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Dunfermline Athletic

LLLLLL 🆘

Dunfermline Athletic will be hoping to bounce back here following the 1-0 Championship loss in their previous game against Hamilton Academical.

Reghan Tumilty (26') scored for Hamilton Academical.

Under three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Dunfermline Athletic have been involved. With regard to the goal split in that period, opposing sides scored a total of 10 while Dunfermline Athletic managed a tally of 1.

Their past results show that Dunfermline Athletic:

• haven't lost in the league to Ayr United in their previous 3 games.
• are without a home win in the past 4 matches in the league. Their fans aren't happy.

Ayr United

WWWWWW ✅

Ayr United will come into the game after a 2-0 Championship win against Raith Rovers in their last outing.

For Ayr United, the scorers were Anton Dowds (40') and Ethan Walker (90').

A very clinical Ayr United have helped themselves to a surfeit of goals in their past 6 games (19 to be precise). That’s given them the enviable mean average of 3.17 goals scored per match for this period of time. We will see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Ahead of this clash, Ayr United are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 05/02/2022 shows that Dunfermline Athletic have won 2 of these & Ayr United 1, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

18 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 from The Pars and 8 being from The Honest Men. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

The previous league match between the two was Championship match day 36 on 03/05/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Ayr United 3-3 Dunfermline Athletic.

The match was refereed by Willie Collum.

📰 Team News: Dunfermline Athletic

Looking at personnel, there is just the sole fitness concern for the Dunfermline Athletic manager James McPake to contend with from an otherwise fully-primed group. Matty Todd (Broken collarbone) misses out.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Dunfermline Athletic are capable enough to put one past this Ayr United team, although one goal might not prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a 1-2 winning margin for Ayr United after the 90. Let’s see what eventuates.

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Peter Guest, 13:03 31/08/2024