East Fife vs Greenock Morton in Scottish Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland Scottish Cup
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bayview Stadium (2000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's East Fife or Greenock Morton that keep their silverware dream alive.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a League One match only two days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Clyde, was also a home game here at Bayview Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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East Fife form and stats

This is not the first game this season in the Scottish Cup for Fife, as the manager D. Young led his troops to eliminate Tranent Juniors, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Fife's Scottish Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.

East Fife have performed here at Bayview Stadium this season with 5 wins from 7 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 0. The East Fife fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Bayview Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Fife has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.

The Fife supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Clyde in League One and win 1-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Montrose in the League One.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Partick Thistle are coming to town in three days.

The Fife fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, East Fife have conceded only 4 goals.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Dunfermline Athletic in order to reach 3rd Round of Scottish Cup. Greenock was sent out of Scottish Cup in the 4th round last season.

Greenock Morton have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-4-5 (11 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Greenock Morton have lost on their last two travels.

Greenock lost away at Raith Rovers (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A draw for Greenock Morton before that, at their own venue hosting Dunfermline Athletic (after extra-time, 6-5 on penalties) (0-0).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inverness CT in just three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Greenock as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Greenock have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Fife won one, Greenock Morton won one and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FifeD. Denholm
D. Denholm
4 goals
Greenock MortonC. McGuffie
C. McGuffie
3 goals

East Fife missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
East Fife Greenock Morton
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   13 25
12 10   Won W   2 6
2 2   Drew D   6 10
11 2   Lost L   5 9
36 29   Scored S   8 20
32 13   Conceded C   15 28
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 84%
72% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   54% 56%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 28%
28% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 16%
16% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
44% 50%   BTTS BTTS   46% 40%
28% 43%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 28%
32% 14%   Failed to Score F T   46% 48%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.3
3 0   Red cards R C   2 4
 
10 11.8   Shots (avg) S (   7 7.3
3 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.3 2.6
50% 59%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Falkirk 14 8 4 2 23 9 8 4 3 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 14 5 14 28
2 Cove Rangers 14 7 3 4 18 10 7 5 0 2 13 6 7 2 3 2 5 4 8 24
3 Montrose 14 6 4 4 24 19 7 3 2 2 13 8 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 22
4 Partick Thistle 13 5 5 3 16 11 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 4 5 20
5 East Fife 13 6 2 5 16 17 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 1 0 5 5 13 -1 20
6 Airdrieonians 14 6 1 7 20 18 6 2 1 3 10 8 8 4 0 4 10 10 2 19
7 Peterhead 14 6 1 7 12 15 7 3 1 3 5 7 7 3 0 4 7 8 -3 19
8 Clyde 12 4 1 7 14 25 6 2 0 4 7 14 6 2 1 3 7 11 -11 13
9 Dumbarton 13 3 3 7 6 14 6 2 0 4 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 8 -8 12
10 Forfar Athletic 13 2 4 7 8 19 6 0 1 5 3 11 7 2 3 2 5 8 -11 10
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 22 14 4 4 50 24 12 9 1 2 35 16 10 5 3 2 15 8 26 46
2 Raith Rovers 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 6 2 3 22 12 11 4 4 3 17 15 12 36
3 Dundee 21 9 6 6 40 37 11 7 2 2 22 15 10 2 4 4 18 22 3 33
4 Inverness CT 22 7 9 6 28 23 11 3 6 2 13 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 30
5 Dunfermline Athletic 21 8 6 7 30 28 10 7 1 2 17 9 11 1 5 5 13 19 2 30
6 Queen of the South 22 9 3 10 36 44 10 4 2 4 16 20 12 5 1 6 20 24 -8 30
7 Ayr United 22 6 8 8 28 27 10 3 4 3 10 8 12 3 4 5 18 19 1 26
8 Greenock Morton 22 6 7 9 19 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 2 4 5 7 14 -8 25
9 Arbroath 22 5 7 10 17 27 11 3 5 3 10 10 11 2 2 7 7 17 -10 22
10 Alloa Athletic 22 4 6 12 26 49 12 2 5 5 16 27 10 2 1 7 10 22 -23 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 22 14 4 4 50 24 12 9 1 2 35 16 10 5 3 2 15 8 26 46
2 Raith Rovers 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 6 2 3 22 12 11 4 4 3 17 15 12 36
3 Dundee 21 9 6 6 40 37 11 7 2 2 22 15 10 2 4 4 18 22 3 33
4 Inverness CT 22 7 9 6 28 23 11 3 6 2 13 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 30
5 Dunfermline Athletic 21 8 6 7 30 28 10 7 1 2 17 9 11 1 5 5 13 19 2 30
6 Queen of the South 22 9 3 10 36 44 10 4 2 4 16 20 12 5 1 6 20 24 -8 30
7 Ayr United 22 6 8 8 28 27 10 3 4 3 10 8 12 3 4 5 18 19 1 26
8 Greenock Morton 22 6 7 9 19 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 2 4 5 7 14 -8 25
9 Arbroath 22 5 7 10 17 27 11 3 5 3 10 10 11 2 2 7 7 17 -10 22
10 Alloa Athletic 22 4 6 12 26 49 12 2 5 5 16 27 10 2 1 7 10 22 -23 18

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