Queen of the South hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 7 points and a 8th position in the Championship table. Visiting Ayr United holds 6th place with 13 pts.
- Queen of the South has the most conceded goals (25) in Championship
- Ayr United has the most clean sheets (4) in Championship
It's no vacation for neither Queen nor Ayr United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Queen's stadium, Palmerston Park, has a artifical turf surface. Ayr United have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Ayr United when playing on artifical turf; 6 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses from ten matches. They have scored 16 goals in these games and conceded 13.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South, who have the most conceded goals (25) in Championship, have collected 3 points from their Championship home games so far after 1-0-3. The Queen of the South manager A. Johnston might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Queen in their previous game, a Championship match away at Raith Rovers (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Queen of the South lost 1-3 at home to Dundee.
Queen has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. As for conceded goals, Queen's unpleasant statistic is 11 goals surrendered.
Ayr United form and stats
Playing away, Ayr United, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Championship, have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Championship this season. Ayr has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Ayr's last game was the home draw against Greenock Morton (1-1). A 3-5 defeat away at Hearts before that.
The travelling fans enjoy Ayr's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 5 league matches away. The Ayr manager M. Kerr has some worries about the defense as 11 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ayr United - Queen 2-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Queen won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Ayr United has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  S. Dobbie 4 goals |  L. McCowan 3 goals | A. Murdoch 1 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Ayr United missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 25 | 11 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 60% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 40% |
| 40% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 30% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 20% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 80% | 60% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 40% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8.7 | 10.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.3 | 9 | 8.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.8 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 60% | 50% |
- All of Ayr United's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Queen of the South's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ayr United has the most clean sheets (4) in Championship
- Ayr United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ayr United have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Queen of the South has the fewest points (3) at home in Championship
- Queen of the South has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Queen of the South has the most conceded goals (25) in Championship
- Queen of the South has the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Championship
- Queen of the South have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Queen of the South have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Queen of the South 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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 24 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Dundee | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 14 |
| 6 | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -13 | 7 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 7 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 5 |