National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ayr United or St. Johnstone that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. That game, against Aberdeen, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for St. Johnstone.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the Scottish Cup.Ayr United have collected 19 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-1-4.
The home team returns to Somerset Park after being equal after 90 minutes with Partick Thistle on their last time out; the Championship game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Ayr United won a home game hosting Inverness CT (1-0).
Ayr United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Somerset Park with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Ayr United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Johnstone form and stats
St. Johnstone's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 5th round.St. Johnstone play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Aberdeen. Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Hearts in the Premiership.
After this away game St. Johnstone return home for a Premiership game against Motherwell. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Ayr United, one draw and one win for St. Johnstone. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  A. Forrest 9 goals |  L. McCowan 5 goals |  C. Moore 4 goals |
Ayr United missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Ayr United | St. Johnstone | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 8 | 25 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 19 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 40% | ||
| 5.7 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 270 | 156 | Total Shots | T S | 94 | 238 | ||
| 124 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 92 | ||
| 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 27% | ||
| 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 United | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 36 |
| 3 | Ayr United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 35 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Arbroath | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 31 |
| 6 | Dundee | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -4 | 30 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 27 |
| 8 | Queen of the South | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 25 |
| 9 | Alloa Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 25 |
| 10 | Partick Thistle | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -13 | 23 |