Ayr United manager M. Kerr looking for three points in Queen of the South showdown

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 17.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Somerset Park (10185 seats)

New season, new opportunities: Here's what you need to know before the Ayr United - Queen of the South match!

It's no vacation for neither Ayr nor Queen of the South 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Queen of the South have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-9-13 (win-draw-loss) from 31 matches.

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Ayr United form and stats

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 eight games) they have won five times, drawn one and lost two.

Ayr United have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and one practice match played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Ayr scored 2 goals and let in 2 goals during these one game.

Last season, Ayr United's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Championship. Over these 27 matches they scored 38 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Ayr United managed 6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 14 conceded.

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Queen of the South form and stats

Queen of the South are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, six draws and four defeats. From a total of twelve matches.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Queen have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeats from one fixture.

Let's have a look at how Queen of the South performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 9th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 7 draws and 14 defeats. In total they scored 28 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 11/20 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Ayr, three draws and four wins for Queen of the South. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Ayr United missing players

Queen of the South missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ayr United Queen of the South
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Ayr United Last season Queen of the South
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 14   Played P   14 28
12 6   Won W   3 7
4 3   Drew D   5 7
11 5   Lost L   6 14
38 18   Scored S   11 28
35 14   Conceded C   20 40
93% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 93%
74% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 71%
48% 43%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   43% 43%
30% 14%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 29%
22% 14%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 7%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   43% 43%
30% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 21%
30% 29%   Failed to Score F T   50% 43%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.8 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
2 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
273 166   Total Shots T S   141 300
127 74   Shots on Target S O   62 118
29% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 Dundee United 28 18 5 5 52 22 14 10 3 1 35 10 14 8 2 4 17 12 30 59
2 Inverness CT 27 14 3 10 39 32 13 8 2 3 24 14 14 6 1 7 15 18 7 45
3 Dundee 27 11 8 8 32 31 13 7 2 4 17 14 14 4 6 4 15 17 1 41
4 Ayr United 27 12 4 11 38 35 14 6 3 5 18 14 13 6 1 6 20 21 3 40
5 Dunfermline Athletic 28 10 7 11 41 36 15 7 3 5 25 17 13 3 4 6 16 19 5 37
6 Arbroath 26 10 6 10 24 26 13 6 4 3 14 10 13 4 2 7 10 16 -2 36
7 Greenock Morton 28 10 6 12 45 52 14 6 5 3 27 22 14 4 1 9 18 30 -7 36
8 Alloa Athletic 28 7 10 11 33 43 14 4 4 6 12 19 14 3 6 5 21 24 -10 31
9 Queen of the South 28 7 7 14 28 40 14 4 2 8 17 20 14 3 5 6 11 20 -12 28
10 Partick Thistle 27 6 8 13 32 47 13 2 4 7 13 22 14 4 4 6 19 25 -15 26

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Alloa Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen of the South 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Raith Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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