Season ticket holders at Palmerston Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Queen of the South languishing in the 9th position so far. The guesting Ayr United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It's no vacation for neither Queen of the South 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.
It should be mentioned that Ayr United play their home matches on grass, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on artifical turf. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Ayr United on artifical turf are 7 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats from twelve games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 19-16. You can compare this with overall results below.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen of the South's struggle is real here at Palmerston Park with only 14 points collected from 14 Championship games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-2-8. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts. The home stadium (Palmerston Park) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Queen of the South it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
The fans are hoping that Queen of the South will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Championship game against Inverness CT (placed 2nd). A 1-1 draw away before that, with Dunfermline Athletic the opponent.
Queen of the South has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. 20 goals have been conceded.
Ayr United form and stats
Playing away, Ayr United have won 6 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Championship this season.
A. Forrest was the last player to score for the away team. Ayr United haven't scored a league goal in the last 278 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Ayr United, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Dundee in the Championship. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Dundee.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ayr United manager M. Kerr as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Arbroath.
The travelling fans enjoy Ayr United's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. In the opposite end, Ayr United have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ayr United - Queen of the South 1-2, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Queen of the South won four, Ayr United won three and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Forrest 10 goals |  S. Dobbie 8 goals | L. McCowan 5 goals |
Queen of the South missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Queen of the South | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 13 | 20 | 38 |
| 40 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 74% |
| 43% | 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 54% | 48% |
| 29% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 46% | 30% |
| 7% | 14% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 60% | 31% | 22% |
| 43% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 46% | 48% |
| 21% | 21% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 23% | 30% |
| 43% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 30% |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 300 | 159 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 47 | 107 | 273 |
| 118 | 56 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 28 | 53 | 127 |
| 24% | 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 38% | 29% |
- Ayr United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Ayr United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Ayr United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Queen of the South haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Queen of the South is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 |