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Dundee United 4-0 Ayr United - December 21, 2019 / Championship 2019/2020

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Championship 2019/2020 - Round 18

Tannadice Park - Dundee - Scotland

December 21, 2019

7 744

4 - 0

Ayr United

Assist by Paul McMullanSamuel Stanton

42'

(penalty) Lawrence Shankland

57'

Assist by Lawrence ShanklandNicky Clark

61'

Ian Harkes

87'

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42' - Goal Samuel Stanton42

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48' - Substitution Luke McCowanis substituted by Craig McGuffie

56' - Yellow card Mark Kerr photo Mark Kerr

56' - Red card Mark Kerr

57' - Goal Lawrence Shankland57

61' - Goal Nicky Clark61

69' - Substitution Ross Dochertyis substituted by Andrew Geggan

71' - Substitution Mark Reynoldsis substituted by Mark Connolly photo Louis Appere

71' - Substitution Paul McMullanis substituted by Louis Appere71

72' - Yellow card Craig Moore

73' - Substitution Craig Mooreis substituted by Michael Moffat

74' - Yellow card Calum Butcher74

77' - Substitution Calum Butcheris substituted by Adam King77

87' - Goal Ian Harkes87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Dundee United

4 - 0

Ayr United

Dundee United Ayr United

Team line-ups

Dundee United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

24Shankland57

Lawrence Shankland

Scotland

B.date10/08/1995

Age24 years

positionForward

12Stanton42

Samuel Stanton

Scotland

B.date19/04/1994

Age25 years

positionLeft central midfielder

10Clark61

Nicky Clark

Scotland

B.date03/06/1991

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

7McMullan71

Paul McMullan

Scotland

B.date25/02/1996

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight Winger

23Harkes87

Ian Harkes

United States

B.date30/03/1995

Age24 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Butcher7774

Calum Butcher

England

B.date26/02/1991

Age28 years

H1m96

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Robson

Jamie Robson

Scotland

B.date19/12/1997

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

6Reynolds71

Mark Reynolds

Scotland

B.date07/05/1987

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

44Watson

Paul Watson

Scotland

B.date20/12/1990

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2Liam Smith

Liam Smith

Scotland

B.date10/04/1996

Age23 years

positionRight full-back

1Siegrist

Benjamin Siegrist

Switzerland

B.date31/01/1992

Age27 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Benjamin Siegrist		27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mark Reynolds	71	32	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
44	D	Paul Watson		29	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Liam Smith		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Jamie Robson		22	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Calum Butcher	7774	28	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ian Harkes	87	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Samuel Stanton	42	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Paul McMullan	71	23	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Lawrence Shankland	57	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Nicky Clark	61	28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Ayr United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Moore7372

Craig Moore

Scotland

B.date16/08/1994

Age25 years

H1m73

positionStriker

10Forrest

Alan Forrest

Scotland

B.date09/09/1996

Age23 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

30Kelly

Stephen Kelly

Scotland

B.date13/04/2000

Age19 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

4Kerr5656

Mark Kerr

Scotland

B.date02/03/1982

Age37 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

23Docherty69

Ross Docherty

Scotland

B.date23/01/1993

Age26 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

11McCowan48

Luke McCowan

Scotland

B.date09/12/1997

Age22 years

positionMidfield

3Harvie

Daniel Harvie

Scotland

B.date14/07/1998

Age21 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

15Bell

Steven Bell

Scotland

B.date24/02/1985

Age34 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Muirhead

Aaron Muirhead

Scotland

B.date30/08/1990

Age29 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

14Houston

Jordan Houston

Scotland

B.date28/01/2000

Age19 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Doohan

Ross Doohan

Scotland

B.date29/03/1998

Age21 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Ross Doohan		21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Daniel Harvie		21	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Jordan Houston		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Aaron Muirhead		29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ross Docherty	69	26	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Steven Bell		34	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luke McCowan	48	22	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Stephen Kelly		19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Mark Kerr	5656	37	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Alan Forrest		23	232	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Craig Moore	7372	25	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Deniz Dogan Mehmet		27
5	D	Mark Connolly	71	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Troy Brown		29
3	D	Adrian Sporle		24
25	M	Adam King	77	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Cammy Smith		24
27	F	Louis Appere	71	20	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	G	Ellis Hare-Reid		20
5	D	Sam Roscoe		21
21	D	Finn Ecrepont		17
6	D	Andrew Geggan	69	32	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Craig McGuffie	48	22	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Michael Moffat	73	34	252	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Mark McKenzie		19

