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Predictions and Tips
This fascinating Challenge Cup fixture sees Ayr United playing Raith Rovers on Sunday.
All Ayr United v Raith Rovers match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (plus the best game odds).
📊 Form Guide
Ayr United
WWWWWD 📈
Ayr United prepare for this fixture following a 1-1 Championship drawn game vs Dunfermline Athletic.
The only player to score from Ayr United was Dylan Watret (22'). Ewan Otoo (15') scored for Dunfermline Athletic.
Ayr United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, finding the back of the net in each and every one of their last 6 matches.
They’ve totted up the amount of 16 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 5.
Raith Rovers
LDLWLL
Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Livingston in Championship competition, Raith Rovers and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
Jamie Brandon (90') scored for Livingston.
The attacking players from Raith Rovers have failed to get amongst the goals in their past six clashes, netting the disappointing return of just 3. In those fixtures, The Rovers have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 7. Such a trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this match, though.
🤜🤛 Head to head
A look at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 29/04/2023 shows that Ayr United have won 2 of them and Raith Rovers 3, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A sum of 20 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 10 for The Honest Men and 10 created by The Rovers. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.
The last league fixture between the two was Championship match day 3 on 24/08/2024 when it ended Ayr United 2-0 Raith Rovers.
The referee was Iain Snedden.
💭 Prediction
In this game, Ayr United are likely to dominate possession and create several successful chances.
At the other end, Raith Rovers might well find it a difficult task to find the back of the net but do we see them scoring here as well.
We reckon that it will be a 3-1 victory for Ayr United when all’s said and done.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 11:00 08/09/2024
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?
⚽️ Team Focus:
Ayr United
Formed: 1910
Stadium: Somerset Park (10,185)
Captain: Ben Dempsey
Chairman: David Smith
Manager: Scott Brown
Competitions: Championship position 1, Challenge Cup (Third round)
⭐ Key Player: Jay Henderson
Usually taking up the Right Wing position, Jay Henderson was born in Kilmarnock, Scotland. After having played his first senior match for St Mirren in the 2020 - 2021 season, the goalscoring Forward has accumulated 2 league goals in this Championship 2024 - 2025 season to date from a total of 5 appearances.
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | WWWWD |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | WWWW |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | WDDW |
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5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | LDLWD |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | LDLLW |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | WLDWL |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 4 | LWLLD |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 3 | LDDDL |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 | WLWLL |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 1 | DLLLD |
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Anton Dowds | 4 |
Jay Henderson | 2 |
George Oakley | 2 |
Jamie Murphy | 1 |
Marco Rus | 1 |
Dylan Easton | 1 |
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