Ayr United prepare to do battle with Dunfermline Athletic in this Championship fixture. All you must know about the fixture is found right here!
- Dunfermline Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Championship
Not a lot of time to rest for the home team, as they featured in a Championship fixture only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus Raith Rovers, was also a home game here at Somerset Park. The away team is better rested.
Ayr United form and stats
Two Championship home games so far for Ayr United, who are yet to win here at Somerset Park. Only 1 point so far.
M. McKenzie was the last player to score a league goal for Ayr United and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Ayr haven't scored in 183 minutes.
The Ayr crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Raith Rovers here at Somerset Park in a Championship match.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Inverness CT.The manager D. Hopkin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rangers U21 in only three days.
Early season league goal statistics from Ayr United's 2 home games: 2 goals, 4 conceded.
Dunfermline Athletic form and stats
The visitors settled for one point in their first Championship away game of the season. During their previous season 13 away games resulted in 1 win, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
K. O'Hara was the last player to score for the away team. Dunfermline haven't scored a league goal in the last 196 minutes.
Dunfermline's previous game was their home loss versus Arbroath (0-3).
Prior to that match, the Dunfermline Athletic manager P. Grant faced defeat when travelling to Rangers and losing 0-5.It's early days yet, but Dunfermline Athletic has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
Head to head data (for the preceeding ten meetings): Ayr won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Dunfermline Athletic managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  M. McKenzie 1 goals | T. Adeloye 1 goals |  K. O'Hara 1 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Dunfermline Athletic missing players
| Ayr United | Dunfermline Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 7 | 6.3 |
| 6.5 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 2.2 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.2 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 9 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 50% | 22% |
- Dunfermline Athletic have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Championship
- Dunfermline Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) in Championship
| Ayr United | Last season | Dunfermline Athletic | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 11 | Scored | S | 14 | 38 | ||
| 37 | 12 | Conceded | C | 21 | 34 | ||
| 81% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 81% | ||
| 74% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 59% | ||
| 41% | 23% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 30% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 37% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 26% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 30% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 26% | ||
| 41% | 54% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 37% | ||
| 4.3 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 6.2 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.6 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 40% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inverness CT | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Arbroath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Ayr United | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 1 |
| 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 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |