Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Ayr United & Stranraer face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Stranraer played their last game only three days ago, a League Cup match.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United participated in League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Ayr United's two home games in the Championship so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Somerset Park. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the League Cup for Ayr United.
Ayr drew their last game, also a home match. Dunfermline Athletic was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Greenock Morton (2-3).
At Somerset Park, Ayr United has the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Stranraer form and stats
They also participated in League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of Stranraer playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cowdenbeath.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager S. Farrell when D. Duffy scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute.
Stranraer have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Ayr victories, three draws and two Stranraer wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pereira Victoria 1 goals | T. Orr 1 goals |
Ayr United missing players
Stranraer missing players
| Ayr United | Stranraer | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Scored | S | 13 | 25 | ||
| 32 | 10 | Conceded | C | 29 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 46% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 206 | 117 | Total Shots | T S | 100 | 195 | ||
| 83 | 48 | Shots on Target | S O | 41 | 84 | ||
| 29% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Stranraer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 5 | Albion Rovers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 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 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | Dunfermline Athletic | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ayr United | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Dundee | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -3 | 5 |
| 7 | Inverness CT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 8 | Alloa Athletic | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 10 | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queen's Park | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Stenhousemuir | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Elgin City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Annan Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Stranraer | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 9 | Albion Rovers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -10 | 3 |