This could be an interesting match as Ayr United have their presumed home advantage while Raith Rovers are ahead 0 points in the Championship table.
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (16) in Championship
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Ayr United form and stats
Seven points from three Championship home games is a great start for Ayr United, who are hoping to build on that form here at Somerset Park.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Viljani Sinisalo not having conceded a league goal in 272 minutes.
It's back home for Ayr, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Alloa Athletic away with the result 2-0. L. McCowan and A. Murdoch found the net in that victory. A League Cup defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Livingston.
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 nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost five.
The Ayr United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Ayr have only let in 1 goal at home.
Raith Rovers form and stats
Raith Rovers, who have the most scored goals (16) in Championship, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Championship, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Rovers's last game was the home draw against Dunfermline Athletic (2-2). A 0-2 defeat away at Inverness CT before that.
Drawing 2-2 against Dunfermline Athletic after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager J. McGlynn needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Raith Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Rovers wins, two draws and one defeat.
Rovers have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 6 goals from 3 away matches. As for defending, Raith Rovers rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 5 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ayr won three games, four matches ended with a draw and Raith Rovers has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  D. Armstrong 3 goals |  R. Matthews 3 goals |  L. McCowan 1 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Raith Rovers missing players
| Ayr United | Raith Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.3 | 4.7 | 2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 6.7 | 9 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 47% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 46% | 55% |
- All of Raith Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ayr United has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most dropped points from leading position (5) in Championship
- Ayr United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals (16) in Championship
- Raith Rovers has the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Championship
- Raith Rovers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Raith Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Dundee | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
| 9 | Arbroath | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 2 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -11 | 1 |