Match preview Championship: Inverness CT - Ayr United at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Sat 24.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Inverness CT and Ayr United battle it out at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Inverness CT form and stats

No payout for Inverness CT in their previous match, an away game at Dunfermline Athletic that ended in defeat 1-3. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cowdenbeath that ended 0-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Inverness CT handle that role? We have found seven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, one draw and one defeat.

Last season, Inverness CT's league statistics were 14 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses, resulting in a 2nd position in the Championship. Over these 27 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 32. Playing at home last season Inverness CT managed 8-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 14 conceded.

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Ayr United form and stats

Ayr won their last game, 2-1 versus Queen of the South played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Annan Athletic.

Ayr 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, two draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.

Let's have a look at how Ayr United performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 38 and conceded 35 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 1 and lost 6 with 20/21 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Inverness won seven games, two matches ended with a draw and Ayr United has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

InvernessN. Todorov
N. Todorov
1 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Ayr United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Inverness CT Ayr United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
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
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
3 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 5
1 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 3
100% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 67%
Inverness CT Last season Ayr United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   13 27
14 8   Won W   6 12
3 2   Drew D   1 4
10 3   Lost L   6 11
39 24   Scored S   20 38
32 14   Conceded C   21 35
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 93%
81% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 74%
48% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   54% 48%
26% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 30%
11% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 22%
41% 46%   BTTS BTTS   46% 48%
41% 38%   Clean Sheets C S   23% 30%
22% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 30%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.6 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.8
0 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
331 160   Total Shots T S   107 273
137 72   Shots on Target S O   53 127
28% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 29%

  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 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 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 Hearts 1 1 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Raith Rovers 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Ayr United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Greenock Morton 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Queen of the South 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Alloa Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
8 Inverness CT 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
9 Arbroath 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
10 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 0

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