Championship: Kilmarnock expected to win home game against Ayr United

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Mon 02.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: BBSP Stadium Rugby Park (18128 seats)

It's ground zero in Championship - the first game of the season. Read the full preview and see how Kilmarnock and Ayr United did in their pre-season friendlies!

Kilmarnock and Ayr United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

5-2-3 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Ayr United when playing away games on artifical turf, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has grass). Their goal statistics from those ten matches are 18-13 (scored/conceded).

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Kilmarnock form and stats

Disaster struck Kilmarnock last season as they could not defend their status as a Premiership team. With 15 defeats from 30 games, and only 9 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Kilmarnock are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W6 D5 L4.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Kilmarnock, who have participated in two training matches. Kilmarnock have won 1 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.

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Ayr United form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ayr United performed last season in the Championship: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 6 victories, 11 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded 37 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 5 and lost 6 with 20/25 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Kilmarnock victories, one draw and one Ayr United win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Kilmarnock missing players

Ayr United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Kilmarnock Ayr United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Kilmarnock Last season Ayr United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   14 27
10 6   Won W   3 6
6 5   Drew D   5 11
22 8   Lost L   6 10
43 30   Scored S   20 31
54 27   Conceded C   25 37
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 81%
76% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   86% 74%
39% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   57% 41%
26% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 30%
11% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 15%
39% 58%   BTTS BTTS   57% 48%
16% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 30%
45% 26%   Failed to Score F T   29% 41%
 
5.1 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.3
5.2 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   6.1 6.2
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
6 4   Red cards R C   2 3
 
9.6 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   7.8 7.6
3.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 2.9
35% 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 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Partick Thistle 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 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

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 Arbroath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ayr United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dunfermline Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inverness CT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Kilmarnock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Partick Thistle 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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The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.