Greenock Morton 2-3 Dumbarton

Grant Gallagher's first-half double helped Dumbarton to a win at Greenock Morton in the first round of the Scottish Challenge Cup.

Gallagher headed home Scott Taggart's pinpoint cross then finished well after good build-up play.

Garry Fleming grabbed a third for Stephen Aitken's men with a chip over Morton stopper Derek Gaston.

Lee Kilday pulled one back for the hosts before Peter MacDonald scored from the penalty spot.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats

Line-ups

Morton

Formation 4-4-1-1

1Gaston

15Pepper2Kilday4O'Ware17Russell

11McCluskey7McKee8Forbes16Barr

12Scullion

10MacDonald

• 1Gaston
• 15Pepper
• 2Kilday
• 4O'WareSubstituted forCairnieat 45'minutes
• 17Russell
• 11McCluskey
• 7McKeeSubstituted forStevensonat 59'minutes
• 8Forbes
• 16Barr
• 12ScullionSubstituted forOrrat 80'minutes
• 10MacDonald

Substitutes

• 20Adam
• 26Cairnie
• 34Orr
• 35Stevenson
• 36Tennant

Dumbarton

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Brown

2Taggart14Barr5Buchanan16Waters

17Routledge8Gallagher

18Lindsay7Cawley13Gibson

9Fleming

• 1Brown
• 2Taggart
• 14BarrBooked at 83mins
• 5Buchanan
• 16WatersBooked at 44mins
• 17Routledge
• 8GallagherSubstituted forSmithat 70'minutes
• 18Lindsay
• 7Cawley
• 13Gibson
• 9Fleming

Substitutes

• 4Graham
• 6Miller
• 11Smith
• 15McCallum
• 20Hopkins
• 27Adger

Referee:

Craig Charleston

Attendance:

1,418

Match Stats

Home TeamMortonAway TeamDumbarton

Possession

Home55%

Away45%

Shots

Home12

Away9

Shots on Target

Home4

Away6

Corners

Home3

Away1

Fouls

Home12

Away15