FM Preview: Rangers v Ayr United 07 Dec 2013

Last updated : 06 December 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Rangers v Ayr United fixture

Rangers play host to Ayr United at Ibrox Stadium on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 31 of the 39 contests.

The last time the two teams met at Rangers was well over fifteen years ago, back in September 1996, with Rangers running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Scottish League Cup match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2013/2014 Sun 06 Oct Ayr Utd. 0 - 2 Rangers Scottish League One
2002/2003 Sat 22 Feb Ayr Utd. 0 - 1 Rangers Scottish F.A. Cup
2001/2002 Sun 17 Mar Rangers 4 - 0 Ayr Utd. Scottish League Cup
1999/2000 Sat 08 Apr Rangers 7 - 0 Ayr Utd. Scottish F.A. Cup
1998/1999 Tue 08 Sep Ayr Utd. 0 - 2 Rangers Scottish League Cup
1996/1997 Wed 04 Sep Rangers 3-1 Ayr Utd. Scottish League Cup
1992/1993 Sat 06 Feb Ayr Utd. 0 - 2 Rangers Scottish F.A. Cup

For a detailed analysis of the complete head-to-head record between the two sides, click here

Recent respective form guides

Rangers are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Gers have rattled up an impressive 27 goals, and conceded 2.

The Honest Men have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in the last six, but with four of them resulting in draws. A generous 9 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Rangers are leading the way in the Scottish League One, with their 14 games giving them a return of 42 points.

Ayr United are stuck down in the relegation zone of Scottish League One with a return of just 23 points from their 14 games thus far.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Rangers 6 6 0 0 17 3 18
Ayr United 6 3 3 0 13 6 12

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Rangers may be coming up against a decent side in Ayr United, but we do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Gers. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Rangers Unbeaten in the last 7 home games.
Won their latest 6 matches.
Not drawn a match in their last 6 .
Ayr United Undefeated in last 7 away games.
Drawn each of the last 3 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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