Preview Ayr United
Wednesday, 27th Nov 2013William Hill Scottish Cup: Ayr United defeated Queens Park 3-2 in Round Three and Dunfermline won through 5-3 at Elgin.
The William Hill Scottish Cup sends the Pars to Somerset Park on Saturday to play a side immediately below them in League One. The sides have already met this season on 28th September and Dunfermline recorded a resounding 5-1 victory at East End Park. That day after going behind to a Michael Moffat goal in the second minute, the home side hit back to be 4-1 up at half time. Whittle, Geggan and Falkingham hit good goals after Wallace had equalised from the spot. Wallace added another in the second half to thoroughly see off their opponents.
The sides have been drawn against each other six times and its 3-3 on progress with one tie being drawn. Ayr United have won the last two cup ties, winning 2-1 in Dunfermline in January 1993 and winning 3-0 in the last meeting in Ayr. That was in 2002 when Jimmy Calderwood`s much fancied side were dumped out of the Cup with Gus MacPherson scoring a spectacular own goal.
Cup Record
The Ayrshire club went on to knock out Dundee United that season before succumbing to Celtic. Since then they have never lost a Scottish Cup tie by more than two goals but on seven occasions out of the eleven they have exited in front of their own fans.
| Season |
AYR UNITED |
DUNFERMLINE | ||||||
| 2012-13 | A | Forfar | 1-2 | H | Hamilton | 0-2 | Round 5 | |
| 2011-12 | H | Hibs | 0-2 | H | Inverness CT | 1-3 | Round 4 | |
| 2010-11 | H | St Mirren | 1-2 | A | Aberdeen | 0-1 | Round 5 | |
| 2009-10 | A | Dundee | 1-2 | H | Celtic | 2-4 | Round 5 | |
| 2008-09 | A | Kilmarnock | 1-3 | N | Falkirk | 1-3 | Semi Final | |
| 2007-08 | A | Partick | 1-2 | A | Partick Thistle | 1-2 | Round 4 | |
| 2006-07 | H | St Johnstone | 4-5 | N | Celtic | 0-1 | Final | |
| 2005-06 | H | Inverness CT | 0-2 | H | Airdrie United | 3-4 | Round 3 | |
| 2004-05 | H | St Mirren | 0-2 | H | Celtic | 0-3 | Round 4 | |
| 2003-04 | H | Falkirk | 1-2 | N | Celtic | 1-3 | Final | |
Ayr United are five points behind the Fifers in the league but Moffat is the league`s top goalscorer with thirteen goals and the Scottish Cup record against Ayr United has been poor of late.
| Ayr United | Dunfermline |
| Current League Position | |
| 3 | 2 |
| Recent Results | |
| WWWLDW | WWLWWW |
| League Points | |
| 23 | 28 |
| Goal Difference | |
| +8 | +3 |
| Home / Away League Record | |
| P7, W3, D2, L2 | P7, W4, D1, L2 |
Dunfermline have won five of their last six matches and Ayr four of their last six. The Somerset Park club have scored twelve goals in the their last four home games, while the Pars have scored eleven in their last four away games so it could be quite a cup tie.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Ayr United (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Stenhousemuir | W | 4-3 | Airdrieonians | W | 3-0 | |
| Stranraer | L | 3-6 | Rangers | L | 1-3 | |
| Queens Park | W | 3-2 | Elgin City | W | 5-3 | |
| Arbroath | W | 2-0 | Stranraer | W | 2-1 | |
| Rangers | L | 0-2 | Forfar Athletic | L | 0-4 | |
| Brechin City | D | 2-2 | Brechin City | D | 1-1 | |
Ayr United defeated Queens Park 3-2 in Round Three and Dunfermline won through 5-3 at Elgin.
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Brechin City): Ryan Scully, Ryan Williamson, Kerr Young, Callum Morris, Alex Whittle; Shaun Byrne, Andy Geggan, Josh Falkingham (c), Allan Smith (Ryan Ferguson 91), Ryan Thomson (Craig Dargo 81), Ryan Wallace, .
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Jordan Moore, Stephen Husband, Luke Johnston, Ryan Goodfellow (GK).
AYR UNITED (v Stenhousemuir): David Hutton; Kyle McAusland, Alan Lithgow, Greg Pope, Adam Hunter, Anthony Marenghi, Robbie Crawford (Alan Forrest 63), Michael Donald, Scott McLaughlin, Kevin Kyle, Michael Moffat.
SUBS NOT USED: Michael Wardrobe; Willie Muir, Craig Malcolm, Jackson Longridge, Josh McArthur, Michael McGowan
Referee will be Stephen Finnie.
Pie Watch
The Ayr United pies are made by Brownings who also make the Killie Pie. They do a Steak and Ale Pie, could be worth reserving a space for one!
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