Morton's league campaign begins tomorrow with a trip across the Border to face Berwick Rangers. The Black and Gold looked dangerous for much of last season and are surely favourites to overcome a Morton side still smarting from last week's Cup defeat at Forfar Athletic.
According to the Daily Record, Berwick hotshot Darren Smith is a surprise addition to the squad, albeit with the aid of a protective vest to shield his damaged ribs that might otherwise have kept him on the sidelines for three weeks. On the other side, Morton go into the game with John Maisano still available following his ridiculous sending-off against Forfar last week - fans hope he can supply the attacking spark so sorely needed to start Morton's season off right.
Anyway, enough from me - FootyMad statistics can tell the rest of the story.
History of the Berwick Rangers v Greenock Morton fixture
Morton face a trip to Berwick Rangers at Shielfield Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the The 'Ton have winning 56.25% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2004, with Berwick Rgrs. running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Berwick Rgrs. | 2 - 0 | Morton | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 23 Mar | Morton | 2 - 1 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Berwick Rgrs. | 2 - 3 | Morton | SCD2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Morton | 1 - 3 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Morton | 3 - 2 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Berwick Rgrs. | 0 - 0 | Morton | SCD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 24 Nov | Morton | 1 - 2 | Berwick Rgrs. | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Berwick Rangers are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 7.
The away form of Morton is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! The 'Ton have conceded 17 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Berwick Rgrs. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 |
| Morton | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Borderers, as the The 'Ton have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Berwick Rgrs. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Morton | Lost each of the previous 6 away matches. Not won in previous 6 away matches. An overall losing run of 5 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |