Season ticket holders at Somerset Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Ayr United languishing in the 7th position so far. The guesting Dunfermline Athletic will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Ayr United have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic is in the worst form (1-1-4)
Ayr United have less rest than Dunfermline Athletic in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Championship game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Dundee, was also a home game here at Somerset Park. The away team is better rested.
Ayr United form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Ayr United, who have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Championship, have to build on here at Somerset Park in the Championship.
The Ayr crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Dundee here at Somerset Park in a Championship match. Ahead of that match, Ayr lost 0-1 at home to Clyde.
Ayr United have scored 10 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
There's been little loot from Dunfermline Athletic's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 11 away games in the Championship. Dunfermline Athletic only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 5 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Dunfermline Athletic have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Alloa Athletic game.
Dunfermline delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Hearts (placed 1st) in their previous match; a Championship game. Preceding that game, the 1-5 loss visiting Raith Rovers's place.
A new game in only three days for Dunfermline Athletic, the Championship home match versus Dundee. Busy days.
Dunfermline Athletic have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 13 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Dunfermline have conceded 19 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Dunfermline Athletic - Ayr 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Ayr victories, three draws and three Dunfermline Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. McManus 7 goals |  C. Smith 6 goals | K. O'Hara 6 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 28 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 30 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 19 | 28 |
| 83% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 82% | 82% |
| 74% | 64% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | 59% |
| 39% | 27% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 45% | 50% |
| 26% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 36% |
| 17% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | 27% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 18% | 27% |
| 39% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 45% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 7.3 | 3.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 3.1 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 39% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | 34% |
- Ayr United have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 47 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 36 |
| 3 | Dundee | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 36 |
| 4 | Inverness CT | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 33 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 31 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 44 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -8 | 30 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Arbroath | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 25 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 25 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -24 | 18 |