Match Report
The table read 2nd (Ayr United, 9 pts) against 3rd (Forfar Athletic, 6 pts), 3 points apart. On recent form Forfar Athletic sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Ayr United were scoring 3.5 and conceding 0.75, Forfar Athletic 0.75 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.68 goals per team per game.
Forfar Athletic had gone 7 games without a win. Over the last five, Ayr United had taken 10 of 15 points to Forfar Athletic's 4.
The match was played at Somerset Park (capacity 10,185). On the scoreboard, Ayr United led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 3-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Ayr United: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (34'), Dominic Thomas (3'), George Oakley (32')
Key stats
Possession: Ayr United 50% · Forfar Athletic 50% · Total shots: 20-3 · On target: 9-1 · Corners: 4-1