Ayr United have come here for an engaging duel versus the hosting Inverness CT. Get smart on the game with this in-depth Championship preview!
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.
Inverness CT form and stats
Inverness CT have only played one Championship game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 3 wins, 8 draws and 2 defeats from 13 matches.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Inverness, as their goalkeeper Mark Ridgers has completely shut out the opponents for 203 minutes in the Championship.
Inverness's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Raith Rovers (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Manager W. Dodds felt very clever after R. MacGregor scored the winning goal against Raith Rovers, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Arbroath and winning 1-0.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Inverness's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won two matches, drawn one and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Inverness CT's 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Championship were 3 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats from 14 fixtures.
There were no winners in Ayr's previous match, a League Cup home game that ended 1-1 vs Dundee United (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Arbroath in the Championship.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Ayr playing away, we found two games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and zero home wins.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Ayr United has managed 0 goals and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Inverness-Ayr United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inverness CT six wins, Ayr United one win, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. MacGregor 1 goals | S. Sutherland 1 goals |  M. McKenzie 1 goals |
Inverness CT missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Inverness CT | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 5.5 | 9 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3 | 3 | 7.5 |
| 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Inverness CT | Last season | Ayr United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 81% | ||
| 78% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 74% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 41% | ||
| 26% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 30% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 15% | ||
| 63% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 26% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 30% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 41% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 6.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Partick Thistle | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 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 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |