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Ayr Utd. are ready to welcome Arbroath to Somerset Park, Ayr on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 27 wins out of 40 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at Somerset Park, Ayr was more than three years back, in April 2005, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Ayr Utd. | 2-2 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 29 Jan | Arbroath | 2 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Ayr Utd. | 1 - 1 | Arbroath | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Arbroath | 0 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Mar | Arbroath | 1 - 2 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Dec | Ayr Utd. | 4 - 0 | Arbroath | SCD1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 05 Nov | Arbroath | 1 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Ayr United's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Honest Men have scored 4, a worringly large 7 have been leaked at the other end.
Arbroath's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Ayr Utd.'s total of 4 points from their 2 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Bells Scottish Division Two. Arbroath are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 4 points from 2 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ayr Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Arbroath | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Somerset Park, Ayr for the Honest Men and the Madmen are unable to see past Arbroath claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ayr Utd. | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Arbroath | Not won in previous 2 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |