Peterhead vs Greenock Morton preview - Midfielder back for Blue Toon

Posted Friday, February 27, 2015 by PA

Jamie Stevenson will return to the Peterhead squad against his former club Morton.

Stevenson has been out with a knock but is back in the reckoning against the side he played for between 2006 and 2009. However, Rory McAllister is still out through suspension and Dean Cowie has a knee injury.

Blue Toon boss Jim McInally said: "Morton defeated Dunfermline and Stranraer recently so they are in good form. However, we played well to beat Ayr last weekend and we had to show patience until we got the goals we needed.

"Those three points have put us in a good position and we will be in an even better position if we win this one."

Morton are without the suspended Ricki Lamie but Michael Miller, Joe McKee and Peter MacDonald have returned to fitness and are challenging for places in the starting line up.

Manager Jim Duffy, whose men are a point behind league leaders Stranraer, said: "We came through a hard match with Stranraer last weekend with a 2-0 win. It was not a game of a lot of chances but we did enough to win and I would settle for a similar outcome in this game.

"Peterhead are a strong side who are still very much in the hunt for promotion so this will be a tough contest. They have strikers who can cause you real problems if you are not at your best defensively."