Scottish League Cup

FT Tuesday, October 27, 2015
St Johnstone WWWLW 3
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Greenock Morton LLLLW 1
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Cappielow Park · 2,433 att.

Match Report

St Johnstone survive Morton scare to reach League Cup semi-finals

St Johnstone survive Morton scare to reach League Cup semi-finals

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Head to Head

STJ leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

MORT · 4-4-2

  1. 1Derek GastonG
  2. 19Luca GasparottoCD-L
  3. 2Lee KildayCD-R
  4. 15Conor PepperLB
  5. 17Mark RussellRB
  6. 8Ross ForbesCM-L
  7. 4Thomas O'WareCM-R
  8. 16Robert BarrLM
  9. 6Michael MillerRM
  10. 11Stefan MccluskeyCF-L
  11. 9Denny JohnstoneCF-R

STJ · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alan MannusG
  2. 6Steven AndersonCD-L
  3. 24Brian EastonCD-R
  4. 3Thomas ScobbieLB
  5. 14Joe ShaughnessyRB
  6. 8Murray DavidsonCM-L
  7. 26Liam CraigCM-R
  8. 4Simon LappinLM
  9. 29Michael O'HalloranRM
  10. 9Steven MacLeanCF-L
  11. 18Graham CumminsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 34' Bobby Barr (Morton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 52' Goal! Morton 1, St. Johnstone 0. Denny Johnstone (Morton) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  4. 61' Goal! Morton 1, St. Johnstone 1. Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 63' Goal! Morton 1, St. Johnstone 2. Michael O'Halloran (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Murray Davidson.
  6. 76' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Graham Cummins.
  7. 80' Substitution, Morton. Jon Scullion replaces Bobby Barr.
  8. 81' Substitution, Morton. Michael Tidser replaces Conor Pepper.
  9. 83' Goal! Morton 1, St. Johnstone 3. Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael O'Halloran.
  10. 86' Substitution, Morton. Thomas Orr replaces Ross Forbes.
  11. 87' Substitution, St. Johnstone. David Wotherspoon replaces Michael O'Halloran.

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