Championship duel: Close contest expected between Queen's Park and Ayr United

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Fri 05.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Ochilview Park (5267 seats)

It's the second chance for points this season as Queen's Park and Ayr United bump heads at Ochilview Park.

Queen's Park 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.

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Queen's Park form and stats

In the previous season, Queen's Park's league statistics were 15 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses, producing 1st position in the League Two. During these 18 matches they scored 37 goals and gave away 8. Playing as the home team in the previous season Queen's Park delivered 7-2-0 (win-draw-lost) with 19 goals and 4 conceded.

The Queen's Park coach Coyle and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Inverness CT (placed 5th).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Queen's Park have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2.

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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 9 victories, 12 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 39 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 18/27 goals scored/conceded.

Ayr's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Arbroath that finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Ayr United playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 0 Ayr United wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Queen's zero wins, four draws and Ayr United six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Queen's ParkJ. Davidson
J. Davidson
1 goals

Queen's Park missing players

Ayr United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Queen's Park Ayr United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 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%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
4 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
10 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 5
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
12 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 8
7 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 2
Queen's Park Last season Ayr United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
4 2   Played P   18 36
2 0   Won W   4 9
2 2   Drew D   5 12
0 0   Lost L   9 15
4 1   Scored S   18 39
2 1   Conceded C   27 52
75% 50%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
50% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 81%
25% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 47%
0% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 28%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
50% 50%   BTTS BTTS   50% 53%
50% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 14%
25% 50%   Failed to Score F T   39% 36%
 
6.8 5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.3
4.2 4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 5.8
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 4
 
8.2 5   Shots (avg) S (   7.3 7.8
4 2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 2.9
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 38%
 
10.2 7   Shots against (avg) S A   9.7 9.2
4 2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cove Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Partick Thistle 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Greenock Morton 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Hamilton Academical 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Inverness CT 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Arbroath 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Ayr United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Raith Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 Kilmarnock 36 20 7 9 50 27 18 12 1 5 28 14 18 8 6 4 22 13 23 67
2 Arbroath 36 17 14 5 54 28 18 9 8 1 32 14 18 8 6 4 22 14 26 65
3 Inverness CT 36 16 11 9 53 34 18 10 3 5 30 17 18 6 8 4 23 17 19 59
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 18 9 4 5 17 13 18 5 6 7 29 27 6 52
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 18 5 8 5 23 26 18 7 6 5 21 18 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 18 5 5 8 16 28 18 5 7 6 22 25 -15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 18 3 9 6 23 27 18 6 4 8 13 20 -11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 18 5 7 6 21 25 18 4 5 9 18 27 -13 39
9 Dunfermline Athletic 36 7 14 15 36 53 18 5 8 5 22 24 18 2 6 10 14 29 -17 35
10 Queen of the South 36 8 9 19 36 54 18 4 5 9 13 19 18 4 4 10 23 35 -18 33

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 Cove Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Partick Thistle 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Greenock Morton 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Hamilton Academical 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Inverness CT 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Queen's Park 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
7 Arbroath 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
8 Ayr United 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Dundee 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Raith Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0

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