Ayr United - Dunfermline Athletic: Championship cellar sides desperate for points and praise. Here are all the available numbers and information before the fixture!
- Ayr United have the fewest scored goals (20) in Championship
The hosts Ayr United saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Championship. That game was an away game at Partick Thistle, so at least Ayr United are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Ayr United form and stats
When playing at home in the Championship, Ayr United, who have the fewest scored goals (20) in Championship, have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games.
Ayr lost their last game at Partick Thistle (placed 5th) after a 0-1 scoreline.
Before that, Ayr United played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Hamilton Academical.The manager Bullen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Kilmarnock in only four days.
The Ayr United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. 16 goals have been conceded. Ayr has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Dunfermline Athletic have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-4-5 (11 played).
Dunfermline Athletic play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Queen of the South (placed 10th).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Inverness CT.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Dunfermline Athletic's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 18 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
The latest head to head meeting ended Dunfermline Athletic - Ayr United 3-0, earlier this season. Last ten meetings featuring these squads: Ayr won three, Dunfermline Athletic were winners in four and we saw three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 7 goals |  K. O'Hara 4 goals | L. McCann 4 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 20 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 36 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 37 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 83% |
| 78% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 64% | 70% |
| 43% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 45% | 52% |
| 26% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 18% | 13% |
| 39% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 45% | 43% |
| 17% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 30% |
| 48% | 42% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 45% | 43% |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 6.3 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 7.7 | 8.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 40% | 50% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 42% | 34% |
| 9.3 | 8.5 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 11.1 | 9.8 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- Ayr United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
- Ayr United have the fewest scored goals (20) in Championship
- Ayr United have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Championship
- Ayr United have the most conceded goals in the first half (21) in Championship
- Ayr United have the the worst goal difference (-16) 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 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 44 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 36 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -13 | 25 |
| 7 | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -16 | 22 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -14 | 19 |
