Kilmarnock should not await any gifts from hosting team Ayr United in this Championship fixture. Here's our thorough match guide!
- Ayr United have the most points from losing position (5) in Championship
- Kilmarnock have the most points (11) away in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Ayr United nor Kilmarnock as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
6-4-24 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Kilmarnock 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 34 matches are 24-54 (scored/conceded).
Ayr United form and stats
2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Ayr United so far this season.
Ayr United travelled for their previous game, a trip to Arbroath that ended 1-1. J. Afolabi was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Arbroath after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Queen of the South.Ayr United are traveling soon after this match as the Championship match at Raith Rovers awaits in four days.
Ayr United has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Ayr have conceded 6 in these home matches.
Kilmarnock form and stats
Playing away, Kilmarnock have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 0 defeats in the Championship this season. Visiting Kilmarnock has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Impressive finishing from O. Shaw and D. Armstrong secured the home win 2-1 against Hamilton Academical in their previous game. D. Armstrong came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Hamilton Academical last time out, making the manager T. Wright feel like a tactical genius.
A 2-2 draw at Dunfermline Athletic's stadium before that.A new game in only four days for Kilmarnock, the Championship home match versus Queen of the South. Busy days.
Kilmarnock have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. Kilmarnock are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 2 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Ayr United and Kilmarnock have faced each other already this season: Kilmarnock - Ayr 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ayr United one win, one draw and Kilmarnock three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 4 goals |   O. Shaw 3 goals |  S. Robinson 2 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Kilmarnock missing players
| Ayr United | Kilmarnock | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 60% |
| 50% | 40% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 20% |
| 3.7 | 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 7.1 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6.8 | 8.8 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9 | 9.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 45% | 54% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 54% | 42% |
- Ayr United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ayr United have the most points from losing position (5) in Championship
- Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Kilmarnock have not yet lost a game away.
- Kilmarnock have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Kilmarnock have the most clean sheets (4) away in Championship
- Kilmarnock have the most points (11) away in Championship
- Kilmarnock have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Championship
- Kilmarnock have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | Inverness CT | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Hamilton Academical | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 8 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -9 | 6 |