Preview match

MATCH REPORT

Scotland - Championship - 03/24/23 15:45 - 30.Round

Stadium Somerset Park
Capacity 10185
Surface grass
Referee Craig Napier

3-0 [90‘]

15‘
30‘
45‘
60‘
75‘
90‘

3-0 [90‘]

(Maguire) O'Connor [1-0]
7‘
Akinyemi [2-0]
24‘
2-0 HT
46‘
Longstaff Naismith
52‘
Virtanen Scully
O'Connor Mitchell-Lawson
59‘
Maguire
71‘
Ashford McKenzie
73‘
McAlear Murdoch
73‘
(Maguire) Mitchell-Lawson [3-0]
74‘
Akinyemi Bryden
77‘
Dempsey Smith
78‘
81‘
Dunne O'Halloran
81‘
Weston Megginson
88‘
Virtanen
3-0 FT

Goals and Highlights

3-0

Match stats

CARDS 1 0

Ball possession
50%
50%

CARDS 1 0

Total shots
9
7
On goal
5
1
Corners
1
5
Dangerous attack
34
39
Attack
113
116
Fouls
12
10
Saves
1
2

ODDS

Match
1 X 2
Opening odds -189 280 400
Pre match odds -278 350 600
Asian handicap
Line 1 2 Line
-1.5 -103 -132 +1.5
-1.25 -133 100 +1.25
-1.75 122 -172 +1.75
Goals
Line Under Over
2.5 115 -149
Corners
Line Under Over
10.0 -102 -120

Lineups

Status: Confirmed lineup

Ayr United

Status: Confirmed lineup

Cove Rangers

Missings

Joshua Mullin
CM
4
Mullin
1637‘ 22 8+3
Jordan Houston
LB 2
2
Houston
1086‘ 17 1+0
Frankie Musonda
CB 1
1
Musonda
1968‘ 23 2+1
Alex Kirk
CB 2
Kirk
1702‘ 20 2+0
+7 Out of selection
David Bangala
CM 1
Bangala
235‘ 6 0+0
+5 Out of selection

Lineups

  • no photo 21
    1
    Albinson
    3240‘ 36 0+0
  • no photo 17
    1
    McAllister
    1986‘ 25 1+0
    no photo 20
    LB 3
    Hewitt
    596‘ 11 0+0
    no photo 3
    1
    Reading
    2978‘ 36 0+2
    no photo 5
    1
    McGinty
    2644‘ 33 3+3
  • no photo 77
    2
    2
    Maguire
    584‘ 12 0+4
    no photo 18
    3
    McAlear
    975‘ 14 0+2
    no photo 8
    Dempsey
    3088‘ 35 7+1
    no photo 10
    CM 2
    1
    O'Connor
    1017‘ 25 1+4
  • no photo 23
    1
    Ashford
    1791‘ 32 2+3
    no photo 9
    1
    Akinyemi
    3156‘ 36 20+7
  • no photo 16
    DM 1
    Vigurs
    1182‘ 19 1+4
    no photo 4
    MF
    Scully
    3053‘ 35 7+4
    no photo 9
    CF
    Megginson
    2696‘ 32 7+1
    no photo 11
    CF
    McIntosh
    1516‘ 31 8+1
    no photo 7
    AM 1
    O'Halloran
    630‘ 9 0+0
  • no photo 26
    CB 1
    Reynolds
    2461‘ 29 3+0
    no photo 2
    RB 1
    Logan
    2267‘ 26 0+1
    no photo 3
    RB 2
    Naismith
    1036‘ 12 0+0
    no photo 20
    LB 2
    Longridge
    763‘ 9 1+0
    no photo 6
    DF
    Neill
    1544‘ 20 2+0
  • no photo 12
    GK 2
    1
    Fox
    1122‘ 13 0+0
4-4-2
Coach: L. Bullen
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Coach P. Hartley

Stats:

goals

Akinyemi 20
Mullin 8
Dempsey 7
McKenzie 4
McGinty 3
Murdoch 2

goals

McIntosh 8
Scully 7
Megginson 7
Reynolds 3
Neill 2
Masson 2

assists

Akinyemi 7
Maguire 4
O'Connor 4
McKenzie 4
McGinty 3
Mullin 3

assists

Scully 4
Vigurs 4
Longstaff 2
Dunne 2
Sanders 2
Johnston 2

Yellow Cards

McAllister 6
Murdoch 6
Reading 5
Albinson 4
Akinyemi 4
Dempsey 4

Yellow Cards

Megginson 12
Ross 7
Reynolds 5
Gilmour 5
Virtanen 5
Fyvie 5

Key Passes

Akinyemi 0
Reading 0
Maguire 0
McKenzie 0
Bryden 0
Jenkins 0

Key Passes

Megginson 0
Gilmour 0
Virtanen 0
Logan 0
Yule 0
Toure 0

Acc. Passes

Dempsey 0%
Hewitt 0%
Mcconnell 0%
Jenkins 0%
Akinyemi 0%
Mcadams 0%

Acc. Passes

McIntosh 0%
Ross 0%
Johnston 0%
Toure 0%
Megginson 0%
Masson 0%

Total Shots

Dempsey 0 (0)
Hewitt 0 (0)
Mcconnell 0 (0)
Jenkins 0 (0)
Akinyemi 0 (0)
Mcadams 0 (0)

