Ayr United
- Ayr United are 5th in the Championship 2026-2027 with 4pts from 3 games.
- Ayr United have had a mixed start to the Championship 2026-2027 campaign, winning two, drawing one and losing two of their last five competitive games, but Saturday's hosts have managed to notch up one win from one in their own backyard this season.
- Ayr United boss Gary Naysmith has set his men up in a compact 4-2-3-1 system that gets the home side to sit deep and try to pounce on counters and set pieces when out of possession, and they've scored an average of 2.00 goals per home game this term, although they've yet to concede.
Greenock Morton
- Greenock Morton are 9th with 0pts from 3 matches.
- Ian Murray's Greenock Morton have lost all five of their last five matches, and they arrive in Ayr on the back of a five-game losing streak, with their only two league outings so far being a 2-0 away loss to Stenhousemuir and a 2-1 defeat at home to Arbroath.
Head-to-Head
- Greenock Morton got the better of Ayr by a goal to nil when these sides last met at Somerset Park five months ago in the Championship 2025/2026, so the Ton know how to grind out this fixture, and that's the only result that makes sense for this encounter given that Ayr are 1.6 favourites.
- The draw looks a bit short at 3.64 for a clash between two teams in such disparate form, but both sides have the ability to keep this one tight and make it a game of transitions.
- A 2-0 loss away at Raith Rovers in the Championship on Tuesday put Ayr in a poor spot, while a 2-0 loss away to Stenhousemuir was followed by a 2-1 home defeat to Arbroath for Morton.
- Ben Summers is Ayr's top scorer in the Championship 2026/2027 with one goal in three games, while Owen Stirton has chipped in with three of the Honest Men's nine goals in their last five.
- Dean Black leads the way for Morton with one in three, while Michael Garrity has provided one assist in the same number of games.
Ayr United
- Ben Summers is Ayr's top scorer in the Championship 2026/2027 with one goal in three games.
- Owen Stirton has chipped in with three of the Honest Men's nine goals in their last five.
- Kenzie Mitchell has been a bright spark for the Honest Men in the Championship 2026/2027, recording one assist in two games.
Greenock Morton
Dean Black leads the way for Morton with one in three, while Michael Garrity has provided one assist in the same number of games.
Betting Insights
Kenzie Mitchell has been a bright spark for the Honest Men in the Championship 2026/2027, recording one assist in two games, so an Ayr win with under 2.5 goals looks a solid choice, while Both Teams to Score: No is a practical alternative at 1.77 .
