Dunfermline Athletic vs Ayr United: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Dunfermline Athletic play Ayr United in Championship (Scotland). The match date is 20 December 2025 at 16:00. Final score: 2:3.

Current form

Dunfermline Athletic: 1-2-2, 1.00 points/match. Ayr United: 1-0-4, 0.60 points/match.

Goal statistics

Dunfermline Athletic scores 1.44 and concedes 1.14 goals per match. Ayr United scores 1.06 and concedes 1.31. League average: 2.43 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Dunfermline Athletic 36%, Ayr United 61%. Over 2.5: Dunfermline Athletic 47%, Ayr United 42%. League level: BTTS 48%, Over 2.5 44%.

xG, shots and style

Ayr United has higher xG: 1.35 vs 1.30. Dunfermline Athletic: 9.9 shots per match, Ayr United: 10.3.

Match halves

Dunfermline Athletic: half-time lead 36%, second-half goals 0.81. Ayr United: half-time lead 36%, second-half goals 0.36.

Goals by minute

Dunfermline Athletic: 46-60 (12 goals). Ayr United: 16-30 (10 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

Championship: 2.43 goals per match, BTTS 48%, Over 2.5 44%.

Head-to-head

3 H2H matches: 2-0-1. Average goals 1.67, BTTS 0%.

Half-by-half

0 : 3
1st half
2 : 0
2nd half

Match statistics

60Possession (%)40
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
16Shots9
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
5Shots on target6
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.85xG1.2
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
5Corners5
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
67Dangerous attacks27
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
10Fouls10
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
2Cards1
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.44Goals scored / match1.06
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.14Goals conceded / match1.31
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
52%Average possession50%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
3.92Shots on target / match3.86
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

9.92Shots per match10.33
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
3.92Shots on target3.86
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
14.6%Shot conversion10.2%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
52%Possession50%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.3xG for1.35
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.28xG against1.26
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Shooting quality

Dunfermline Athletic: Efficient finishingAyr United: Balanced
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
Accuracy (shots on target)40%37%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.130.13
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.370.27

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Dunfermline Athletic is 67% better for: last-5 form.

1 pts / match - Dunfermline Athletic · 0.6 pts / match - Ayr United

Dunfermline Athletic
LDLWD
Season result split
39% W25% R36% P
Season (W-D-L)
14-9-13
1.42 pts / match · goal difference +11
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-2-2
1.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
7-5-6
Last 5 at home
3-1-1
WWWLD
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.8Goals conceded: 1.2xG: 0.95Opponent xG: 1.15BTTS: 20%Over 2.5: 20%
Ayr United
LWLLL
Season result split
22% W42% R36% P
Season (W-D-L)
8-15-13
1.08 pts / match · goal difference -9
Last 5 (W-D-L)
1-0-4
0.60 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
4-8-6
Last 5 away
0-2-3
DDLLL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 0.6Goals conceded: 1.6xG: 1.13Opponent xG: 1.36BTTS: 40%Over 2.5: 60%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Dunfermline Athletic is 36% better for: goals scored per match.

1.44 goals / match - Dunfermline Athletic · 1.06 goals / match - Ayr United

Dunfermline Athletic is 15% better for: goals conceded per match.

1.14 goals / match - Dunfermline Athletic · 1.31 goals / match - Ayr United

Dunfermline Athletic scoring profile: very strong

Dunfermline Athletic scores in 69% of matches (25 of 36 matches), while Ayr United keeps a clean sheet in 22% (8 of 36 matches).

Ayr United scoring profile: strong

Ayr United scores in 72% of matches (26 of 36 matches), while Dunfermline Athletic keeps a clean sheet in 42% (15 of 36 matches).

52Goals scored (season)38
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
41Goals conceded (season)47
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
2.58Average goals in match2.36
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
4Goals scored (last 5)3
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
6Goals conceded (last 5)8
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

How often they score at least...

69%1 goal72%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
50%2 goals22%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
17%3 goals8%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
6%4 goals3%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

How often they concede at least...

58%1 goal78%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
44%2 goals36%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
8%3 goals14%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
3%4 goals3%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

36%
Dunfermline Athletic - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.13 of 36 matches
48%
League average

Goal patterns

14%BTTS at half-time17%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
11%BTTS in both halves3%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
33%Scored in both halves8%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

BTTS and goal count

33%Min. 3 goals and BTTS36%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS6%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
20%BTTS - last 540%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

83%Min. 1 goal before half-time78%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
36%Min. 2 goals before half-time28%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
8%Min. 3 goals before half-time11%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

2nd half

69%Min. 1 goal after half-time64%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
42%Min. 2 goals after half-time36%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
17%Min. 3 goals after half-time11%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Ayr United is 5% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

1.33 pts / match - Dunfermline Athletic · 1.39 pts / match - Ayr United

Dunfermline Athletic - half-time state
36% leading25% draw39% trailing
Ayr United - half-time state
36% leading31% draw33% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

