Ayo Obileye?s wonder strike wasn?t enough for Queens to take any points in Greenock as Aiden Nesbitt and Gary Oliver struck either side of half-time to win the game for the hosts.

 

 

With Allan Johnston suspended for Queens? third visit of the season to Greenock, Sandy Clark was the man in the dugout. The only change to the Queens line-up saw Calvin McGrory come back into the side at the expense of Aidan Fitzpatrick, who dropped to the bench. Joining Fitzpatrick on the bench was Stephen Dobbie, who missed last weeks loss to Alloa.

 

Former South manager Gus MacPherson was taking charge of his first home game at Cappielow and there was a start for Oliver, who was at Palmerston last season.

 

The hosts got the game underway the better of the two sides with a couple of early corners, although none troubled Rohan Ferguson in goal.

 

Nesbitt was looking the lively for the home side, and he almost put his team ahead after 11 minutes but his shot was well blocked by Gregor Buchanan.

 

Eight minutes later though the hosts did take the lead in bizarre circumstances.

 

A corner on the right hand side was swung in by Aidan Nesbitt and somehow found it?s way over the line. There was little separating the sides by that point but a bit of a freak goal was all it took for the hosts to go in front.

 

Morton open the scoring

 

Queens began to offer more going forward after the goal, with Markus Fjortoft seeing yellow for bringing James Maxwell down on the left hand side.

 

Wullie Gibson soon joined Fjortoft in the book for dissent, before Michael Ledger was brought on for the Norwegian who was very much walking a tightrope after his early booking.

 

The goalmouth action was limited and Morton?s back three were knocking away everything that came their way.

 

But they had no answer for a sublime strike from Ayo Obileye after 44 minutes. The defender turned midfielder struck a powerful shot past McAdams from 25 yards out, leaving the keeper with absolutely no chance.

 

Obileye slams home the equaliser

 

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Enough is enough.

 

 

It was a lacklustre opening period for both sides with neither team able to play much football on a dry, bobbly pitch.

 

The second half got underway with the Ton pressing to go ahead. They almost did too as Nesbitt saw his shot blocked off the line superbly by Gregor Buchanan.

 

But it only took a matter of minutes for the hosts to take the lead on 61 minutes.

 

Nice play down the left hand side allowed Lewis Strapp to find Gary Oliver in the box, the ex-South man made no mistake in nodding home from close range to put his team ahead.

 

Oliver nets

 

Queens acted quickly, bringing on Dobbie for Dapo Mebude and switching the a 3-4-1-2 formation with Obileye dropping deep, although it was to no avail.

 

Neither side was at their best and, as in the first half, neither was able to keep the ball on the deck for long periods of time.

 

Niyah Joseph and Fitzpatrick came on to try and chase the game for Queens but sloppy play meant McAdams went untroubled in the Morton goal.

 

 

A rare lacklustre performance from the Doonhamers saw them leave Port Glasgow empty handed.

 

Queens remain just three points outside the top four though, but also only five above Arbroath in the relegation play-offs as we reach the business end of the season.

 

Next up it?s a trip to table-toppers Hearts as Queens will look to gain revenge on December hammering in Edinburgh.