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

Sat 15th Feb, 15:00 BST, Falkirk Community Stadium, Falkirk

John McGlynn and Scott Brown pit their wits in the Championship on Saturday afternoon, as Falkirk face Ayr United at the Falkirk Community Stadium. All of the key statistics for the tie, 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 the most well-informed bet possible.


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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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Falkirk
52%
--
Draw
28%
--
Ayr United
21%
--
Falkirk 1-0
16%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Draw 0-0
12%
--
Falkirk 2-0
11%
--
Ayr United 1-0
9%
--
Falkirk 2-1
8%
--
Falkirk 3-0
5%
--
Ayr United 2-1
5%
--
Falkirk 3-1
4%
--
Ayr United 2-0
3%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Falkirk 4-0
2%
--
Falkirk 3-2
1%
--
Falkirk 4-1
1%
--
Ayr United 3-1
1%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
35%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
65%
--
Home 1st Goal
54%
--
Away 1st Goal
38%
--
No 1st Goal
9%
--
BTTS - Yes
39%
--
BTTS - No
61%
--
BTTS - Home Win
16%
--
BTTS - Draw
16%
--
BTTS - Away Win
7%
--
Home/draw
79%
--
Away/draw
48%
--
Home/away
72%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
62%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
38%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
16%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
84%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
6%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
94%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
2%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
98%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
88%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
12%
--
Home DNB
71%
--
Away DNB
40%
--
Falkirk win to nil
35%
--
Ayr United win to nil
13%
--
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Win / draw / win Championship table

Falkirk have played 22 matches so far this season and are in 2nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

2 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn zero and won 1. Falkirk have conceded 5 goals, scored 4, scored in every game and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Falkirk have played 11 games at home, winning 8, drawing 2 and losing 1 fixture. They have scored 21 goals, conceded 5 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Ayr United lay in 1st place on 47 points in the Championship league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 23 games against teams below them in the table, winning 14, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored 38 goals and kept 11 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Ayr United have conceded 18 goals and have failed to score in 4 matches.

Away league performance

Ayr United have played 11 away games, winning 5, drawing 3 and losing 3 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.7 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Falkirk
Ayr United
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Ayr United A232047 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
5-2F
Feb 15
Apr 12
-
-
-
-
2
Falkirk H222146 
-
-
-
-
w
 
5-2A
l
 
2-0A
Apr 12
Feb 15
3
Livingston231545 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2A
Mar 29
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
Feb 22
Apr 19
4
Partick23636 
w
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Feb 8
Apr 26
d
 
1-1F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 15
5
Queen's Park23-129 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 15
w
 
3-2F
d
 
1-1A
Apr 26
Mar 4
6
Greenock 21-427 
w
 
6-0F
w
 
2-3A
Apr 5
Feb 21
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 8
7
Raith Rovers22-827 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 19
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-0A
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
8
Dunfermline23-822 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 8
d
 
3-3A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
Mar 29
w
 
0-2F
9
Hamilton22-1521 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-3F
May 2
Mar 1
w
 
3-2F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 22
w
 
0-2F
10
Airdrieonians22-2612 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
Mar 22
Mar 4
w
 
