Ayr Utd vs Queen's Park Prediction

Form has dipped for both sides

Ayr Utd's overall record across their last 20 matches in all competitions reads 10 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses, with 30 goals scored and 21 conceded. That looks fairly solid until you focus just on their Championship games, where they've lost four of their last six, including a home defeat to Stenhousemuir and a 1-3 loss to Inverness.

Ayr Utd: 20 completed matches; Queen's Park: 20 completed matches.

Ayr Utd

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

22

Difference

+9

Queen's Park

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

23

Difference

0

Queen's Park's league form is tougher reading. They've won only once in their last eight Championship matches, losing five of those, with three defeats on the spin through September.

Queen's Park's recent away form in the league has been particularly weak.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ayr Utd vs Queen's Park

Recent meetings lean towards Ayr Utd

The two sides met as recently as September, with Ayr Utd winning 2-0 away from home. Earlier in the year they split two meetings, a 1-1 draw followed by a 1-2 win for Queen's Park.

Going further back, this fixture has thrown up some lopsided scores in both directions over the years, so the longer history doesn't really tell us much about current form.

Both sides sit close together in the table

After eight league games apiece, Ayr Utd have 8 points in 8th place, while Queen's Park have 4 points in 9th. It's early in the season, and the gap between them is modest rather than decisive.

Four points separate two teams with quite different recent form.

What to expect on the day

Ayr Utd have scored more freely than Queen's Park across their recent matches, and they've already shown they can win at Queen's Park's ground this season. That, plus home advantage, gives them a reasonable platform going into this one.

Queen's Park's away form has been shaky, but this fixture is a month beyond the data we're working with here, so neither side's current form is guaranteed to carry through to kickoff.

Key player statistics: Ayr Utd vs Queen's Park

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