With their 6 point advantage in the league table, Ayr United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Alloa Athletic.
- Ayr United is in the worst form (0-3-3)
- Alloa Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
This pitch has grass, which is not Alloa Athletic's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Alloa Athletic have performed like this: Played 33 matches resulting in 5 wins, 10 draws and 18 defeats with the goal stats 42-65 (scored/conceded).
Ayr United form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Ayr United, who have the most clean sheets (5) in Championship, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Ayr.
Ayr United drew their last game, 0-0 away at Dunfermline Athletic (placed 2nd). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Queen of the South (2-3).
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Ayr's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played one game, won zero matches, drawn one and lost zero.
Ayr are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 5 games. As for guarding their own goal, Ayr have only let in 2 goals at home.
Alloa Athletic form and stats
Playing away, Alloa Athletic, who have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Championship, have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Championship this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Alloa Athletic in their previous game, as they lost their Championship-match, hosting Hearts, 1-3. A 2-3 loss hosting Cove Rangers before that.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Alloa Athletic when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning one game.
Alloa are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games. Alloa have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Alloa Athletic - Ayr 0-2. Ayr United-Alloa Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ayr United seven wins, Alloa Athletic two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. McCowan 3 goals |  K. Cawley 3 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Alloa Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Alloa Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 28 |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 83% |
| 42% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 58% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 58% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 58% |
| 42% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 60% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 2.2 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 8.2 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 3.6 | 6.4 |
| 2.9 | 2.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 46% | 38% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 46% |
- Alloa Athletic has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Championship
- Alloa Athletic has the the worst goal difference (-16) in Championship
- Alloa Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Alloa Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Championship
- Ayr United has the most clean sheets (5) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Championship
- Ayr United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Ayr United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ayr United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Alloa Athletic have scored away.
- Ayr United is in the worst form (0-3-3)
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 30 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Dundee | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 8 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -16 | 8 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -10 | 7 |