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Paul McMullan

Louis Appere

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Robbie Neilson

Success rate in this team:

64 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Neilson vs Ayr United

2 victories

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 21, 2019

Neilson vs Kerr

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2019

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Kerr

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Kerr vs Dundee United

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2019

Kerr vs Neilson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 21, 2019

Referee

Greg Aitken

9 victories	5 draws	7 losses	Dundee United21 matches	General total	Ayr United26 matches	11 victories	3 draws	12 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Dundee United3 matches	Season total	Ayr United3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 27, 2021					Latest figure on May 19, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Samuel Stanton scores a goal vs Ayr United in his professional career since the 18/02/2017 (with Dumbarton vs Ayr United )

Ayr United keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Championship running (since 26/02/2019). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 29/08/1998-01/05/1999 time period (16 matches).

It's the first time Nicky Clark scores 1 goal vs Ayr United in his professional career with Dundee United

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	1	Dundee United	45 pts	18 rd
	2	Inverness	32 pts	18 rd
	3	Ayr United	28 pts	18 rd
+1	4	Dundee FC	28 pts	18 rd
-1	5	Dunfermline Athletic	25 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	1	Dundee United	45 pts	18 rd
	2	Inverness	32 pts	18 rd
	3	Ayr United	28 pts	18 rd
+1	4	Dundee FC	28 pts	18 rd
-1	5	Dunfermline Athletic	25 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VDundee United 2-1 Arbroath21/09/2019

VDundee United 6-0 Greenock Morton28/09/2019

VDundee United 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic26/10/2019

VDundee United 1-0 Partick Thistle29/10/2019

VDundee United 3-0 Queen of the South16/11/2019

VDundee United 2-1 Alloa Athletic07/12/2019

Overall

VInverness 0-3 Dundee United02/11/2019

VDundee FC 0-2 Dundee United08/11/2019

VDundee United 3-0 Queen of the South16/11/2019

VDundee United 2-1 Alloa Athletic07/12/2019

VGreenock Morton 1-2 Dundee United10/12/2019

VArbroath 0-1 Dundee United14/12/2019

Current form

Away

VAlloa Athletic 1-4 Ayr United21/09/2019

VArbroath 0-3 Ayr United28/09/2019

LDunfermline Athletic 3-2 Ayr United19/10/2019

VGreenock Morton 2-3 Ayr United29/10/2019

LQueen of the South 3-1 Ayr United09/11/2019

LInverness 2-0 Ayr United07/12/2019

Overall

VAyr United 4-1 Partick Thistle02/11/2019

LQueen of the South 3-1 Ayr United09/11/2019

LAyr United 0-1 Dunfermline Athletic03/12/2019

LInverness 2-0 Ayr United07/12/2019

DAyr United 1-1 Arbroath10/12/2019

VAyr United 2-1 Alloa Athletic14/12/2019

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	8
Unbeaten streak	9	8
Drawless streak	6	13
Scoring streak	6	8
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	2	0
Drawless streak	6	1
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	10

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
14	Victories (Competition total)	9
8	Victories (Home / Away)	4
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
3	Losses (Competition total)	7
0	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
26	Goals scored (Home / Away)	16
14	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
2.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.82
3.25	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.82	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
4	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
6	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
2-1 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-2 (2 times)

Bookings

20	Yellow cards (Competition total)	25
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Lawrence Shankland	18 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Alan Forrest
Lawrence Shankland	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Alan Forrest
Lawrence Shankland	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Alan Forrest
Lawrence Shankland	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Alan Forrest
Paul McMullan	8 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Michael Moffat
Paul McMullan	5 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Michael Moffat
Lawrence Shankland	18 goals, 1 assist during the last 17 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last match	Ross Docherty

