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Stranraer face a trip to Ayr United at Somerset Park, Ayr on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 3 of the 25 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2005, when they played out a goalless draw in a Scottish Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Apr | Ayr Utd. | 0 - 0 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Feb | Stranraer | 1 - 3 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 25 Jan | Stranraer | 0 - 2 | Ayr Utd. | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 08 Jan | Ayr Utd. | 3 - 3 | Stranraer | SFAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Ayr Utd. | 0 - 1 | Stranraer | SCD2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Stranraer | 2 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 06 Aug | Stranraer | 1 - 2 | Ayr Utd. | SCC |
Recent respective form guides
Ayr United have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Stranraer have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the The Blues have hit 9 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Ayr Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Bells Scottish Division Two, showing a record of 4 points from their 3 games played so far, Stranraer find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 3 games have yielded only 1 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ayr Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| Stranraer | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Honest Men, as the The Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ayr Utd. | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Stranraer | Not won in previous 4 away matches. No win in the 5 most recent games. |