8th- against 6th place might not seem all that tempting to look into. But look: Tipsway has the knowledge that makes Ayr United - Hamilton Academical (even) more intriguing!
- Ayr United have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
10-10-15 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Hamilton Academical when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 35 matches are 43-58 (scored/conceded).
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their last game. Let's look for an animated fixture!
Ayr United form and stats
4 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Ayr United have to build on here at Somerset Park in the Championship. Ayr United are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Somerset Park, having lost their two previous games here.
Ayr shared the glory with Greenock Morton in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1.
Heartbreak before that as Ayr United lost 0-1 at Arbroath's place.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ayr have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.
21 goals have been conceded.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
The visitors are W4-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Hamilton Academical goalkeeper Ryan Fulton is eager to challenge this, with his 218 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Academical's previous game versus Queen of the South (placed 10th), a 1-0 win played at home.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Partick Thistle with the score of 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Hamilton Academical in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hamilton Academical, three draws and zero defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Hamilton Academical have scored 20 goals in 15 league games away. Academical have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Hamilton Academical - Ayr United 1-1 was the result in these participants' last h2h match, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Ayr wins - draws - Hamilton Academical wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 10 goals |  A. Ryan 9 goals |  D. Moyo 6 goals |
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| Ayr United | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 31 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 36 |
| 45 | 21 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 20 | 45 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 87% | 94% |
| 77% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 73% | 71% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | 45% |
| 26% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 26% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 10% |
| 45% | 47% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 47% | 48% |
| 16% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 27% | 26% |
| 42% | 40% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 40% | 32% |
| 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.7 | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7.2 | 7.8 | 5.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
| 38% | 44% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 31% |
| 9.2 | 8.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
- Ayr United have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Championship
- Ayr United have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Championship
- Ayr United have the most conceded goals in the first half (28) in Championship
- Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 59 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 31 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 55 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 49 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 45 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 43 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -9 | 38 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 24 | -14 | 33 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 31 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 31 | 47 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 29 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 29 | -15 | 26 |
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