Championship fixture tips and news & stats for the Ayr United vs Arbroath battle

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Somerset Park (10185 seats)

Receiving guests at their own home feels comfortable and friendly for Ayr United, but Arbroath are fully set and able to get all three points. What will the score be?

Insights:
  • Ayr United have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (33) in Championship

Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last game. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!

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Ayr United form and stats

Ayr United have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Ayr United's last game was hosting Raith Rovers (placed 3rd) and winning 2-0.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Queen of the South (0-3).

Ayr United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games. Ayr have conceded 14 in these home matches.

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Arbroath form and stats

Arbroath's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Arbroath collect 21 points from their 10 away matches in the Championship. 6 victories and 3 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). In general it has been a productive period now for Arbroath as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

196 minutes! That's how long the Arbroath goalkeeper Derek Gaston and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Arbroath's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Inverness CT (placed 2nd).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Dunfermline Athletic.

Arbroath are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 10 away games so far. Arbroath are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Arbroath - Ayr 1-1 was the result in these contenders' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Data for the last ten meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Ayr United, four draws and four wins for Arbroath. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
13 goals
Ayr UnitedT. Adeloye
T. Adeloye
7 goals
ArbroathA. Dowds
A. Dowds
5 goals

Ayr United missing players

Arbroath missing players

Ayr United Arbroath
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 4 10 20
4 3 1 Won W 3 6 10
6 4 1 Drew D 1 3 8
9 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
18 12 4 Scored S 10 18 33
32 14 4 Conceded C 2 7 14
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 85%
84% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 70%
53% 50% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 45%
32% 40% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
42% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 40% 45%
16% 20% 33% Clean Sheets C S 75% 60% 50%
47% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
3.7 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 6.7 6.8
6.4 4.8 3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5 4.2
1.6 1.4 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
2 2 2 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
6.8 8.2 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 10.1 11.4
2.4 2.4 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.8 4.8 5
40% 50% 80% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 38% 33%
 
9.8 8.7 9 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9 8.2
3.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arbroath have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Arbroath have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Arbroath have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most points (21) away in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most points from losing position (9) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals (33) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most scored goals in the second half (20) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Championship
  • Arbroath have the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
  • Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Arbroath is in the best form (4-2-0) in Championship
  • Ayr United have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Championship
  • Ayr United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
  • Ayr United have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
  • Ayr United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Championship
  • Ayr United have the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Championship
  • Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Arbroath 20 10 8 2 33 14 10 4 5 1 15 7 10 6 3 1 18 7 19 38
2 Inverness CT 19 10 5 4 26 14 9 6 0 3 12 7 10 4 5 1 14 7 12 35
3 Raith Rovers 20 9 7 4 27 19 10 5 4 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 11 7 8 34
4 Kilmarnock 19 10 3 6 24 14 9 4 1 4 11 8 10 6 2 2 13 6 10 33
5 Partick Thistle 18 9 4 5 30 16 9 5 2 2 12 6 9 4 2 3 18 10 14 31
6 Hamilton Academical 20 6 5 9 22 34 10 3 1 6 8 19 10 3 4 3 14 15 -12 23
7 Ayr United 19 4 6 9 18 32 10 3 4 3 12 14 9 1 2 6 6 18 -14 18
8 Queen of the South 19 4 5 10 19 29 10 2 3 5 7 11 9 2 2 5 12 18 -10 17
9 Dunfermline Athletic 19 2 9 8 18 31 10 1 5 4 10 18 9 1 4 4 8 13 -13 15
10 Greenock Morton 19 2 8 9 17 31 9 0 5 4 10 19 10 2 3 5 7 12 -14 14

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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.