greenock Morton in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premiership game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Celtic Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Greenock Morton have had more rest.
Celtic form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the semi-finals.Celtic's previous game was also played at home, ending 4-0 versus St. Mirren. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Celtic played a great game against St. Mirren and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. The striker Furuhashi edged out all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.15 out of 10. Furuhashi scored two goals.
A home win before that one, as anticipated. The team were solid favourites against Kilmarnock and won 2-0. Celtic are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Celtic Park with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 19 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Celtic has won 17 times, drawn 1 and lost 1. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Celtic has won by at least two goals 12 times when in this position.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Greenock's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.3 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Greenock Morton playing as the away team in the Championship this season.
Two away games in a row for Greenock Morton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Hamilton Academical.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Partick Thistle's place.The visiting Greenock Morton have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. Greenock have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous four meetings with these teams: Celtic won three, Greenock Morton triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Furuhashi 17 goals |  L. Abada 8 goals |   R. Muirhead 7 goals |
Celtic missing players
Greenock Morton missing players
| Celtic | Greenock Morton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 57 | 30 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 33 | 12 | Conceded | C | 18 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 7% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 12% | ||
| 7.1 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.3 | 7.1 | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 49% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 7.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 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 | Queen's Park | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 40 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 35 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 33 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | -12 | 22 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | -16 | 18 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 14 |
