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Saturday’s League Cup action brings us Stranraer facing off with Ayr United.
View all of the Stranraer v Ayr United predictions, poll and stats below - as well as the best betting odds.
Stranraer will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 0-1 League Two success over Elgin City.
The only player to score from Stranraer was Robbie-Sylvain Foster (88').
It has been seldom in recent times where Stranraer have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Stranraer have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 5 goals during that time. Regardless, time will tell whether the trend will be maintained in this match or not.
Following on from a loss in their previous game against St Johnstone in Championship competition, Ayr United and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
Kai Fotheringham (37') was the scorer for St Johnstone.
The numbers tell their own story, and Ayr United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals in all. At the back, Ayr United just haven’t been too solid at all.
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes going back to 28/10/2017 shows that Stranraer have won 1 of these games and Ayr United 3, with the number of draws being 2.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.
Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the Stranraer manager Chris Aitken to be concerned with from an otherwise complete squad. 1 (Stranraer) will miss out.
Due to a mostly full-strength squad, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Ayr United manager Gary Naysmith to be concerned about. 1 (Ayr United) won’t be playing here.
In our view, Stranraer would be disappointed if they were not to get a goal against this Ayr United team, but one goal may not prevent defeat.
Our tip is for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 victory for Ayr United when all is said and done. We’ll have to see what happens.
In terms of the bookies’ odds in the 90 min. result market, staking on Stranraer is available for 6.25, betting on a drawn result is 4.5 and putting your money on victory for Ayr United gets 1.36. They are the top returns being offered at the moment.
Lucas Pereira, 13:02 08/07/2026
🏟️ Team Focus:
Stranraer
Formed: 1870
Stadium: Stair Park (4,178)
Captain: Bernard Coll
Chairman: Iain Dougan
Manager: Chris Aitken
Competitions: League Cup (Group G)
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLLD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWL |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLLL |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLLLW |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDL |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWWWD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDDD |
| 9 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWLDW |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLWDD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLWDD |
| 2 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LWLLL |
| 3 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LDLWD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | LLDLD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DWDDD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WLDLD |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | WWLLW |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin City |
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Stranraer |
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Stirling Albion |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Spartans |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Dumbarton |
| Annan Athletic |
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Stranraer |
| Ayr United |
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St Johnstone |
| Airdrie United |
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Ayr United |
| Ross County |
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Ayr United |
| Ayr United |
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Arbroath |
| Ayr United |
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Dunfermline Athletic |
| Ayr United |
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Partick Thistle |
| Stranraer |
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Stirling Albion |
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Forfar Athletic |
| Stranraer |
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Dumbarton |
| Stranraer |
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Clyde |
| Stranraer |
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East Kilbride |
| Stranraer |
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Elgin City |
| Airdrie United |
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Ayr United |
| Ross County |
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Ayr United |
| Raith Rovers |
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Ayr United |
| Queen's Park |
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Ayr United |
| Arbroath |
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Ayr United |
| St Johnstone |
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Ayr United |
| Deryn Lang | 13 |
| Mark Russell | 8 |
| Aaron Quigg | 4 |
| Dean Cleland | 3 |
| James Dolan | 3 |
| Anton Dowds | 7 |
| Mark McKenzie | 7 |
| Jamie Murphy | 7 |
| George Oakley | 7 |
| Curtis Main | 6 |
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Ayr United |
| Alloa Athletic |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Edinburgh City |
| Falkirk |
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Stranraer |
| Clyde |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Annan Athletic |
| Stranraer |
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Spartans |
| Stirling Albion |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Kelty Hearts |
| Forfar Athletic |
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Stranraer |
| Stranraer |
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Ayr United |
| Falkirk |
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Ayr United |
| Ayr United |
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Edinburgh City |
| Ayr United |
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Alloa Athletic |
| Ayr United |
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Arbroath |
| Dunfermline Athletic |
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Ayr United |
| Raith Rovers |
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Ayr United |
| Ayr United |
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Greenock Morton |
| Partick Thistle |
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Ayr United |
| Ayr United |
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Inverness C.T. |
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