National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Greenock Morton or Dunfermline Athletic that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Greenock and Dunfermline Athletic.
Greenock Morton form and stats
Greenock was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.When playing at home in the Championship, Greenock Morton have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 11 games.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Greenock have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost one.
Greenock Morton are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Raith Rovers awaits in four days.
Greenock Morton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. On the other hand, Greenock have conceded 13 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
They also participated in Scottish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Dunfermline Athletic have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-5-3 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on S. Crawford, the Dunfermline Athletic manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Dunfermline in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Dunfermline Athletic, five draws and three defeats.
Dunfermline has another fixture away, a Championship game, against Dundee in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Dunfermline Athletic have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. Dunfermline have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Greenock won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Dunfermline Athletic has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  D. McManus 7 goals | K. O'Hara 4 goals |  C. McGuffie 3 goals |
Greenock Morton missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Greenock Morton | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 12 | 24 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 46 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| 3 | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 30 |
| 4 | Dundee | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 30 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -9 | 27 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 25 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -23 | 17 |