Only three points will do for the Ayr United regulars in this Somerset Park clash with Cove Rangers, seeing as they have a solid lead on the opposition in the Championship table.
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals (62) in Championship
Cove Rangers play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture will take part on grass. The latest results for Cove Rangers when playing on grass are 5 wins, 6 draws and 14 defeats from 25 matches. They have created {23 goals} and conceded 52 times on these occasions.
The hosts Ayr United saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Championship. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Dundee.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United have collected 20 points from their Championship home games so far after 5-5-4. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Ayr, their manager Bullen and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Ayr United are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Dundee.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Hamilton Academical with a 2-0 scoreline.A decent goal production from Ayr United in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 14 league matches. Ayr have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Cove Rangers form and stats
Cove Rangers have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-4-9 (14 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Cove Rangers who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Arbroath was the last time a defeat was avoided.
There might be some fixture complaints from Cove Rangers as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-6 against Raith Rovers. Cove Rangers lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-6 beating and focus on this one.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Queen's Park's place.Cove find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cove Rangers's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 37 goals in 14 travels. Cove Rangers has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Ayr have pulled off a streak of 4 consecutive matches without losing (3-1-0) when playing Cove Rangers.These sides faced each other previously this match year: Cove Rangers - Ayr United 0-5.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Akinyemi 18 goals |  L. McIntosh 8 goals |  B. Dempsey 7 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Ayr United | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 6 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 53 | 23 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 15 | 34 |
| 38 | 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 37 | 62 |
| 93% | 93% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 71% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 79% | 86% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 59% |
| 48% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 38% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 59% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 64% | 55% |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 21% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 29% | 28% |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10.7 | 6.7 | 5.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 11.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 41% | 41% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 36% | 37% |
| 9.1 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.4 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
- Cove Rangers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cove Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cove Rangers have the fewest clean sheets (1) away in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the fewest points (7) away in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals (37) away in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals (62) in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the most conceded goals in the second half (36) in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-22) away in Championship
- Cove Rangers have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Championship
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cove Rangers is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 54 |
| 2 | Dundee | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 53 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 46 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 43 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 26 | -2 | 36 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 62 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 37 | -28 | 26 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -16 | 25 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 25 |
