Preview: Greenock Morton vs. Partick Thistle - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams with contrasting objectives successful the 2024-25 Scottish Championship run are acceptable to travel unneurotic connected Tuesday day erstwhile Greenock Morton big Partick Thistle.

The hosts are eighth successful the array with 20 points from their archetypal 18 matches, portion the visitors are 4th successful the standings with 32 points from their opening 18 fixtures.

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Having narrowly finished extracurricular of the promotion playoff places successful each of the past 2 seasons, placing 5th successful some 2022-23 and 2023-24, Morton would person been aiming to grounds a apical 4 decorativeness successful the Scottish Championship this term.

However, they person endured an highly underwhelming archetypal fractional to the 2024-25 campaign, presently sitting eighth successful the array with conscionable 20 points from 18 matches, aft 4 wins, 8 draws and six defeats.

Those results permission them lone 4 points supra ninth-placed Dunfermline, who are successful the relegation playoff place, though some of the teams beneath them person played 1 crippled much than Dougie Imrie's men.

After ending a three-game losing streak betwixt matchday 10 and 12 with a 1-1 gully against Ayr United successful November, Imrie's broadside person been importantly improved successful the pursuing matches, with that gully sparking a tally of six games without a nonaccomplishment successful the league.

They person managed conscionable 2 wins successful that period, leaving them desperately needing conscionable a 5th triumph of the play heading into this 1 arsenic they purpose to determination distant from the driblet zone.

Their opponents are improbable to beryllium an casual task though, with Partick Thistle heading into this crippled sitting 4th successful the array with 32 points from 18 matches, aft 9 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.

Since returning to the Scottish Championship successful 2021-22, aft winning League One successful 2020-21, Partick person placed wrong the playoff places successful each of the consequent 3 years.

They placed 4th successful some 2021-22 and 2022-23 earlier climbing into 3rd past season, but the Jags person failed to unafraid promotion to the apical flight, thing they volition beryllium hoping to execute this term.

Partick are comfortably 7 points up of fifth-placed Queen's Park, but they volition beryllium hoping to summation their pb and perchance adjacent the 10-point spread connected league-leading Falkirk with a triumph here.

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Team News

Having remained undefeated successful each of their past six Scottish Championship fixtures, Imrie could determine to sanction a akin starting 11 for Tuesday's outing.

Filip Stuparevic has netted conscionable 3 goals successful 11 appearances successful the league truthful acold this season, and the striker volition beryllium looking to adhd to his tally with a probable commencement successful this one.

As for Partick, they secured a captious 2-1 triumph against Queen's Park successful their past outing, a show that could effect successful Kris Doolan naming the aforesaid squad successful this one.

Brian Graham scored some goals successful that game, taking his tally to 9 successful the Scottish Championship this term, and the striker is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile again here.

Greenock Morton imaginable starting lineup:
Mullen; Ballantye, Baird, Boyes, Delaney; Wilson, Blues; Shaw, Lyall, Davies; Stuparevic

We say: Greenock Morton 0-2 Partick Thistle

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