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East Fife face a trip to Ayr United at Somerset Park, Ayr on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Fifers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them taste defeat on 15 occasions, and draw 9, from the 25 games played.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, when they eased past their opponents in a high-scoring 4 - 2 thriller, in a Scottish Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Wed 18 Mar | East Fife | 0 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 22 Nov | Ayr Utd. | 4 - 2 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 27 Sep | East Fife | 3 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 27 Apr | Ayr Utd. | 1 - 0 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 24 Feb | East Fife | 1 - 1 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 28 Oct | Ayr Utd. | 0 - 1 | East Fife | SCD2 |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 26 Aug | East Fife | 1 - 0 | Ayr Utd. | SCD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Ayr United are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Honest Men, with 6 goals against.
The away form of East Fife is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Fifers have conceded 14 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Ayr Utd. are just outside the promotion places, in 2nd, having taken 67 points from 33 games. East Fife lie just outside the playoff positions in the Irn Bru Scottish Division Two, picking up 41 from their 33 games so far.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Ayr Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| East Fife | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Fifers are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Ayr Utd.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Ayr Utd. | Unbeaten in the last 16 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| East Fife | Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |