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Ayr United v Dunfermline Athletic : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 29th Mar, 15:00 BST, Somerset Park, Ayr

Scott Brown and Michael O'Neill clash in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as Ayr United face Dunfermline Athletic at the Somerset Park. All of the key statistics for the clash, including head-to-heads, predictions and odds from leading bookmakers across seventeen major markets are covered in this in-depth preview. It's all here with the aim of helping you make a well informed, intelligent bet.


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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Ayr United
62%
--
Draw
22%
--
Dunfermline
16%
--
Ayr United 1-0
13%
--
Ayr United 2-0
12%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Ayr United 2-1
10%
--
Ayr United 3-0
7%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Ayr United 3-1
6%
--
Dunfermline 1-0
6%
--
Dunfermline 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Ayr United 4-0
3%
--
Ayr United 4-1
3%
--
Ayr United 3-2
2%
--
Dunfermline 2-0
2%
--
Ayr United 5-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
38%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
47%
--
BTTS - No
53%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
7%
--
Home/draw
84%
--
Away/draw
38%
--
Home/away
78%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
77%
--
Away DNB
31%
--
Ayr United win to nil
37%
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Dunfermline win to nil
9%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Ayr United have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 3rd place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Ayr United have outscored their opponents by 49 goals to 26 goals.

Home League Performance

Ayr United have played 14 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored 32 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 13 goals at home.

Dunfermline are in 9th position in the Championship on 27 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

12 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 7 goals in total and failed to score in 11 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 5 and won 6. Dunfermline have conceded 33 goals, scored 24, failed to score in 15 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Ayr United
Dunfermline
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Falkirk293463 
w
 
5-2A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 11
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
3-3F
l
 
1-0A
2
Livingston291755 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
1-2A
Apr 18
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
Apr 2
d
 
0-00-0
3
Ayr United H292054 
-
-
-
-
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-2A
Mar 29
4
Partick29444 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
w
 
1-4F
5
Greenock 28-337 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1A
May 2
6
Raith Rovers28-637 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-0A
7
Queen's Park29-533 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
w
 
2-3A
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 12
8
Hamilton29-2028 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 22
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 5
l
 
1-0A
9
Dunfermline A29-1127 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
w
 
