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Last updated : 16 January 2009 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Dundee v Greenock Morton fixture

Morton face a trip to Dundee at Dens Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The 'Ton will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 45 and win only 14 of the 76 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, the The Dee carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Scottish Division One match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2008/2009Sat 25 OctMorton2 - 0DundeeSCD1
2008/2009Sat 23 AugDundee1 - 0MortonSCD1
2007/2008Sat 05 AprMorton1 - 2DundeeSCD1
2007/2008Sat 16 FebDundee2 - 0MortonSCD1
2007/2008Sat 15 DecMorton0 - 2DundeeSCD1
2007/2008Sat 29 SepDundee2 - 1MortonSCD1
2007/2008Tue 07 AugDundee2 - 0MortonSLGC

Recent respective form guides

Dundee have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.

Morton have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Dundee's 27 points from 19 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Morton see themselves just below half way in the Irn Bru Scottish Division One, showing a record of 26 points from their 20 games played so far,

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Dundee6222448
Morton6213777

FootyMad's prediction ...

Not a lot has been going right generally for Morton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Dundee. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Dundee Unbeaten in the last 5 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Morton Lost each of the previous 3 away matches.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.