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Ayr United v Raith Rovers FC : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 4th Jan, 15:00 BST, Somerset Park, Ayr

We’ve Championship action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Scott Brown and his Ayr United side host John-Paul Potter’s Raith Rovers FC at the Somerset Park. Below you'll find unique statistics for the biggest betting markets, from from under 0.5 goals to over 5.5, including form and historical head to head (H2H) data. Predictions are generated from these, and the odds come straight from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


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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
63%
--
Draw
21%
--
Raith Rovers
16%
--
Ayr United 1-0
11%
--
Ayr United 2-0
11%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Ayr United 2-1
10%
--
Ayr United 3-0
7%
--
Ayr United 3-1
6%
--
Draw 0-0
6%
--
Raith Rovers 1-0
5%
--
Raith Rovers 2-1
4%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Ayr United 4-0
4%
--
Ayr United 4-1
3%
--
Ayr United 3-2
3%
--
Raith Rovers 2-0
2%
--
Ayr United 5-0
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Home 1st Goal
58%
--
Away 1st Goal
39%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
27%
--
BTTS - Draw
15%
--
BTTS - Away Win
8%
--
Home/draw
84%
--
Away/draw
37%
--
Home/away
79%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
32%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
68%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
--
Home DNB
78%
--
Away DNB
31%
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Ayr United win to nil
36%
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Raith Rovers win to nil
8%
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Ayr United have played 18 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 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 8, drawn 4 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 6 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Ayr United have outscored their opponents by 29 goals to 17 goals.

Home League Performance

Ayr United have played 9 games at home winning 7, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 22 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Raith Rovers are in 6th position in the Championship on 21 points having played 17 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

6 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 14 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 4 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

10 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 4. Raith Rovers have conceded 11 goals, scored 9, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Ayr United
Raith Rovers
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Falkirk182041 
w
 
5-2A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 12
Feb 15
w
 
1-0F
l
 
3-0A
Jan 25
Apr 19
2
Livingston181336 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
Feb 22
Apr 19
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
Dec 28
Mar 8
3
Ayr United H181234 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
Apr 5
Jan 4
4
Partick17929 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
Jan 25
Mar 15
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Feb 15
Mar 22
5
Queen's Park18025 
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
Feb 25
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 1
May 2
6
Raith Rovers A17-521 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
Jan 4
Apr 5
-
-
-
-
7
Greenock 17-619 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Dec 28
Mar 8
l
 
2-3A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 26
Jan 11
8
Hamilton17-718 
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 22
Feb 1
d
 
