Ayr United have performed better than Queen of the South so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
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 (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-6-16 (win-draw-loss) from 34 matches.
Ayr United form and stats
The story so far in the Championship for Ayr United at their home stadium (Somerset Park) is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Ayr United lost their last game at Dundee United (placed 1st) after a 0-4 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Alloa Athletic in a game that was won 2-1.
Ayr United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Ayr United handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D1-L1.
A decent goal production from Ayr United in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 9 league matches. Ayr United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Queen of the South form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Queen of the South so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
The supporters enjoyed Queen of the South's previous game versus Arbroath (placed 7th), a Championship 2-0 win played at home. A loss against Partick Thistle was the result prior to that, in a home game.
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 2 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Queen of the South have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Queen of the South - Ayr United 3-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ayr United 3 wins, 3 draws and Queen of the South 4 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Forrest
8 goals
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L. McCowan
5 goals
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S. Dobbie
5 goals
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Ayr United missing players
Queen of the South missing players
| Ayr United | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
|
Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 18 |
| 28 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 71% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 35% |
| 44% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 35% |
| 17% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 28% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 62% | 41% |
| 6.2 | 7.4 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 9.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 1.5 | 1.6 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | 105 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 96 | 212 |
| 92 | 51 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 42 | 85 |
| 33% | 27% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 12% | 21% |
- Ayr United have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Queen of the South have scored away.
- Ayr United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Queen of the South has the fewest scored goals (5) away
- Queen of the South have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Queen of the South have won significantly more corners away than 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 | Dundee United | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 45 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Dundee | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Dunfermline Athletic | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 25 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 22 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -12 | 19 |
| 9 | Partick Thistle | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 14 |