Total Shots

McIntosh 0 (0)
Ross 0 (0)
Johnston 0 (0)
Toure 0 (0)
Megginson 0 (0)
Masson 0 (0)

BENCH

P. Smith
AM 3
31 Smith
534‘ 16 0+0
Kinlay Bilham
DF
26 Bilham
0‘ 0 0+0
Aidan Mcadams
GK 3
1 Mcadams
0‘ 0 0+0
Mark McKenzie
CF 1
22 McKenzie
1475‘ 33 4+4
Fraser Bryden
CF 2
30 Bryden
295‘ 12 1+0
Andy Murdoch
CM 1
6 Murdoch
2131‘ 26 2+1
Jayden Mitchell-Lawson
CM 2
1
11 Mitchell-Lawson
1026‘ 28 2+2
Dylan Watret
MF
7
32 Watret
0‘ 1 0+0
Kyle Gourlay
GK 1
23 Gourlay
1488‘ 17 0+0
Ciaran Dunne
LB 1
22 Dunne
1418‘ 25 0+2
Luis Longstaff
CF 1
17 Longstaff
2269‘ 33 1+2
Miko Virtanen
MF
14 Virtanen
592‘ 11 0+0
Tony Weston
CF 2
18 Weston
250‘ 13 0+0
Declan Glass
DM 2
25 Glass
245‘ 7 1+0
Gime Toure
CF 2
27 Toure
184‘ 5 0+0
Goal fact

Ayr United

  • The form at the home stadium is not good

    3 losses in 5 games. (1W, 1D, 3L) is the record at home ground Somerset Park. With their average of 1.4 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (3) matches at home

    Ayr United have fail to win 3 matches in a row at home stadium. Last win was against Hamilton Academical (1-0) on 7.1.23

Cove Rangers

  • Return of first-choice goalkeeper Scott Fox

    Scott Fox is back after he misses (1) games and should be first-choice again.

  • Bad results in last matches for Cove Rangers

    Bad form within the last 5 games. Not easy period for the players and coach P. Hartley as the form record is (0W, 1D, 4L) with their average of 2.4 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (6) matches

    Cove Rangers have failed to win 6 matches in a row. Last win was against Partick Thistle (0-1) on 4.2.23

  • 4 games lost in row. Time to tactic change?

    Bad period for Cove Rangers. Coach P. Hartley can not be satisfied with 4 games losing streak. It is highly possible that the coach will make a tactical change.

  • Poor form in away games

    4 losses in 5 games. (1W, 0D, 4L) is the record in away games. With their average of 2.4 goals conceded per game.

  • Unwinning streak (4) matches in away games

    Cove Rangers have fail to win 4 matches in a row in away matches.

Ayr United

Summary

Cove Rangers

H2H

3
1

H2H (HOME/AWAY)

1

FORM

1.17
0.17

FORM (HOME/AWAY)

1.17
0.5
Ayr United

Team Strength

Cove Rangers
71% Avg. minutes played (last 6) 73%
2 Changes (vs. last game) 3
1 Fresh important missings 1
3 Missings 1

Head to head

Ayr United 91%
3wins
1 draws
0 wins
4 matches
9% Cove Rangers
OVER 1.5
100% 4/4 times
OVER 2.5
100% 4/4 times
OVER 3.5
50% 2/4 times
BTTS
50% 2/4 times
CARDS
3.3 Ø
Corners
8.3 Ø

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
01/31/23 Scottish Cup
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0-3
Ayr United Ayr United
0-1 8 - 8 2- 4 38 - 42 3 - 3 4 (36%)
6 (46%)
350 250 -133
01/27/23 Championship
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0-5
Ayr United Ayr United
0-1 5 - 12 2- 8 50 - 50 2 - 4 5 (32%)
0 (67%)
170 275 115
10/22/22 Championship
Ayr United Ayr United
2-2
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
2-1 7 - 4 3- 2 62 - 56 9 - 6 1 (65%)
2 (53%)
-175 280 400
08/20/22 Championship
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
1-2
Ayr United Ayr United
0-0 6 - 21 4- 11 28 - 56 3 - 3 2 (52%)
2 (48%)
210 200 138

Team form

0.00 1.17 (+0%) total
0.17 (+0%) total 0.00
Cove Rangers

Ayr United Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
67% 4/6 times
OVER 3.5
33% 2/6 times
BTTS
67% 4/6 times
CARDS
3.2 Ø
Corners
10.8 Ø
15.4 Championship
Partick Thistle
10:00
Ayr United
8.4 Championship
Ayr United
10:00
Greenock Morton
31.3 Championship
Arbroath
14:45
Ayr United

