Championship: Two sides who have done splendidly up to now. Get ready for Ayr United - Dundee with this broad preview!
- Ayr United have the most scored goals (38) in Championship
- Dundee is in the best form (4-2-0) in Championship
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Ayr United form and stats
4-4-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Ayr United so far this season.
Ayr faced defeat in their previous match, away at Partick Thistle (2-3). Until that loss this club had gone seven consecutive league games without losing.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Raith Rovers.This is expected to be a close game, with Ayr United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ayr United as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Ayr United has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 1.
Sports bettors, take note: A review of the 17 latest league games reveals that 13 of them had at least one goal from each team.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (19 in 9 games), Ayr's attacking play is working.
Dundee form and stats
Playing away, Dundee have won 4 games, drawn 3 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. The fact that Dundee have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
The Dundee goalkeeper Adam Legzdins is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 324 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Two travels in a row for Dundee, whose boss Bowyer could celebrate last time after the Challenge Cup win against Falkirk.
Prior to that result Dundee won their away game at Inverness CT in the Championship. The scoreline was 1-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Dundee in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Dundee, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Dundee find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Dundee in these games.
Head 2 Head
Dundee - Ayr United 2-1 was the output when these two contenders last met, also in this season. Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Ayr United, one draw and five wins for Dundee. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Akinyemi 15 goals |  Z. Robinson 7 goals |  P. McMullan 5 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dundee missing players
| Ayr United | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 38 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 25 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 89% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 71% |
| 72% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 44% | 53% |
| 56% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 41% |
| 33% | 22% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 24% |
| 72% | 56% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 53% |
| 22% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | 47% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.4 | 6.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 12.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| 5.1 | 5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 42% | 42% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 38% | 39% |
| 9.1 | 9.1 | 23 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 8.8 | 8.2 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
- Ayr United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Ayr United have the most scored goals (38) in Championship
- Ayr United have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Championship
- Ayr United have the the best goal difference (+13) in Championship
- Dundee have the most clean sheets (8) in Championship
- Dundee have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Dundee is in the best form (4-2-0) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ayr United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 32 |
| 2 | Dundee | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 23 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 8 | Cove Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 18 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | -19 | 11 |
