Arbroath welcome Ian McCall’s Ayr United to Gayfield tomorrow where two two top scoring sides in League one meet for the second time this season.

Ayr United were tipped to be title contenders during pre-season and have battled back to draw level with Raith Rovers at the top of League One with 23 points, although Rovers do have a game in hand.

Ayr United, Raith Rovers and Airdrieonians are the full time clubs in this league and certainly Raith Rovers and Ayr have been setting the standards.

The Lichties produced one of their best complete displays of football in many years to record a fantastic 2-1 win at Somerset Park in August.

It was the start of a run of 3 defeats for the Honest men as Montrose inflicted defeat against them in the Irn Bru Cup a few days later before Raith Rovers also claimed 3 points, but they have been undefeated since then and we will face another tough match to the form team in all divisions with 13 points out of a possible 15 in their last 5 games.

Experienced Striker Lawrence Shankland was recruited in September and has went on to score 7 goals in 7 games. In addition to Michael Moffat and Craig Moore it is one of the best strike forces in the League netting 31 goals so far.

Arbroath will be looking to repeat their Somerset Park performance and having scored 28 goals in the league we are still making strides in the right direction and challenging at the right end of the table.

The Lichties will be without Steven Doris, Josh Skelly and Ricky Gomes but Scott Martin will come into the squad to face Ayr United.

Ayr United – Scottish League One Results

1 – Albion Rovers 1 – 5 Ayr United – 5th August 2017 – Win
2 – Ayr United 3 – 0 Forfar Athletic – 12th August 2017 – Win
3 – Stranraer 3 – 4 Ayr United – 19th August 2017 – Win
4 – Ayr United 1 – 2 Arbroath – 26th August 2017 – Defeat
5 – Raith Rovers 2 – 1 Ayr United – 9th September 2017 – Defeat
6 – Ayr United 3 – 3 Alloa Athletic – 16th September 2017 – Draw
7 – Queen’s Park 0 – 2 Ayr United – 23rd September 2017 – Win
8 – Ayr United 3 – 0 East Fife – 30th September 2017 – Win
9 – Ayr United 2 – 2 Airdrieonians – 14th October 2017 – Draw
10 – Forfar Athletic 0 – 5 Ayr United – 21st October 2017 – Win
11 – Ayr United 2 – 0 Stranraer – 28th October 2017 – Win

Arbroath vs Ayr United – Head to Head

Ayr United 1 – 1 Arbroath – Saturday 26th August 2017 Scottish League One 2017/18
Goals – Higgins 42 – Kader 45+2, Whatley 59

Ayr United 2 – 1 Arbroath – 22nd March 2014 – Scottish League One 2013/14
Goals – Malcolm 4, Moffat 40 – Deuchar 38

Arbroath 2 – 3 Ayr United – 1st February 2014 – Scottish League One 2013/14
Goals – Linn 63, McIntosh 79 – Moffat 4, Donald 18, Moffat 29

Ayr United 2 – 0 Arbroath – 19th October 2013 – Scottish League One 2013/14
Goals – Kyle 45, Hunter 74

Suspensions;

Neither team have any players suspended.

Officials;

Referee – Alan Muir
Assistant Referee 1 – Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee 2 – Liam Butler

Admission;

£14 for Adults
£8 for Concessions
£17 for the Adult and Child Gate.

Matchday Programme;

Tomorrow’s programme will be on sale just inside of Gayfield and is the 7th programme this new season and is priced at £2 with Ryan McCord on the front cover

We value our support and so do the players so let’s get some songs sung and cheer on the team.

C’mon the Lichties