0-2F
-
-
-
-
10
Airdrieonians29-3021 
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-1F
May 2
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
3
Dunfermline have lost 3 consecutive away league games
5
Dunfermline have not won in 5 consecutive away league games
5
Dunfermline have failed to score in 5 consecutive away league games
Ayr United 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Ayr United4 - 1Airdrieonians
Ayr United1 - 2Livingston
Ayr United2 - 1Partick
Ayr United3 - 0Raith Rovers
Ayr United0 - 0Greenock
Ayr United5 - 2Falkirk
Ayr United1 - 0Dunfermline
Ayr United3 - 2Queen's Park
Ayr United1 - 2Livingston
Ayr United1 - 0Greenock
Ayr United1 - 1Partick
Ayr United2 - 0Raith Rovers
Ayr United3 - 2Hamilton
Ayr United5 - 0Airdrieonians
Ayr United3 - 3Dunfermline
Ayr United5 - 0Arbroath
Ayr United1 - 1Greenock
Ayr United2 - 1Airdrieonians
Ayr United1 - 2Queen's Park
Ayr United4 - 3Partick
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AAyr United0 - 2Partick
AAyr United1 - 2Greenock
AAyr United3 - 2Queen's Park
HAyr United4 - 1Airdrieonians
HAyr United1 - 2Livingston
AAyr United2 - 2Falkirk
AAyr United2 - 0Hamilton
HAyr United2 - 1Partick
AAyr United2 - 0Dunfermline
HAyr United3 - 0Raith Rovers
HAyr United0 - 0Greenock
AAyr United1 - 0Livingston
HAyr United5 - 2Falkirk
AAyr United0 - 1Partick
HAyr United1 - 0Dunfermline
HAyr United3 - 2Queen's Park
AAyr United1 - 1Greenock
AAyr United0 - 2Raith Rovers
AAyr United1 - 0Airdrieonians
HAyr United1 - 2Livingston
Dunfermline 9TH
20 league games
Away
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
8 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
12 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Raith Rovers2 - 0Dunfermline
Falkirk1 - 0Dunfermline
Hamilton1 - 0Dunfermline
Livingston0 - 0Dunfermline
Airdrieonians3 - 0Dunfermline
Partick1 - 4Dunfermline
Greenock 2 - 0Dunfermline
Raith Rovers2 - 0Dunfermline
Ayr United1 - 0Dunfermline
Queen's Park2 - 1Dunfermline
Falkirk2 - 1Dunfermline
Airdrieonians1 - 1Dunfermline
Partick1 - 0Dunfermline
Hamilton1 - 0Dunfermline
Livingston2 - 0Dunfermline
Ayr United3 - 3Dunfermline
Airdrieonians2 - 1Dunfermline
Arbroath2 - 3Dunfermline
Greenock 0 - 1Dunfermline
Raith Rovers2 - 0Dunfermline
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ADunfermline0 - 2Raith Rovers
ADunfermline0 - 1Falkirk
HDunfermline2 - 1Greenock
ADunfermline0 - 1Hamilton
HDunfermline0 - 0Queen's Park
ADunfermline0 - 0Livingston
HDunfermline3 - 1Raith Rovers
ADunfermline0 - 3Airdrieonians
HDunfermline0 - 2Ayr United
ADunfermline4 - 1Partick
HDunfermline3 - 3Falkirk
ADunfermline0 - 2Greenock
ADunfermline0 - 2Raith Rovers
HDunfermline3 - 2Hamilton
ADunfermline0 - 1Ayr United
HDunfermline1 - 0Airdrieonians
ADunfermline1 - 2Queen's Park
HDunfermline0 - 1Partick
HDunfermline3 - 0Livingston
ADunfermline1 - 2Falkirk
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
7
Ayr United have not lost to Dunfermline in 7 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Ayr United since 2016
Ayr United
Dunfermline
Goals: Scored
15
13
Games: Scored
7 / 12
9 / 12
Clean sheets
3 / 12
5 / 12
AYR
3
D
6
DUN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ayr United
Ayr United1 - 0
Draw3 - 3Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Ayr United3 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Dunfermline
0 - 1Dunfermline
Ayr United4 - 1
0 - 2Dunfermline
Draw0 - 0Draw
League games at Dunfermline since 2016
Dunfermline
Ayr United
Goals: Scored
12
11
Games: Scored
6 / 13
9 / 13
Clean sheets
4 / 13
7 / 13
AYR
5
D
4
DUN
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dunfermline
0 - 2Ayr United
Draw1 - 1Draw
Dunfermline2 - 0
0 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline2 - 1
Dunfermline3 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline3 - 2
0 - 1Ayr United
Draw0 - 0Draw
0 - 1Ayr United
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics
Ayr United 3rd Dunfermline 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
16%
1
29%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
12%
There is a 84% probability that Ayr United will score 1 or more goals
0
44%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 80% probability of Dunfermline scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+44
Ayr United have scored 44% more goals at home than predicted
-25
Dunfermline have scored 25% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Ayr United
PG (predicted goals)
Dunfermline
1.9
0.8
Attack rating
44%
better
AYR
DUN
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Games scored24
13
Failed to score5
16
Scored first17
8
Goals scored49
26
Avg. goals scored1.7
0.9
Avg. shots per game10
9
Avg. shots per goal6
10
Conversion rate for17
10
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+44%
Defence rating
24%
better
AYR
DUN
view stats
Games conceded18
23
Clean sheets11
6
Conceded first11
18
Goals conceded29
37
Avg. goals conceded1
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded7
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+24%

Ayr United v Dunfermline Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Ayr United Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291388
G StangerG OakleyJ HendersonB Dempsey
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Stanger DEF2531
6
-
J Henderson MID2578
-
G Oakley FWD25132
6
-
B Dempsey MID2431
8
-
M Rus MID2136
5
-
M McKenzie FWD212
1
-
S McMann DEF201
3
-
P Reading DEF191
1
-
J Hastie FWD171
1
-
J Murphy MID1611
1
-
N McAllister DEF152
6
1
D Watret DEF1522
2
-
C McLennan FWD1523
4
-
F Musonda DEF141
3
-
E Walker FWD131
1
-
L. Russell GLK11
-
H Stone GLK8
-
C McKinnon MID71
1
-
C Main FWD74
-
M Devlin  DEF6
4
-
A Dowds FWD65
-
L. Agbaire DEF5
1
-
R Mutch GLK1
-
D. Craig MID1
-
Dunfermline Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
271046
E OtooC KaneD WotherspoonE Otoo
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
E Otoo DEF2521
6
-
A Comrie DEF23
4
-
D Wotherspoon MID2214
5
1
L McCann FWD2232
3
-
K Ngwenya DEF201
2
-
C Hamilton MID20
5
-
O Oluwayemi GLK19
2
-
K Benedictus DEF192
2
1
K Ritchie-Hosler MID191
4
-
C Kane FWD18101
3
-
J. Cooper MID1741
1
-
J Chalmers MID15
1
-
M Todd MID143
1
-
T. Fogarty DEF10
5
-
C Clay MID10
5
-
D Mebude FWD101
1
-
C. Young FWD7
-
A. Stevens FWD7
-
D Mehmet GLK6
-
J Mullen DEF6
2
-
T Oakley-Boothe MID6
2
-
M O'Halloran FWD4
-
E. Yeboah FWD3
-
O Taylor-Clarke MID2
-
O. Hampson MID1
-
A. Tod MID1
-