1.33Points per match (1st half)1.39
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
0.64Goals scored (1st half)0.69
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
0.64Goals conceded (1st half)0.53
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.28Average goals (1st half)1.22
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
53%Clean sheet before half-time56%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
50%No goal before half-time50%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

After half-time (2nd half)

1.56Points per match (2nd half)0.97
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
0.81Goals scored (2nd half)0.36
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
0.5Goals conceded (2nd half)0.78
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
1.31Average goals (2nd half)1.14
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
64%Clean sheet after half-time47%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United
47%No goal after half-time69%
Dunfermline AthleticAyr United

Dunfermline Athletic - second-half results

39% W39% R22% P
48
Half-time points
23
Half-time goals
0
Goal difference (1st half)
56
Second-half points
+11
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.33
PPG before half-time
Lead holding108%

Leads at half-time in 36% of matches and wins 39%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time-0.1

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Ayr United - second-half results

17% W47% R36% P
50
Half-time points
25
Half-time goals
+6
Goal difference (1st half)
35
Second-half points
-15
Goal difference (2nd half)
1.39
PPG before half-time
Lead holding61%

Leads at half-time in 36% of matches and wins 22%. Sometimes loses the lead after half-time.

Defence after half-time+0.3

Concedes 0.3 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Dunfermline Athletic - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.001.60
Goals scored / match0.20.6
Goals conceded / match0.60.6
Average goals in match0.81.2
1 goal60%60%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals0%20%
Clean sheet60%60%
No goal80%60%
Goal difference-20
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 40% won - 40% draw - 20% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 1
Ayr United - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match1.000.80
Goals scored / match0.40.2
Goals conceded / match0.61.0
Average goals in match1.01.2
1 goal80%80%
2 goals20%40%
3 goals0%0%
Clean sheet40%40%
No goal60%80%
Goal difference-1-4
Half-time: 20% leading - 40% draw - 40% trailing
2nd half: 20% won - 20% draw - 60% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 20% - Half-time goals total: 2

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Dunfermline Athletic
ScoredConceded
4
12
0-15
8
7
16-30
11
4
31-45
12
5
46-60
5
7
61-75
12
6
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 46-60 (12 goli). Concedes most in 0-15 (12). Late-goal balance (76-90): +6 - wins late phases.

Ayr United
ScoredConceded
9
8
0-15
10
4
16-30
6
7
31-45
4
10
46-60
2
7
61-75
7
11
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (10 goli). Concedes most in 76-90 (11). Late-goal balance (76-90): -4 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.48
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
1.4 : 1.1
Estimated goal split
home : away
102%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
49%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-32%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
50%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
9%
0:0 risk
about 1 in 11 matches
0-1
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Dunfermline Athletic

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.02
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.28
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-15.6 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.14
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.14
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
107%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
105%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.42
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.2
Late goals
23% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 8% come in the first quarter-hour.
23%

Ayr United

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.09
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
-0.34
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-3.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.29
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.05
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
97%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
98%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
-0.48
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
-0.3
Late goals
18% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 24% come in the first quarter-hour.
18%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (Championship).

Teams vs league

Dunfermline AthleticLigaAyr United
Average goals in match 2.582.43 2.36
Both teams scored 36%48% 61%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 47%44% 42%
Clean sheets 42%33% 22%
Goal before half-time 83%70% 78%
Goal after half-time 69%68% 64%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.43
Average goals per match
48%
Both teams scored
44%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
33%
Clean sheets
1.34
Home goals / match
1.09
Away goals / match
+23%
Home attack advantage
+19%
Home defence advantage
+12%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
70%
1 goal
29%
2 goals
11%
3 goals
3%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
68%
1 goal
39%
2 goals
17%
3 goals
4%
4 goals

Head-to-head

Recent meetings (3): Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 0 - 1 Ayr United. Average goals 1.67, both teams scored in 0% matches.

Ayr United FC
0 : 3
Dunfermline Athletic FC
Ayr United FC
0 : 1
Dunfermline Athletic FC
Dunfermline Athletic FC
0 : 1
Ayr United FC

FAQ

What was the result of Dunfermline Athletic vs Ayr United?

The Championship match finished Dunfermline Athletic 2:3 Ayr United. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What is the head-to-head record between Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United?

In the last 3 head-to-head matches Dunfermline Athletic won 2, Ayr United won 1 and 0 ended level. These games averaged 1.67 goals, with both teams scoring in 0% of them.

What do the goal statistics show before Dunfermline Athletic vs Ayr United?

Dunfermline Athletic score 1.44 goals per game on average and Ayr United 1.06. The Championship average is 2.43 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 44% of games. Both teams score in 36% of Dunfermline Athletic's matches and 61% of Ayr United's.

What form are Dunfermline Athletic and Ayr United in?

Over the last 5 games Dunfermline Athletic have a 1-2-2 record (1.00 points per game) and Ayr United 1-0-4 (0.60 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Dunfermline Athletic vs Ayr United?

This page shows the full statistical context — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under. The tip, value assessment and full reasoning are in the NoFluffPicks app.