2nd position in the Championship table for Ayr United so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 5th-placed Arbroath visits Somerset Park.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Scottish Cup.
Ayr United form and stats
12 points is a decent return from 6 Championship games here at Somerset Park for Ayr United. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
The fans are hoping that Ayr United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Championship game against Queen of the South (placed 7th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Partick Thistle in a game that was won 4-1.
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 United's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won 0 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ayr United, as the Championship home game vs Dunfermline Athletic is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and Ayr United are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 6 league matches. Ayr United have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Arbroath form and stats
Arbroath have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-0-5 (7 played). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Arbroath have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Arbroath's previous game versus Auchinleck Talbot, a Scottish Cup 3-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Auchinleck Talbot that ended 1-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Arbroath playing away, we found two games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 1 home win.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Arbroath have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Arbroath - Ayr United 0-3. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ayr United won 7 games, 1 match ended with a draw and Arbroath has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 8 / 2Top Goalscorers
  A. Forrest 8 goals |  L. McCowan 5 goals |   B. Linn 5 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Arbroath missing players
| Ayr United | Arbroath | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 69% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 43% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 36% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 43% | 36% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.9 | 6.3 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | 77 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 51 | 125 |
| 78 | 39 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 16 | 44 |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | 32% |
- Arbroath has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Ayr United has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dundee United | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 33 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 4 | Dundee | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 21 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Dunfermline Athletic | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 12 |