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The Championship meeting at Cappielow Park on Friday sees hosts Greenock Morton lock horns with Dundee United.
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๐ Form Guide
Greenock Morton
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Greenock Morton head into this game following on from a 1-1 Championship drawn match vs Ayr United.
The only scorer from Greenock Morton was Kirk Broadfoot (21'). Anton Dowds (45') scored for Ayr United.
It has been seldom in recent times that Greenock Morton havenโt conceded. The reality is that Greenock Morton have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 8 goals along the way. That kind of trend isnโt assured to be continued here, however.
Dundee United
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Dundee United head into the game after a 0-5 Championship win vs Queen's Park in their last match.
Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Dundee United have bagged the sum of 14 goals. Dundee United have also managed to score on each one of those occasions. During those fixtures, theyโve had 4 goals go against them.
Ahead of this clash, Dundee United haven't been beaten by Greenock Morton in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
๐ฅ Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 28/09/2019 shows us that Greenock Morton have won 1 of these games and Dundee United 3, with the number of draws being 2.
19 goals were scored between them in this period, with 6 for The Ton and 13 created by The Tangerines. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.17.
๐ฐ Team News: Greenock Morton
There is just one fitness concern for the Greenock Morton gaffer Dougie Imrie to contend with from an otherwise complete group of players. Jack Harkness (Hamstring injury) wonโt play.
๐ Team News: Dundee United
Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin does not have any fitness concerns to report before this match.
โก Prediction
Greenock Morton could find themselves up against it to see themselves scoring against this Dundee United lineup who we think will likely gain the upper hand.
Weโre therefore expecting a hard-fought 0-1 winning margin for Dundee United at the conclusion of the game.
Weโll see what happens.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 18:15 12/04/2024
โฝ๏ธ Team Focus:
Greenock Morton
Formed: 1874
Stadium: Cappielow Park (11,589)
Captain: Grant Gillespie
Chairman: Graham McLennan
Manager: Dougie Imrie
Competitions: Championship position 6
โญ Star Player: Robbie Muirhead
Typically deployed in the Striker position, Robbie Muirhead was born in Irvine, Scotland. After having played his first senior match for Kilmarnock in the 2012 - 2013 season, the talented Forward has bagged 11 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date coming from a total of 27 appearances.
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32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 65 | WLDWW |
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32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 61 | WDLWL |
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32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 50 | LWWWD |
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32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 48 | WLWWW |
5 |
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32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | -4 | 42 | LWWWD |
6 |
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32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 41 | LLWLD |
7 |
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32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | -12 | 39 | WLWLD |
8 |
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32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 36 | DDWLL |
9 |
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32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 35 | DLDLW |
10 |
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32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -38 | 23 | LLLLL |
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Goals scored | 1.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 40 |
Time first goal conceded | 42 |
Yellow cards | 3.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
Goals scored | 2.1 |
Goals conceded | 0.6 |
Time first goal scored | 50 |
Time first goal conceded | 17 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.6 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Robbie Muirhead | 12 |
George Oakley | 9 |
Robbie Crawford | 4 |
Jack Baird | 3 |
Michael Garrity | 3 |
Louis Moult | 17 |
Tony Watt | 12 |
Kai Fotheringham | 11 |
Kevin Holt | 6 |
Mathew Anim Cudjoe | 4 |
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