National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ayr United or St. Mirren that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago. That game, against Dundee United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for St. Mirren.
Ayr United form and stats
Ayr United participated in Scottish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The story so far in the Championship for Ayr United at their home stadium (Somerset Park) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The Ayr United crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Greenock Morton here at Somerset Park in a Championship match.
Previous to that game, a Championship home match hosting Arbroath in a game that was won 1-0.The Ayr United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 12 matches. Ayr United's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
St. Mirren form and stats
Mirren's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the semi-finals.It's the second away game in a row for St. Mirren, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Dundee United in the Premiership last time out. Kiltie, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.01. Kiltie signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
It was a Premiership defeat before that one as the away game against Rangers wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aberdeen in just three days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Ayr United zero wins, two draws and St. Mirren six victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Adeloye 7 goals |   E. Brophy 6 goals |  J. Shaughnessy 3 goals |
Ayr United missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Ayr United | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 27 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 25 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 80% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 32% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 40% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 36% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6 | ||
| 6.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 12.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | ||
| 9.5 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 13.9 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arbroath | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 41 |
| 2 | Inverness CT | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 3 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Raith Rovers | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| 5 | Partick Thistle | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -13 | 24 |
| 7 | Ayr United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -15 | 21 |
| 8 | Greenock Morton | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 9 | Queen of the South | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -12 | 18 |
| 10 | Dunfermline Athletic | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 18 |
