Ayr United vs Clyde in Scottish Cup preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Scotland Scottish Cup
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Somerset Park (10185 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ayr United or Clyde that keep their silverware dream alive.

Clyde could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League One game only two sleeps ago. That game, against East Fife, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Clyde.

Ayr's stadium, Somerset Park, has a grass surface. Clyde have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Clyde when playing on grass; 16 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses from 33 matches. They have scored 43 goals in these games and conceded 36.

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Ayr United form and stats

This is not the first game this season in the Scottish Cup for Ayr, as the manager D. Hopkin led his troops to eliminate Elgin City, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.

Ayr United have played 10 Championship games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-3 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Ayr, facing Alloa Athletic in a game that ended 2-2. In the game before, an away victory in the Scottish Cup match versus Elgin City with a 4-0 scoreline.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Championship game versus Dundee in only three days. This game is also played here at Somerset Park.

Ayr are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 10 games. Ayr have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Clyde form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Keith in order to reach 3rd Round of Scottish Cup. Clyde's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 5th round.

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Clyde in their League One matches away.

Two away games in a row for Clyde, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus East Fife in the League One. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Peterhead at their stadium, the result 2-0.

A new game in only three days for Clyde, the League One home match versus Cove Rangers. Busy days.

Clyde have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 6 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Clyde have conceded 11 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Ayr-Clyde H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Ayr United three wins, Clyde two wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Ayr UnitedC. Smith
C. Smith
6 goals
ClydeD. Goodwillie
D. Goodwillie
6 goals
Ayr UnitedL. McCowan
L. McCowan
5 goals

Ayr United missing players

Clyde missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ayr United Clyde
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
7 3   Won W   3 9
9 5   Drew D   1 1
9 3   Lost L   9 15
33 11   Scored S   13 30
32 9   Conceded C   22 46
84% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 80%
40% 18%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 56%
32% 9%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 36%
16% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 28%
48% 45%   BTTS BTTS   38% 44%
32% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 16%
36% 45%   Failed to Score F T   46% 40%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.7 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.2
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.2 8   Shots (avg) S (   6.8 7.8
3.2 3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.7 3.4
41% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   37% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hearts 22 14 4 4 50 24 12 9 1 2 35 16 10 5 3 2 15 8 26 46
2 Raith Rovers 22 10 6 6 39 27 11 6 2 3 22 12 11 4 4 3 17 15 12 36
3 Dundee 21 9 6 6 40 37 11 7 2 2 22 15 10 2 4 4 18 22 3 33
4 Inverness CT 22 7 9 6 28 23 11 3 6 2 13 10 11 4 3 4 15 13 5 30
5 Dunfermline Athletic 21 8 6 7 30 28 10 7 1 2 17 9 11 1 5 5 13 19 2 30
6 Queen of the South 22 9 3 10 36 44 10 4 2 4 16 20 12 5 1 6 20 24 -8 30
7 Ayr United 22 6 8 8 28 27 10 3 4 3 10 8 12 3 4 5 18 19 1 26
8 Greenock Morton 22 6 7 9 19 27 11 4 3 4 12 13 11 2 4 5 7 14 -8 25
9 Arbroath 22 5 7 10 17 27 11 3 5 3 10 10 11 2 2 7 7 17 -10 22
10 Alloa Athletic 22 4 6 12 26 49 12 2 5 5 16 27 10 2 1 7 10 22 -23 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Falkirk 14 8 4 2 23 9 8 4 3 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 14 5 14 28
2 Cove Rangers 14 7 3 4 18 10 7 5 0 2 13 6 7 2 3 2 5 4 8 24
3 Montrose 14 6 4 4 24 19 7 3 2 2 13 8 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 22
4 Partick Thistle 13 5 5 3 16 11 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 4 5 20
5 East Fife 13 6 2 5 16 17 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 1 0 5 5 13 -1 20
6 Airdrieonians 14 6 1 7 20 18 6 2 1 3 10 8 8 4 0 4 10 10 2 19
7 Peterhead 14 6 1 7 12 15 7 3 1 3 5 7 7 3 0 4 7 8 -3 19
8 Clyde 12 4 1 7 14 25 6 2 0 4 7 14 6 2 1 3 7 11 -11 13
9 Dumbarton 13 3 3 7 6 14 6 2 0 4 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 8 -8 12
10 Forfar Athletic 13 2 4 7 8 19 6 0 1 5 3 11 7 2 3 2 5 8 -11 10

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 Falkirk 14 8 4 2 23 9 8 4 3 1 9 4 6 4 1 1 14 5 14 28
2 Cove Rangers 14 7 3 4 18 10 7 5 0 2 13 6 7 2 3 2 5 4 8 24
3 Montrose 14 6 4 4 24 19 7 3 2 2 13 8 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 22
4 Partick Thistle 13 5 5 3 16 11 7 2 4 1 9 7 6 3 1 2 7 4 5 20
5 East Fife 13 6 2 5 16 17 7 5 2 0 11 4 6 1 0 5 5 13 -1 20
6 Airdrieonians 14 6 1 7 20 18 6 2 1 3 10 8 8 4 0 4 10 10 2 19
7 Peterhead 14 6 1 7 12 15 7 3 1 3 5 7 7 3 0 4 7 8 -3 19
8 Clyde 12 4 1 7 14 25 6 2 0 4 7 14 6 2 1 3 7 11 -11 13
9 Dumbarton 13 3 3 7 6 14 6 2 0 4 2 6 7 1 3 3 4 8 -8 12
10 Forfar Athletic 13 2 4 7 8 19 6 0 1 5 3 11 7 2 3 2 5 8 -11 10

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