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
21.3 Championship
Dundee Dundee
3 - 1
Ayr United Ayr United
1-1 14 - 12 4 - 2 54 - 47 6 - 3 2 (49%)
1 (67%)
-120 275 260
18.3 Championship
Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical
0 - 2
Ayr United Ayr United
0-2 4 - 18 1 - 6 37 - 68 3 - 8 4 (48%)
4 (59%)
230 240 -105
13.3 Scottish Cup
Falkirk Falkirk
2 - 1
Ayr United Ayr United
0-1 7 - 13 3 - 6 69 - 64 11 - 7 3 (16%)
1 (50%)
130 240 180
7.3 Championship
Greenock Morton Greenock Morton
1 - 3
Ayr United Ayr United
1-3 12 - 14 7 - 8 63 - 67 6 - 4 0 (64%)
4 (52%)
125 220 200
4.3 Championship
Ayr United Ayr United
1 - 2
Inverness CT Inverness CT
1-1 11 - 18 2 - 5 36 - 56 2 - 4 0 (72%)
2 (69%)
-118 260 250
24.2 Championship
Raith Rovers Raith Rovers
0 - 0
Ayr United Ayr United
0-0 11 - 7 3 - 2 59 - 60 5 - 6 1 (60%)
3 (71%)
105 220 230
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Cove Rangers Last 6 Matches

OVER 1.5
83% 5/6 times
OVER 2.5
50% 3/6 times
OVER 3.5
17% 1/6 times
BTTS
50% 3/6 times
CARDS
4 Ø
Corners
11.5 Ø
15.4 Championship
Cove Rangers
10:00
Inverness CT
8.4 Championship
Hamilton Academical
10:00
Cove Rangers
1.4 Championship
Cove Rangers
10:00
Partick Thistle

HT

Shots

Shots (on goal)

Danger attack

Corners
Lineup
Changes
1 X 2
18.3 Championship
Raith Rovers Raith Rovers
6 - 1
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
2-0 17 - 7 6 - 3 60 - 54 9 - 6 3 (60%)
2 (50%)
-154 260 333
10.3 Championship
Queen's Park Queen's Park
1 - 0
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0-0 12 - 9 4 - 3 58 - 39 11 - 1 0 (62%)
3 (47%)
-227 333 550
4.3 Championship
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0 - 2
Dundee Dundee
0-1 3 - 12 0 - 6 43 - 49 3 - 4 4 (33%)
2 (47%)
550 300 -227
25.2 Championship
Greenock Morton Greenock Morton
2 - 1
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0-1 11 - 5 5 - 1 58 - 38 8 - 3 0 (55%)
3 (44%)
-154 280 350
18.2 Championship
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
1 - 1
Arbroath Arbroath
0-0 10 - 10 4 - 5 54 - 51 4 - 4 3 (39%)
4 (49%)
175 240 125
12.2 Championship
Dundee Dundee
3 - 0
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers
0-0 20 - 3 9 - 2 84 - 31 15 - 1 2 (48%)
1 (43%)
-333 375 700
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Standings

Regular Season
# Team MP W D L G Pts Form PPG BTTS 1.5+ 2.5+ AVG G
1. Dundee 36 17 12 7 66:40 63
2.00 53% 1.6 6.5 75% 50% 2.94
2. Ayr United 36 16 10 10 61:43 58
1.50 56% 1.4 5.4 81% 56% 2.89
3. Queen's Park 36 17 7 12 63:52 58
0.88 50% 1.3 6.6 83% 61% 3.19
4. Partick Thistle 36 16 9 11 65:45 57
1.63 53% 1.8 6.1 78% 61% 3.06
5. Greenock Morton 36 15 12 9 53:43 57
1.88 67% 2.7 5.4 75% 58% 2.67
6. Inverness CT 36 15 10 11 52:47 55
2.38 61% 1.8 4.4 75% 53% 2.75
7. Raith Rovers 36 11 10 15 46:49 43
0.63 50% 2.0 4.7 78% 44% 2.64
8. Arbroath 36 6 16 14 29:47 34
1.13 50% 2.3 5.5 69% 28% 2.11
9. Hamilton Academical 36 7 10 19 31:63 31
0.75 42% 1.9 5.0 69% 42% 2.61
10. Cove Rangers 36 7 10 19 38:75 31
0.63 53% 2.2 4.3 83% 58% 3.14

Cup situation

Competitions
Group Stage
Challenge Cup vs Falkirk 09/05/23
3rd Round
Scottish Cup vs Peterhead 11/25/23
3rd Round
Club Friendlies 3
Competitions
League Cup vs Clyde 07/18/23
Group Stage
Challenge Cup vs Montrose 09/09/23
3rd Round
3rd Round
Club Friendlies 3