5-0F
w
 
0-1F
Mar 1
May 2
Promotion
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Win / draw / win form
Falkirk 2ND
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Falkirk1 - 2Livingston
Falkirk0 - 0Queen's Park
Falkirk1 - 0Hamilton
Falkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
Falkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
Falkirk6 - 0Greenock
Falkirk2 - 1Dunfermline
Falkirk0 - 0Livingston
Falkirk2 - 0Ayr United
Falkirk2 - 1Partick
Falkirk2 - 1Queen's Park
Falkirk3 - 2Ross County
Falkirk0 - 2Greenock
Falkirk1 - 2Alloa Athletic
Falkirk1 - 1Partick
Falkirk2 - 0Ayr United
Falkirk1 - 1Dundee Utd
Falkirk3 - 0Queen'South
Falkirk2 - 2Inverness
Falkirk2 - 4Dunfermline
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
12
D
4
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HFalkirk1 - 2Livingston
AFalkirk2 - 0Raith Rovers
HFalkirk0 - 0Queen's Park
AFalkirk3 - 3Dunfermline
HFalkirk1 - 0Hamilton
AFalkirk2 - 5Ayr United
HFalkirk3 - 0Raith Rovers
AFalkirk1 - 0Queen's Park
AFalkirk0 - 1Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
HFalkirk6 - 0Greenock
HFalkirk2 - 1Dunfermline
AFalkirk3 - 1Hamilton
AFalkirk1 - 1Partick
HFalkirk0 - 0Livingston
HFalkirk2 - 0Ayr United
AFalkirk0 - 1Raith Rovers
AFalkirk2 - 0Airdrieonians
AFalkirk3 - 2Greenock
HFalkirk2 - 1Partick
Ayr United 1ST
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Hamilton0 - 2Ayr United
Dunfermline0 - 2Ayr United
Livingston0 - 1Ayr United
Partick1 - 0Ayr United
Greenock 1 - 1Ayr United
Raith Rovers2 - 0Ayr United
Airdrieonians0 - 1Ayr United
Falkirk2 - 0Ayr United
Queen's Park1 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline1 - 1Ayr United
Hamilton0 - 2Ayr United
Partick0 - 0Ayr United
Dundee Utd1 - 0Ayr United
Raith Rovers2 - 1Ayr United
Inverness1 - 2Ayr United
Dunfermline2 - 0Ayr United
Airdrieonians2 - 3Ayr United
Queen's Park1 - 2Ayr United
Arbroath0 - 0Ayr United
Greenock 3 - 0Ayr United
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
AAyr United0 - 2Falkirk
HAyr United1 - 0Greenock
AAyr United1 - 1Queen's Park
HAyr United1 - 1Partick
AAyr United1 - 1Dunfermline
HAyr United2 - 0Raith Rovers
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Falkirk since 2016
Falkirk
Ayr United
Goals: Scored
7
2
Games: Scored
4 / 5
2 / 5
Clean sheets
3 / 5
1 / 5
FKK
3
D
1
AYR
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Falkirk
Falkirk2 - 0
Falkirk2 - 0
0 - 1Ayr United
Draw1 - 1Draw
Falkirk2 - 0
League games at Ayr United since 2016
Ayr United
Falkirk
Goals: Scored
9
10
Games: Scored
3 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
2 / 5
FKK
3
AYR
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Ayr United
Ayr United5 - 2
0 - 1Falkirk
Ayr United3 - 2
1 - 4Falkirk
0 - 1Falkirk
Goal Statistics

Ayr United's defensive record is very strong, S. Brown's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Championship outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.4 for Falkirk makes sense in this context.

Falkirk 2nd Ayr United 1st
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Falkirk will score no more than 1 goal
0
47%
1
35%
2
13%
3
4+
There is a 82% probability of Ayr United scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+1
Falkirk’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-26
Ayr United have scored 26% fewer goals when away than predicted
1.8
average goals scored
1.0
average goals scored
1.0
conceded
1.0
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season
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Falkirk
PG (predicted goals)
Ayr United
1.4
0.8
Attack rating
%
better
FKK
AYR
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
FKK
AYR
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Falkirk Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22646
N. HogarthB SpencerC MillerB Spencer
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N. Hogarth GLK19
1
-
K. Adams DEF1923
2
-
L Henderson DEF193
5
-
B Spencer MID1962
6
-
E Ross MID1941
1
-
C Miller MID1954
-
D Tait MID1822
6
-
G Oliver FWD1811
2
-
A. Agyeman FWD1841
2
-
F. Yeats MID17
1
-
A Nesbitt MID1522
3
-
R MacIver FWD1431
2
-
S Mackie DEF1021
5
-
L Mccann DEF10
-
C Donaldson DEF81
-
T Lang DEF2
1
-
B. Stewart FWD2
-
E Brophy FWD1
-
Ayr United Championship squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
231168
G StangerG OakleyJ HendersonB Dempsey
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Stanger DEF1921
5
-
J Henderson MID1966
-
G Oakley FWD19111
4
-
B Dempsey MID1821
8
-
P Reading DEF16
1
-
M McKenzie FWD162
-
N McAllister DEF151
5
1
M Rus MID1513
4
-
D Watret DEF1422
2
-
S McMann DEF141
2
-
J Murphy MID1411
1
-
J Hastie FWD131
1
-
F Musonda DEF121
3
-
L. Russell GLK11
-
C McLennan FWD1022
4
-
E Walker FWD81
1
-
H Stone GLK7
-
M Devlin  DEF6
4
-
A Dowds FWD65
-
C McKinnon MID2
-
L. Agbaire DEF1
1
-
D. Craig MID1
-
C Main FWD1
-