FootyMAD's Alloa Athletic match preview

History of the Greenock Morton v Alloa Athletic fixture

Morton prepare to entertain Alloa Athletic at Cappielow Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 25 of the 36 contests.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Cappielow Park was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Morton running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 16 Apr	Morton	2-0	Alloa Ath.	SCD2
2004/2005	Wed 23 Mar	Alloa Ath.	2 - 2	Morton	SCD2
2004/2005	Sat 04 Dec	Morton	2 - 2	Alloa Ath.	SCD2
2004/2005	Sat 25 Sep	Alloa Ath.	1 - 6	Morton	SCD2
2003/2004	Sat 17 Apr	Morton	2 - 1	Alloa Ath.	SCD2
2003/2004	Tue 30 Mar	Morton	2 - 2	Alloa Ath.	SCD2
2003/2004	Sat 21 Feb	Alloa Ath.	3 - 3	Morton	SCD2

Recent respective form guides

Greenock Morton are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the The 'Ton in those games, with 8 conceded.

Alloa Ath. have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Wasps have hit 5 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Morton are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 10 points from 5 games. Alloa Ath. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Bells Scottish Division Two, picking up 8 from their 5 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Morton	6	3	1	2	7	5	10
Alloa Ath.	6	2	2	2	8	12	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

The match against Alloa Ath. is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the The 'Ton in a close run game. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Morton	7 games since last home draw.
Alloa Ath.	No sequences of note