The Championship match at Firhill Stadium on Saturday will see home side Partick Thistle take to the field against opponents Ayr United.
Our Partick Thistle v Ayr United tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Partick Thistle
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Partick Thistle will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 4-0 Championship triumph over Airdrie United.
For Partick Thistle, goals were scored by Aidan Fitzpatrick (52'), Brian Graham (61', 68') and Ricco Diack (85').
Their more recent scorelines reveal that much solidity has been shown by the Partick Thistle rearguard. Partick Thistle have been miserly, with the tally of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last 6 matches standing at 2. That kind of trend won’t necessarily follow through into this next game, though.
Their previous form shows that Partick Thistle:
- have not won against Ayr United in their previous 2 matches in the league.
- are unbeaten in their last 3 home league matches.
Ayr United
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After tasting defeat last time out to Dundee United in Championship competition, Ayr United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Chris Mochrie (78') scored for Dundee United.
Looking at their form, and Ayr United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. At the back, Ayr United could really do with shoring things up.
A look at their previous results shows us that Ayr United:
- have not beaten Partick Thistle in away games against them for the last 6 league games. Not good at all.
- haven't been beaten by Partick Thistle in games played away from home for the previous 2 league matches.
- haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.
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Head to head
Checking on their past head to head clashes dating back to 15/04/2023 tells us that Partick Thistle have won 3 of these games & Ayr United 1, with the number of drawn matches being 2.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 in total at an average of 4.17 goals per meeting.
The previous league contest between these clubs was Championship match day 26 on 27/02/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Ayr United 4-3 Partick Thistle.
The referee was Graham Grainger.
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Team News: Partick Thistle
The Partick Thistle boss Kris Doolan will be grateful to have no fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a fully injury-free group available for selection.
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Team News: Ayr United
With a fully injury-free squad available for selection, the Ayr United boss Scott Brown does not have any fitness concerns to speak of ahead of this game.
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Prediction
We’re of the opinion that Ayr United may find it difficult to register a score against this Partick Thistle outfit who will likely be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
We’re therefore expecting a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 advantage for Partick Thistle when the referee blows for full-time.
Should be interesting.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
12:03 26/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Partick Thistle
Formed: 1876
Stadium: Firhill Stadium (10,102)
Captain: Brian Graham
Chairman: Alistair Creevy
Manager: Kris Doolan
Competitions: Championship position 3
⭐ Key Player: Tomi Adeloye
Typically taking up the Striker position, Tomi Adeloye was born in Sidcup, England. After making a first senior appearance for Hartlepool United in the 2017 - 2018 season, the dangerous Forward has managed to score 8 league goals in this Championship 2023 - 2024 season to date from a total of 21 appearances.