Partick Thistle and Ayr United supporters have their most valued supporter gear on for this first game week of a new Premiership Play-Offs campaign. GO!
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.
Partick Thistle form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Partick as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 16 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses from 36 games. The team scored 39 goals at home last season and conceded 20. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Partick Thistle have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 11 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
Ayr United form and stats
A job perfectly done for Ayr United last season as they secured promotion from Championship. With a grand total of 16 wins, 10 draws and 10 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 9 were in away matches.
We have checked recent matches where Ayr have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Partick Thistle have not lost in the last 4 fixtures (3-1-0) versus Ayr United.The two teams in this fixture also met each other previously this match year: Partick Thistle - Ayr United 3-0. One of the stars has been Graham with 9 goals scored against Ayr United in these 10 meetings.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Akinyemi 20 goals |   B. Graham 14 goals |  S. Tiffoney 8 goals |
Partick Thistle missing players
Ayr United missing players
| Partick Thistle | Ayr United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 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% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 7.7 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.3 | 13.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 73% | 64% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Partick Thistle | Last season | Ayr United | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 9 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 65 | 39 | Scored | S | 33 | 61 | ||
| 45 | 20 | Conceded | C | 26 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 78% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 81% | ||
| 61% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 42% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 39% | ||
| 25% | 28% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 19% | ||
| 53% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 28% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 31% | ||
| 28% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 22% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 39% | ||
| 7.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 |