3-3A
Jan 28
Feb 22
Mar 29
9
Dunfermline18-815 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
Jan 11
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
Mar 15
Feb 1
10
Airdrieonians18-286 
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-1F
Mar 1
May 2
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 12
Feb 25
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Win / draw / win form
Ayr United 3RD
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
45
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
20 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
0 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Ayr United1 - 2Raith Rovers
Ayr United1 - 2Dundee Utd
Ayr United2 - 0Arbroath
Ayr United1 - 3Inverness
Ayr United2 - 2Dunfermline
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AAyr United0 - 2Falkirk
HAyr United1 - 0Greenock
AAyr United1 - 1Queen's Park
HAyr United1 - 1Partick
AAyr United1 - 1Dunfermline
HAyr United2 - 0Raith Rovers
HAyr United3 - 2Hamilton
HAyr United5 - 0Airdrieonians
AAyr United2 - 0Hamilton
HAyr United3 - 3Dunfermline
AAyr United0 - 0Partick
Raith Rovers 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
17
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Queen's Park1 - 2Raith Rovers
Falkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
Partick1 - 1Raith Rovers
Livingston2 - 1Raith Rovers
Greenock 2 - 0Raith Rovers
Dunfermline2 - 0Raith Rovers
Ayr United2 - 0Raith Rovers
Airdrieonians1 - 0Raith Rovers
Greenock 0 - 0Raith Rovers
Inverness0 - 1Raith Rovers
Dundee Utd2 - 0Raith Rovers
Queen's Park0 - 0Raith Rovers
Partick0 - 1Raith Rovers
Arbroath3 - 2Raith Rovers
Ayr United1 - 2Raith Rovers
Airdrieonians1 - 0Raith Rovers
Dunfermline1 - 2Raith Rovers
Dundee Utd0 - 1Raith Rovers
Arbroath1 - 2Raith Rovers
Inverness1 - 2Raith Rovers
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ARaith Rovers2 - 1Queen's Park
HRaith Rovers2 - 0Dunfermline
ARaith Rovers0 - 3Falkirk
HRaith Rovers2 - 3Greenock
ARaith Rovers1 - 1Partick
HRaith Rovers2 - 0Ayr United
HRaith Rovers1 - 0Airdrieonians
ARaith Rovers1 - 2Livingston
HRaith Rovers1 - 1Queen's Park
ARaith Rovers0 - 2Greenock
HRaith Rovers1 - 0Falkirk
HRaith Rovers3 - 3Hamilton
ARaith Rovers0 - 2Dunfermline
HRaith Rovers0 - 1Livingston
ARaith Rovers0 - 2Ayr United
HRaith Rovers1 - 0Partick
ARaith Rovers0 - 1Airdrieonians
HRaith Rovers5 - 0Arbroath
ARaith Rovers0 - 0Greenock
ARaith Rovers1 - 0Inverness
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Ayr United since 2016
Ayr United
Raith Rovers
Goals: Scored
11
9
Games: Scored
8 / 11
5 / 11
Clean sheets
6 / 11
3 / 11
AYR
5
D
2
RAI
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ayr United
Ayr United2 - 0
1 - 2Raith Rovers
1 - 2Raith Rovers
Ayr United1 - 0
Ayr United2 - 0
Ayr United2 - 0
0 - 2Raith Rovers
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Ayr United1 - 0
0 - 2Raith Rovers
League games at Raith Rovers since 2016
Raith Rovers
Ayr United
Goals: Scored
16
14
Games: Scored
7 / 10
7 / 10
Clean sheets
3 / 10
3 / 10
AYR
1
D
4
RAI
5
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Raith Rovers
Raith Rovers2 - 0
Raith Rovers2 - 1
Draw4 - 4Draw
Draw0 - 0Draw
Raith Rovers3 - 2
0 - 4Ayr United
Raith Rovers2 - 1
Draw0 - 0Draw
Raith Rovers2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for Ayr United in their clash with Raith Rovers FC, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 19 consecutive Championship matches.

Ayr United 3rd Raith Rovers 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.9
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
27%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Ayr United will score 1 or more goals
0
42%
1
36%
2
16%
3
4+
There is a 78% probability of Raith Rovers scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+47
Ayr United have scored 47% more goals at home than predicted
-28
Raith Rovers have scored 28% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.3
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Ayr United
PG (predicted goals)
Raith Rovers
2
0.9
Attack rating
28%
better
AYR
RAI
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Games scored15
11
Failed to score3
6
Scored first10
8
Goals scored29
17
Avg. goals scored1.6
1
Avg. shots per game12
9
Avg. shots per goal7
9
Conversion rate for14
12
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
16%
better
AYR
RAI
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Games conceded11
12
Clean sheets7
5
Conceded first8
9
Goals conceded17
22
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
14%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+16%

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

Ayr United Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18566
G StangerJ HendersonJ HendersonB Dempsey
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Stanger DEF1811
5
-
J Henderson MID1856
-
G Oakley FWD1851
3
-
B Dempsey MID1721
6
-
P Reading DEF15
1
-
M McKenzie FWD151
-
M Rus MID1413
4
-
D Watret DEF1322
2
-
S McMann DEF131
1
-
J Murphy MID131
1
-
A Bavidge FWD132
1
-
F Musonda DEF121
3
-
J Hastie FWD12
1
-
L. Russell GLK11
-
N McAllister DEF111
4
-
R Howley MID9
3
-
R. Syla MID9
2
-
E Walker FWD81
1
-
H Stone GLK6
-
M Devlin  DEF6
3
-
A Dowds FWD65
-
J. Hislop FWD2
1
-
S Tomlinson MID1
-
Raith Rovers Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17516
M DabrowskiD EastonL StevensonD Easton
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Dabrowski GLK17
1
-
L Stevenson DEF1711
4
-
D Easton FWD1651
5
1
P Hanlon DEF15
1
-
S Byrne MID15
4
1
L Jamieson FWD153
1
-
L Dick DEF14
2
1
R Matthews MID13
5
-
J Hamilton FWD133
-
E Murray DEF11
1
1
J Mullin MID11
3
-
L. Gibson FWD11
2
-
C Smith FWD11
-
A Connolly FWD101
2
-
S Brown MID81
5
-
C Fordyce DEF7
-
S Stanton MID71
-
K Freeman DEF5
-
K. Montagu MID5
1
-
L Vaughan FWD4
1
-