This game was marked in the calendar a long time ago by supporters of both teams, as it's the first Premiership Play-Offs match of the season. Both Ayr United and Partick Thistle are hoping for a positive start to their league adventure.
It's no vacation for neither Ayr United nor Partick Thistle 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.
Ayr United form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Ayr as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 16 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses from 36 games. The team scored 28 goals at home last season and conceded 17. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
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 Ayr United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Partick Thistle form and stats
A job perfectly done for Partick Thistle last season as they secured promotion from Championship. With a grand total of 16 wins, 9 draws and 11 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Partick Thistle playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Partick wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Partick Thistle have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (4-1-0) against Ayr United.The newest archived result involving both these sides is the Ayr - Partick Thistle 0-5 played previously this season. Akinyemi (Ayr United) was sent off when these teams last played each other. Graham likes to meet Ayr United and have scored 8 goals in these matches.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Akinyemi 20 goals |   B. Graham 14 goals |  J. Mullin 8 goals |
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| Ayr United | Partick Thistle | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 16 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 7.5 | 8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10.8 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 90% | 76% |
| 13.5 | 12 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 1.5 | 4.2 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Ayr United | Last season | Partick Thistle | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 61 | 28 | Scored | S | 26 | 65 | ||
| 43 | 17 | Conceded | C | 25 | 45 | ||
| 92% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 56% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 61% | ||
| 39% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 42% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 25% | ||
| 56% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 28% | 28% | ||
| 22% | 28% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 28% | ||
| 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.6 | 6.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 38% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.6 | 7.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | Dundee | 36 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 66 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 61 | 43 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 52 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 11 | 58 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 57 |
| 5 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 57 |
| 6 | Inverness CT | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 47 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 5 | 55 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 46 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 25 | -3 | 43 |
| 8 | Arbroath | 36 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 47 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 25 | -18 | 34 |
| 9 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 63 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 33 | -32 | 31 |
| 10 | Cove Rangers | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 75 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 41 | -37 | 31 |
