The season is still fairly new and the Championship table has to be read with caution. So far Ayr United find themselves in 5th position and Dunfermline Athletic are placed 1st.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ayr United form and stats
The hosts won their first Championship game here at Somerset Park, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Ayr United last season were 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from 14 games.
Ayr United lost their last game at Greenock Morton (placed 4th) after a 2-3 scoreline. 1-1 away at Inverness CT before that.
A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Greenock Morton) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.
Ayr United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
Only one away game in the Championship so far for Dunfermline Athletic and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 6 losses from 13 travels.
Dunfermline go into this game after a win, the home game against Queen of the South that ended 3-2. Prior to that result Dunfermline won their away game at Alloa Athletic. The scoreline was 4-1.
It's early days yet, but Dunfermline Athletic has scored 4 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Ayr-Dunfermline Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Ayr United four wins, Dunfermline Athletic four wins, two draws. two of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Murray 2 goals |  R. Dow 2 goals |  P. Watson 1 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | 5 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 11 | 30 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 80% | 62% |
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most conceded goals in the second half (5) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic has the most scored goals (10) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic has the most scored goals in the second half (6) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic is in the best form (3-0-0)
| Ayr United | Last season | Dunfermline Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 28 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 35 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 93% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 74% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 82% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 39% | ||
| 30% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 29% | ||
| 22% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 18% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 54% | ||
| 30% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 25% | ||
| 30% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 25% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 273 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 277 | ||
| 127 | 74 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 106 | ||
| 29% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Dundee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dundee | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 40 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 37 |
| 6 | Arbroath | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -2 | 36 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 24 | -10 | 31 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -12 | 28 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -15 | 26 |