Match Report
The table read 7th (Ayr United, 5 pts) against 10th (Greenock Morton, 1 pts), 4 points apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Ayr United 0.8 scored and 1 conceded per game, Greenock Morton 0.6 and 1.6, with the league averaging 0.88.
Greenock Morton arrived off seven straight defeats. Ayr United had banked 7 of the last 15 points on offer; Greenock Morton, 0.
GioScore's database holds 40 meetings between the two: 11 for Ayr United, 13 for Greenock Morton and 16 drawn, at 2.63 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. In 68% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
D. McFarlane officiated: 68 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. Somerset Park staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,185. Ayr United led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Ayr United: Jamie Murphy (44') · Greenock Morton: Eamonn Brophy (63')
Key stats
Possession: Ayr United 49% · Greenock Morton 51% · Total shots: 8-6 · On target: 4-2 · Corners: 3-4