FM Preview: Greenock Morton v Falkirk 01 Mar 2011

History of the Greenock Morton v Falkirk fixture

Falkirk travel to take on Greenock Morton at Cappielow Park on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 68 games played, Bairns have recorded 23 wins, and Morton have come away with 30 victories.

The last time the two teams met at Morton was back in April 2001, over five years ago, the The 'Ton carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Scottish Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011	Sat 12 Feb	Falkirk	1 - 0	Morton	SCD1
2010/2011	Sat 18 Sep	Falkirk	2 - 1	Morton	SCD1
2000/2001	Sat 28 Apr	Morton	2 - 1	Falkirk	SCD1
2000/2001	Tue 27 Mar	Falkirk	1 - 3	Morton	SCD1
2000/2001	Sat 21 Oct	Morton	0 - 4	Falkirk	SCD1
2000/2001	Sat 12 Aug	Falkirk	1 - 0	Morton	SCD1
1999/2000	Sat 22 Apr	Morton	0 - 2	Falkirk	SCD1

Recent respective form guides

Greenock Morton have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Falkirk have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Bairns, and 7 goals against.

Morton's 28 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Falkirk are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 36 points from 21 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Morton	6	2	1	3	4	11	7
Falkirk	6	3	1	2	6	4	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

With Falkirk only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Cappielow Park will be a good result. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Morton	4 games since last home draw.
Falkirk	5 games since last defeat.