Airdrie United line up against away team Ayr United at The Albert Bartlett Stadium in the Championship tie on Friday.
For all of our match predictions, pre-game poll and statistics for Airdrie United v Ayr United, scroll down (inc. the best betting odds).
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Airdrie United
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Airdrie United enter this match following a 0-0 Championship draw vs Dunfermline Athletic.
Rhys McCabe's Airdrie United have netted a sum total of 8 times over their preceding 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that time is 5.
Coming into this clash, Airdrie United have not won against Ayr United in their last 9 league matches.
Ayr United
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In their last game, Ayr United drew 2-2 in the Championship match with Queen's Park.
For Ayr United, the scorers were Jamie Murphy (16') and Mark McKenzie (54'). Seb Drozd (22') and Roddy MacGregor (31') scored for Queen's Park.
The numbers tell their own story, and Ayr United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 10 goals in total. In defence, Ayr United have been far from perfect. It will be interesting to see if that trend will end up being sustained here.
Their prior results show that Ayr United:
- haven't been beaten by Airdrie United when they've played them away from home in the last 4 league matches. An impressive run.
- are without an away win for the past 4 matches in the league.
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Head to head
A review of their past head to head results stretching back to 16/12/2023 tells us that these encounters have been miserable for Airdrie United. They have not been able to get any victories at all whereas Ayr United have dominated them, winning in 100% of those match-ups.
A sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 4 for The Diamonds and 16 coming from The Honest Men. Thatโs an average goals per game of 3.33.
The last league clash between these clubs was Championship match day 27 on 01/03/2025 when it finished Ayr United 4-1 Airdrie United.
The match was refereed by Euan Anderson.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Airdrie United will need things to go their way to see themselves scoring against this Ayr United lineup who we reckon will win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.
Weโve gone for a hard-fought 0-1 advantage for Ayr United when the referee blows for full-time.
Expecting it to be tight.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the best odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds on the full-time result market, the win for Airdrie United is best priced at 3.2, a wager on the draw is 3.6 & taking a punt on a win for Ayr United gets you 2. Theyโre the best of the returns offered at the current time.
Renata Leite,
07:01 28/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Airdrie United
Formed: 2002
Stadium: The Albert Bartlett Stadium (10,101)
Captain: Adam Frizzell
Chairman: Paul Hetherington
Manager: Rhys McCabe
Competitions: Championship position 9
โญ Key Man: Ben Wilson
Mostly taking up the Striker position, Ben Wilson was born in N. Ireland. After making a first senior appearance for Cliftonville in the 2023 - 2024 season, the talented Forward has accumulated 9 league goals in the Championship 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 31 appearances.