Season ticket holders at Gayfield Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Arbroath languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Ayr United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Championship
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath, who have the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship, have collected 2 points from their Championship home games so far after 0-2-2.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 312 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Linn was the last player to find the net.
The Arbroath fans got no joy from their last match, a Championship game also here at Gayfield Park: A 0-1 defeat against Alloa Athletic (placed 8th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Dundee.
This is expected to be a close game, with Arbroath perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Arbroath as a small favourite), we find five games. Arbroath has won two of these, drawn three and lost zero.
The lack of attacking qualities in Arbroath means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Arbroath are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gayfield Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Ayr United form and stats
Things could have gone better for Ayr United in their Championship away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Ayr United goalkeeper Viljani Sinisalo is eager to challenge this, with his 362 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Ayr played 0-0 against Raith Rovers in their previous match. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Alloa Athletic.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ayr playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Ayr United wins, two draws and three defeats.
Ayr are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. 4 goals have been conceded by Ayr in these games.
Head 2 Head
Arbroath-Ayr United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Arbroath two wins, Ayr United six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Linn 1 goals |  L. McCowan 1 goals | A. Murdoch 1 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Arbroath | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 33% | 57% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5.3 | 6.8 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10 | 8.3 |
| 1.3 | 1.5 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 22% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 50% | 41% |
- All of Ayr United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (2) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Championship
- Arbroath has the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Championship
- Arbroath have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Arbroath have yet to win a game.
- Arbroath is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Championship
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most clean sheets (4) in Championship
- Ayr United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ayr United have scored more than double the goals of Arbroath.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 10 |
| 7 | Dundee | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 9 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -10 | 4 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 4 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -8 | 2 |