Ayr United
- Ayr United’s solid start to the 2025-2026 Championship campaign is keeping them firmly in the playoff picture with 32 points from 23 matches.
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Recent form:
- The Honest Men have won once and drawn their following four games in all competitions, which has pushed them up to 4th in the table.
- The Honest Men are unbeaten in their last two games, but both were scoreless ties away to Arbroath in the league and St Johnstone in the Challenge Cup.
- Ayr have three wins, five draws and three losses from 11 home league games this season and have a tendency to drop points at home.
- Mark McKenzie is their top scorer with seven goals in 23 league games, so they are rarely the best side in a game, but the striker gives them a steady source of goals and threat up top.
Ross County
- Ross County’s campaign has not been as smooth as Ayr’s.
- Stuart Kettlewell took charge in December 2025 and has so far failed to steady the ship amid a turbulent campaign that sees County languishing in 10th place.
- County have won two and lost three of their last five.
- County score just 0.82 goals per game away from home in the Championship 2025/2026, but they are also defensively fragile, conceding 1.64 goals per away game on average.
Head-to-Head
The last two meetings between these sides in the Championship 2025-2026 have been draws, including a 3-3 thriller at Victoria Park three months ago.
Key Players
Mark McKenzie is their top scorer with seven goals in 23 league games, so they are rarely the best side in a game, but the striker gives them a steady source of goals and threat up top.
Betting Insights
- Ayr score 1.27 goals and concede 1.27 goals at home in the Championship, while Ross are simply dire on the road with 0.82 scored and 1.64 conceded.
- Ayr United are slight favourites at 1.94, with Ross County a huge 3.65 and the draw 3.3, which seems a little odd given the nature of the last couple of meetings between these two sides.
Prediction
Ayr are in the better position in the Championship, are in the middle of an unbeaten run and have the home advantage , so I am taking them to edge what is likely to be a close and scrappy game.
