Ayr United are counting on their home following to support them in this meeting hosting Hamilton Academical. Who is the winner at Somerset Park?
- Ayr United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (29) in Championship
Ayr United and Hamilton Academical 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.
8 - 8 - 18 with 38-67. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Hamilton Academical when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Hamilton Academical play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
Ayr United form and stats
2-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Ayr United so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Ayr, facing Greenock Morton in a game that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach J. Duffy made a successful contribution in the game against Greenock Morton, bringing on T. Adeloye who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Previous to that game, a Scottish Cup home match hosting Albion Rovers in a game that was won 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ayr have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won seven times, drawn one and lost one.
The Ayr fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hamilton Academical form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hamilton Academical so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Academical's previous game versus Dunfermline Athletic (placed 9th), a Championship 1-0 win played at home.
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Kilmarnock.We have checked recent matches where Academical have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, four draws and two defeats.
The visiting Academical have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. As for defending, Hamilton Academical rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams involved encountered each other earlier this match year: Hamilton Academical - Ayr United 0-2. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - one - three (Ayr wins - draws - Hamilton Academical wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 5 goals |  A. Ryan 5 goals |  L. Smith 3 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Hamilton Academical missing players
| Ayr United | Hamilton Academical | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 28 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 29 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 71% | 69% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 44% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 19% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 19% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 44% |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 6.4 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| 1.6 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6.4 | 7.9 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.7 | 9.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 41% | 47% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 31% | 24% |
| 9.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 7.9 | 8.7 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- Ayr United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ayr United have the fewest clean sheets (2) in Championship
- Ayr United have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Championship
- Ayr United have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Championship
- Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ayr United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Hamilton Academical have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Hamilton Academical have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals (29) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the most conceded goals in the second half (20) in Championship
- Hamilton Academical have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Championship
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 29 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 28 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 16 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 14 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 13 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 13 |
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