Dunfermline vs Morton Prediction

Form guide: two very different pictures

Dunfermline's last 20 matches across all competitions show eight wins, six draws and six defeats, with 26 goals scored against 21 conceded. That's a reasonably balanced return for a side in mid-table.

Dunfermline: 20 completed matches; Morton: 20 completed matches.

Dunfermline

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

26

Conceded

18

Difference

+8

Morton

20 matches

Win

10% 2 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

70% 14 / 20

Scored

12

Conceded

33

Difference

-21

Morton's equivalent run reads just two wins from 20 matches, with 14 defeats and a goal difference well into the negative. Scoring only 12 times while shipping 33 says a lot about how tough things have been.

Comparative Team Statistics: Dunfermline vs Morton

Head-to-head: an uneven series

These two have met plenty of times over recent seasons, and the head-to-head is actually fairly even across the full sample. Dunfermline have had big wins, including a 5-0 scoreline in one meeting, but Morton have had an identical 5-0 win the other way too.

More relevant is the most recent meeting, back in September, when Dunfermline won 1-0 away at Morton. That lines up with the current gap in form between the two sides.

Where they sit right now

Dunfermline are sixth in the Championship with 14 points from nine games, while Morton sit ninth with just seven points from eleven matches. Morton's goal difference, minus nine, is considerably worse than Dunfermline's plus two.

The table backs up what the form figures already suggest: Dunfermline look the more settled side at the moment.

How this one could play out

Dunfermline arrive with better recent form, a higher league position, and the psychological boost of winning the last meeting between these two. Morton's form across all competitions has been difficult reading, with just two wins in twenty games.

None of that guarantees an easy night for Dunfermline, though. Several of their head-to-head meetings with Morton have finished level, and Morton have shown before they can produce a shock scoreline against this opponent.