Delightful dogfight as daring Ayr United duel with determined Greenock Morton

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 25.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Somerset Park (10185 seats)

Ayr United have 7 points performing as the home team. Greenock Morton have got 4 points using the away locker rooms. What are the odds of this being a home win?

Insights:
  • All of Ayr United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Championship

Ayr United and Greenock Morton should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Ayr United form and stats

1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Ayr United have to build on here at Somerset Park in the Championship.

Ayr are returning here after visiting Hamilton Academical in a Championship game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. S. Bradley and T. Adeloye scored the goal(s).

In the game before, an away victory in the Challenge Cup match versus Rangers U21 with a 3-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ayr handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and two defeats.

Ayr have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Somerset Park with 5 goals in 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.

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Greenock Morton form and stats

Things could have gone better for Greenock Morton in their Championship away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right. It's looking increasingly bleak for Greenock who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Hamilton Academical was the last time a defeat was avoided.

S. Brynn (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Greenock haven't scored a league goal in the last 277 minutes.

The manager G. MacPherson was unhappy after their last game, a Championship match played at their home ground Cappielow Park. Greenock suffered a 0-1 loss to Raith Rovers (placed 5th).

Prior to that match, the Greenock manager G. MacPherson faced defeat when travelling to Kilmarnock and losing 0-1.

We have checked recent matches where Greenock Morton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were four victories, three draws and seven defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Greenock Morton's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 3 matches. As opposed to that, Greenock Morton have seen the ball go into their own net 4 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two participants are: four wins for Ayr, four draws and two wins for Greenock Morton. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

AyrT. Adeloye
T. Adeloye
4 goals
Ayr UnitedM. McKenzie
M. McKenzie
1 goals
Ayr UnitedC. Salkeld
C. Salkeld
1 goals

Ayr United missing players

Greenock Morton missing players

Ayr United Greenock Morton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 1
1 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
3 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 5 3 Scored S 0 1 5
8 5 1 Conceded C 3 4 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 33% 50%
33% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 50%
33% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
33% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
17% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 17%
50% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
3.3 4.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3 3.7
6.7 5.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6 5.3
2 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.8
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
6.3 8 8 Shots (avg) S ( 7 6.7 9.5
2.2 2.3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.3 3.3
54% 71% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 25%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Ayr United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Greenock Morton have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Championship
  • Greenock Morton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Greenock Morton 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 Inverness CT 6 5 1 0 7 1 3 3 0 0 5 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 6 16
2 Kilmarnock 6 5 0 1 8 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 3 3 0 0 5 0 7 15
3 Arbroath 6 4 1 1 14 4 3 2 0 1 7 2 3 2 1 0 7 2 10 13
4 Partick Thistle 6 3 0 3 11 10 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 5 6 1 9
5 Raith Rovers 5 2 1 2 7 6 2 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 7
6 Ayr United 6 2 1 3 7 8 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 7
7 Queen of the South 6 2 0 4 7 10 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 -3 6
8 Greenock Morton 6 1 1 4 5 10 3 0 1 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 4
9 Hamilton Academical 6 1 1 4 6 14 3 0 0 3 0 5 3 1 1 1 6 9 -8 4
10 Dunfermline Athletic 5 0 2 3 3 11 3 0 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 3 5 -8 2

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.