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Morton pack their bags to visit Ayr United at Somerset Park, Ayr on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The 'Ton will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 34 and win only 14 of the 60 games.
The previous match played between the two at Somerset Park, Ayr was more than three years back, in March 2001, with Ayr Utd. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Scottish Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Sat 31 Mar | Ayr Utd. | 3 - 0 | Morton | SCD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 02 Jan | Morton | 0 - 6 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 18 Nov | Ayr Utd. | 1 - 1 | Morton | SCD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Sep | Morton | 1 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 15 Apr | Morton | 1 - 2 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 05 Feb | Ayr Utd. | 3 - 2 | Morton | SCD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 27 Nov | Morton | 0 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Ayr United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Honest Men's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The away form of Morton is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the The 'Ton have hit 5 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 3 points from their 3 games played so far, Morton are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 6 points from 3 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ayr Utd. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| Morton | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Morton on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Ayr Utd.. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ayr Utd. | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Morton | 10 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 13 outings ago. |