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Inverness C.T. vs Ayr United Live Stream, Predictions
The Championship match at Caledonian Stadium on Saturday sees home team Inverness C.T. welcome opponents Ayr United.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Inverness C.T. v Ayr United are shown on this page (including the best match odds).
📏 Form Guide
Inverness C.T.
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Inverness C.T. go into this match after a 0-0 Championship stalemate vs Airdrie United.
In their past six games, Duncan Ferguson's Inverness C.T. have netted 7 times, an average number of goals per match equal to 1.17.
Looking at the pre-match facts, Inverness C.T.:
- have not been beaten in the league by Ayr United in their last 2 matches.
- are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.
- have not won at home in their last 8 league games. Something needs to change.
Ayr United
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Dunfermline Athletic in Championship action, Ayr United will be aiming to make amends here.
Chris Hamilton (42') and Chris Kane (45') scored for Dunfermline Athletic.
The numbers tell their own story, and Ayr United have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 13 goals in total. In defence, Ayr United certainly have room for improvement.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 19/11/2022 shows us that Inverness C.T. have won 3 of these and Ayr United 2, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A sum of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 of them from Caley Thistle and 8 netted by The Honest Men. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.
The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Championship match day 20 on 06/01/2024 which ended up with the score at Ayr United 1-3 Inverness C.T.
The referee was Gavin Duncan.
ℹ️ Team News: Inverness C.T.
The Inverness C.T. boss Duncan Ferguson has no fitness worries at all coming into this game with a fully injury-free squad to choose from.
📰 Team News: Ayr United
Owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Ayr United manager Scott Brown doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
💭 Prediction
We believe that Ayr United have the firepower to breach the defence of this Inverness C.T. outfit, however that is unlikely to be enough to avoid a loss.
We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 victory for Inverness C.T. after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira, 14:05 16/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Inverness C.T.
Formed: 1994
Stadium: Caledonian Stadium (7,512)
Captain: Billy McKay
Chairman: Ross Morrison
Manager: Duncan Ferguson
Competitions: Championship position 9
🔑 Key Player: Alex Samuel
Customarily playing in the Striker position, Alex Samuel was born in Neath, Wales. After having played his first senior match for Greenock Morton in the 2015 - 2016 season, the accomplished Forward has managed 3 league goals in the Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date in a total of 6 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 58 | LDWWL |
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28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 57 | WDLWW |
3 |
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28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 40 | LLDDL |
4 |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 37 | DWDLL |
5 |
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27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 36 | LWDWD |
6 |
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29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 35 | DWLLW |
7 |
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28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 32 | DLWDD |
8 |
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27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | -12 | 32 | LWLWL |
9 |
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28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 31 | DDDWD |
10 |
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27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -31 | 23 | DDLWL |
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Ayr United |
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Airdrie United |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
Arbroath |
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Queen's Park |
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Partick Thistle |
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Raith Rovers |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
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Partick Thistle |
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Queen's Park |
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Dundee United |
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Greenock Morton |
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Airdrie United |
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Queen's Park |
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Arbroath |
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Greenock Morton |
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Goals scored | 0.8 |
Goals conceded | 1 |
Time first goal scored | 42 |
Time first goal conceded | 65 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.4 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 2-1 |
Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.9 |
Time first goal scored | 29 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 5-2 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Billy McKay | 8 |
Nathan Shaw | 4 |
Alex Samuel | 3 |
David Wotherspoon | 3 |
Max Anderson | 2 |
Anton Dowds | 9 |
Logan Chalmers | 7 |
Jamie Murphy | 6 |
Ahkeem Rose | 3 |
Ben Dempsey | 2 |
Partick Thistle |
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Arbroath |
Queen's Park |
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Raith Rovers |
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Greenock Morton |
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Airdrie United |
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Greenock Morton |
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Arbroath |
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