Match Report
Level on 5 points, Dunfermline Athletic (7th) and Ayr United (6th) met as equals in the table. Against a league average of 0.86 goals per team per game, Dunfermline Athletic ran at 0.5 scored and 0.75 conceded, Ayr United at 1 and 1.
Ayr United arrived on a run of eight straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
The sides have met 34 times in the GioScore results database: 11 wins for Dunfermline Athletic, 10 draws and 13 for Ayr United, at 2.15 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 29% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 35% of the meetings went over two goals.
East End Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 11,480. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Dunfermline Athletic: Andy Tod (14') · Ayr United: Luke McBeth (45')
Key stats
Possession: Dunfermline Athletic 57% · Ayr United 43% · Total shots: 8-4 · On target: 5-2 · Corners: 12-6