Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ayr United & Queen of the South face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Queen of the South play their home fixtures on artifical turf, while this fixture takes place on grass. Relevant stats for Queen of the South when featuring on grass are 10 wins, 6 draws and 12 defeats from 28 matches. They have managed to score 45 goals and conceded 51 times on these occasions.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Ayr United form and stats
Last season, Ayr United's League Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.5 victories, 7 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Ayr United have to build on here at Somerset Park in the Championship.
The home regulars saw a 0-0 draw versus Elgin City in the League Cup last time out and are hoping for a win here.
Ahead of that match, Ayr won a home game hosting Partick Thistle (3-1).The Ayr United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 18 matches. Ayr United have conceded 25 in these home matches.
Queen of the South form and stats
Queen's mission in League Cup last season failed in the group stage.Queen of the South have only collected 16 points from their away games in the Championship, after 4-4-10 (18 played).
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, a League Cup home loss versus Annan Athletic with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Dunfermline Athletic at their stadium, the result 2-1.A new game in only four days for Queen of the South, the League Cup home match versus St. Johnstone. Busy days.
Queen have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 23 goals have been scored. Queen of the South's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 35 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the last ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: three wins for Ayr United, two draws and five wins for Queen of the South. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Ayr United missing players
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| Ayr United | Queen of the South | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 36% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 8.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.1 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Annan Athletic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Elgin City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | St. Johnstone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 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 |
