Home advantage could prove decisive in Arbroath - Ayr United battle

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 23.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gayfield Park (5900 seats)

Stats, patterns, game results, form details, head-2-head, lineups and much more: Get all you need to know about Arbroath - Ayr United!

Insights:
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ayr United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!

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Arbroath form and stats

Arbroath have collected 7 points from their Championship home games so far after 2-1-1.

Arbroath are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Raith Rovers.

2-2 away at Greenock Morton before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Arbroath handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and five defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Arbroath as they are travelling to their away game against Inverness CT in the Championship. That match is three days after this one.

Arbroath have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gayfield Park with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively Arbroath have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ayr United form and stats

Playing away, Ayr United have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season.

Ayr had fun at their own home (Gayfield Park) last time out, beating Queen of the South 2-1. A. Muirhead and J. Maxwell scored.

Prior to that match, the Ayr manager J. Duffy faced defeat when travelling to Partick Thistle and losing 0-4.

Ayr are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.

A new game in only three days for Ayr, the Championship home match versus Kilmarnock. Busy days.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Ayr's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. As for defending, Ayr United rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 7 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the contenders met earlier this season; Ayr United - Arbroath 2-2. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Arbroath, three draws and three wins for Ayr United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
7 goals
Ayr UnitedT. Adeloye
T. Adeloye
4 goals
ArbroathJ. Nouble
J. Nouble
3 goals

Arbroath missing players

Ayr United missing players

Arbroath Ayr United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 1 4 9
4 2 1 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 4
17 7 3 Scored S 0 2 9
8 2 1 Conceded C 4 7 13
89% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
78% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 78%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 25% 44%
44% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 25% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
44% 25% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
44% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 22%
22% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 56%
 
5 5.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.8 4
4 2.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 10 8.5 6.8
1.7 1.8 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.2 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.2 13.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 4 4.5 6.9
5.8 6.5 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 1.8 2.2
33% 27% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 45%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Ayr United have scored away.
  • Arbroath have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Ayr United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Ayr United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ayr United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inverness CT 9 7 1 1 12 4 5 5 0 0 9 2 4 2 1 1 3 2 8 22
2 Raith Rovers 9 5 2 2 16 11 5 2 2 1 10 9 4 3 0 1 6 2 5 17
3 Kilmarnock 9 5 2 2 11 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 5 3 2 0 7 2 5 17
4 Partick Thistle 9 5 0 4 23 14 4 3 0 1 10 4 5 2 0 3 13 10 9 15
5 Arbroath 9 4 3 2 17 8 4 2 1 1 7 2 5 2 2 1 10 6 9 15
6 Ayr United 9 3 2 4 9 13 5 2 2 1 7 6 4 1 0 3 2 7 -4 11
7 Queen of the South 9 3 0 6 10 14 4 1 0 3 2 5 5 2 0 3 8 9 -4 9
8 Hamilton Academical 9 2 2 5 9 21 5 1 0 4 3 12 4 1 2 1 6 9 -12 8
9 Greenock Morton 9 1 3 5 7 14 4 0 2 2 6 8 5 1 1 3 1 6 -7 6
10 Dunfermline Athletic 9 0 5 4 6 15 5 0 3 2 2 8 4 0 2 2 4 7 -9 5

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.