Match ends, Morton 2, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
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Greenock Morton beat Dunfermline at Cappielow to move within two points of Scottish League One leaders Stranraer.
Pars goalkeeper Ryan Scully pushed away a header from Thomas O'Ware, with the third-place hosts on top.
Ross Caldwell's low finish put Morton ahead on 67 minutes and, soon after, home keeper Derek Gaston had to parry an Andy Barrowman header.
Caldwell then turned provider for Peter MacDonald to make it 2-0 with a drilled shot.
Line-ups
Morton
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Gaston
- 2Kilday
- 4O'Ware
- 5Lamie
- 3Russell
- 7McKee
- 6MillerSubstituted forPepperat 63'minutes
- 8Forbes
- 10McCluskey
- 9MacDonaldBooked at 76mins
- 11CaldwellSubstituted forCrightonat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 12Crighton
- 14Milojevic Bjekovic
- 15Pepper
- 16Cairnie
- 17Ferris
- 20Adam
Dunfermline
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Scully
- 2Millen
- 4Martin
- 5McAusland
- 3Whittle
- 7Falkingham
- 6ByrneBooked at 56minsSubstituted forSpenceat 84'minutes
- 8Geggan
- 11StirlingSubstituted forEl-Bakhtaouiat 66'minutes
- 9Barrowman
- 10Moffat
Substitutes
- 12Thomson
- 14Paterson
- 15Urquhart
- 16Spence
- 17Smith
- 18El-Bakhtaoui
- 20Goodfellow
- Referee:
- Alan Muir
- Attendance:
- 1,447
Match Stats
Home TeamMortonAway TeamDunfermline
- Possession
- Home55%
- Away45%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home6
- Away9
- Fouls
- Home17
- Away8
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Morton 2, Dunfermline Athletic 0.
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Attempt missed. Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Corner, Morton. Conceded by Josh Falkingham.
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Corner, Morton. Conceded by Kyle McAusland.
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Attempt missed. Mark Russell (Morton) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution
Substitution, Morton. Sean Crighton replaces Ross Caldwell.
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Michael Moffat (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Conor Pepper (Morton).
Substitution
Substitution, Dunfermline Athletic. Lewis Spence replaces Shaun Byrne.
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Corner, Morton. Conceded by Lewis Martin.
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Foul by Andrew Barrowman (Dunfermline Athletic).
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Ross Forbes (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!
Goal! Morton 2, Dunfermline Athletic 0. Peter MacDonald (Morton) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Caldwell following a fast break.
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Foul by Kyle McAusland (Dunfermline Athletic).
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Ross Caldwell (Morton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Booking
Peter MacDonald (Morton) is shown the yellow card.
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Peter MacDonald (Morton) has gone down, but that's a dive.
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Andrew Geggan (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ross Caldwell (Morton).