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

25 v

7 d

11 l

99 gf

65 ga

Away

43 matches

10 v

10 d

23 l

57 gf

95 ga

Total

86 matches

35 v

17 d

34 l

156 gf

160 ga

Historical head to head

Home

43 matches

23 v

10 d

10 l

95 gf

57 ga

Away

43 matches

11 v

7 d

25 l

65 gf

99 ga

Total

86 matches

34 v

17 d

35 l

160 gf

156 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	September 24, 1966
Home	5 - 0	March 03, 1976

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	March 19, 1949
Away	5 - 0	November 30, 2018

Latest head to head

September 14, 2019 - Championship 2019/2020

Ayr United

2 - 0

Dundee United logo Dundee United

April 12, 2019 - Championship 2018/2019

Dundee United

2 - 1

Ayr United logo Ayr United

January 25, 2019 - Championship 2018/2019

Ayr United

1 - 0

Dundee United logo Dundee United

November 30, 2018 - Championship 2018/2019

Dundee United

0 - 5

Ayr United logo Ayr United

October 06, 2018 - Championship 2018/2019

Ayr United

2 - 0

Dundee United logo Dundee United

Best historical scorers against Ayr United

Eamonn Bannon	3 goals	1981 - 1981
Paul Sturrock	2 goals	1981 - 1984
Simon Murray	2 goals	2016 - 2017
Iain Ferguson	2 goals	1986 - 1986
Neil Duffy	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Jamie Robson	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Dundee United

Lawrence Shankland	5 goals	2018 - 2018
Daniel Harvie	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Michael Moffat	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Steven Bell	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Alan Forrest	1 goal	2019 - 2019
Gary Harkins	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ayr United

Jamie Robson	6 matches	2016 - 2019
Paul McMullan	5 matches	2018 - 2019
Benjamin Siegrist	5 matches	2018 - 2019
Nicky Clark	4 matches	2018 - 2019
Dave Narey	4 matches	1981 - 1986
Cammy Smith	4 matches	2016 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Dundee United

Ross Docherty	8 matches	2016 - 2019
Alan Forrest	6 matches	2016 - 2019
Robbie Crawford	6 matches	2016 - 2019
Declan McDaid	5 matches	2017 - 2019
Michael Rose	5 matches	2017 - 2019
Michael Moffat	5 matches	2018 - 2019

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 08/08/1981. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Alan Main

189 matches

3 matches

1987 - 2010

Mark Kerr

188 matches

56 matches

2003 - 2019

Stuart Duff

169 matches

3 matches

2001 - 2011

David Robertson

140 matches

4 matches

2006 - 2015

Jim Lauchlan

96 matches

17 matches

2000 - 2011

David Winters

23 matches

34 matches

2000 - 2013

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/02/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Lawrence Shankland

20 matches

74 matches

2017 - 2019

Mark Kerr

188 matches

56 matches

2003 - 2019

Liam Smith

21 matches

39 matches

2018 - 2019

David Winters

23 matches

34 matches

2000 - 2013

William Easton

11 matches

30 matches

2003 - 2011

Jim Lauchlan

96 matches

17 matches

2000 - 2011

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/02/1987. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

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0 2

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Dundee United	45	18	15	0	3	42	14	+28
2	Inverness	32	18	10	2	6	27	21	+6
3	Ayr United	28	18	9	1	8	31	28	+3
+14	Dundee FC	28	18	8	4	6	25	25	0
-15	Dunfermline Athletic	25	18	7	4	7	28	23	+5
+16	Queen of the South	22	17	6	4	7	18	19	-1
-17	Arbroath	22	18	6	4	8	16	20	-4
+18	Greenock Morton	19	17	6	1	10	22	34	-12
-19	Partick Thistle	18	18	5	3	10	24	34	-10
10	Alloa Athletic	14	18	3	5	10	17	32	-15

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Dundee United 4-0 Ayr United - December 21, 2019 / Championship 2019/2020

Dundee United

4 - 0

Ayr United

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Neilson vs Ayr United

Neilson vs Kerr

Manager

Kerr vs Dundee United

Kerr vs Neilson

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Ayr United

Best historical scorers against Dundee United

Players with most games played vs Ayr United

Players with most games played vs Dundee United

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking