It's advantage Ayr United so far with their 3rd position in the Championship table, welcoming Dunfermline Athletic who are placed 6th.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Championship.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Somerset Park. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
In their previous game, the manager M. Kerr led his Ayr United to a defeat in the Championship match away at Queen of the South. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Somerset Park. Ahead of that match, Ayr United won a home game hosting Partick Thistle (4-1).
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ayr United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won 7 times, drawn 1 and lost 1.
Ayr United are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Inverness CT awaits in four days.
The Ayr United manager M. Kerr has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. On the other hand, Ayr United have conceded 7 goals.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Dunfermline Athletic so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Dunfermline Athletic have lost on their last two travels.
The supporters enjoyed Dunfermline Athletic's previous game versus Partick Thistle (placed 10th), a Championship 5-1 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Stranraer's place.
As mentioned above, Dunfermline Athletic was the only team on the pitch versus Partick Thistle in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention K. Nisbet's lethal finishing against Partick Thistle. 4 goals was a big reason for the three points.
Dunfermline Athletic are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of five matches.
After this away game Dunfermline Athletic return home for a Championship game against Greenock Morton. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Dunfermline Athletic are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 6 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by Dunfermline Athletic in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Ayr United 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ayr United 3 wins, 3 draws and Dunfermline Athletic 4 victories. As for goals, 2 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 8 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Nisbet 10 goals |   A. Forrest 8 goals |  L. McCowan 5 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 86% |
| 69% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 54% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
| 46% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 23% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 15% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.8 | 6.7 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.6 |
| 4.9 | 6.3 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.7 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 153 | 77 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 55 | 137 |
| 78 | 39 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 21 | 51 |
| 36% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 41% |
- Ayr United has the fewest matches under the total-line (4)
- Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Dunfermline Athletic has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- Dunfermline Athletic 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 | Inverness CT | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 26 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Dundee | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 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 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 19 |
| 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 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 14 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -12 | 12 |