St. Johnstone's team badge Ayr United's team badge

St. Johnstone v Ayr United : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 28th Feb, 15:00 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

Ayr United, led by manager Scott Brown, visit Simo Valakari and his St. Johnstone side at the McDiarmid Park on Saturday afternoon in the Championship. We've got odds from leading bookmakers for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for the two sides. You can access it all using the tabs below.


In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
46%
--
Draw
27%
--
Ayr United
27%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
St. Johnstone 1-0
13%
--
Ayr United 1-0
9%
--
Draw 0-0
9%
--
St. Johnstone 2-1
9%
--
St. Johnstone 2-0
9%
--
Ayr United 2-1
6%
--
Ayr United 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
St. Johnstone 3-1
4%
--
St. Johnstone 3-0
4%
--
Ayr United 3-1
2%
--
St. Johnstone 3-2
2%
--
Ayr United 3-0
2%
--
Ayr United 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
43%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
57%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
43%
--
No 1st Goal
6%
--
BTTS - Yes
48%
--
BTTS - No
52%
--
BTTS - Home Win
18%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
11%
--
Home/draw
73%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
69%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
31%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
22%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
78%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
--
Home DNB
64%
--
Away DNB
46%
--
St. Johnstone win to nil
27%
--
Ayr United win to nil
16%
--
Match Predictor Pro
Your ultimate betting assistant
Try it now
Win / draw / win Championship table

St. Johnstone have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the Championship league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below in the table, having won 14, drawn 8 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 13 clean sheets and have failed to score in 6 fixtures. St. Johnstone have outscored their opponents by 46 goals to 30 goals.

Home League Performance

St. Johnstone have played 13 games at home winning 7, drawing 5 and losing 1 game. They have scored 26 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 9 goals at home.

Ayr United are in 4th position in the Championship on 32 points having played 23 matches so far this season. Ayr United are winless in the 7 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in 5 of those games.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 13 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 16 goals in total and failed to score in 2 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

7 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 3 games, drawn 4 and won zero. Ayr United have conceded 10 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 2 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Ayr United
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
St. Johnstone252650 
-
-
-
-
l
 
2-4F
d
 
0-00-0
May 1
Feb 28
2
Partick24944 
w
 
5-1A
l
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
Mar 20
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
Apr 4
l
 
2-1F
3
Arbroath24237 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-1F
w
 
1-0F
Apr 4
d
 
1-1A
d
 
1-1F
Apr 11
-
4
Ayr United23332 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
2-4A
Feb 28
May 1
-
-
-
-
5
Raith Rovers26230 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-2F
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
2-1F
Mar 27
6
Greenock 25-530 
d
 
1-1A
w
 
0-4F
w
 
5-0F
Mar 7
w
 
2-1F
d
 
2-2A
Mar 21
d
 
1-1F
7
Dunfermline23329 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-1A
Apr 18
l
 
0-1A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 7
w
 
2-3F
8
Queen's Park23-1124 
w
 
4-3F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 28
-
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
-
Mar 14
9
Airdrieonians25-1323 
w
 
3-0F
w
 
1-2F
Apr 11
w
 
0-1F
w
 
4-2F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
1-1F
Apr 25
10
Ross County24-1622 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
Mar 14
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
3-3F
Feb 21
Apr 18
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
St. Johnstone 1ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
10
Draw
6
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
St. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
St. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
St. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone4 - 3Queen's Park
St. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
St. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 1Greenock
St. Johnstone3 - 0Arbroath
St. Johnstone5 - 1Partick
St. Johnstone0 - 2Dundee
St. Johnstone2 - 1Ross County
St. Johnstone0 - 2Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone1 - 0Celtic
St. Johnstone0 - 0Aberdeen
St. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
HSt. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
ASt. Johnstone4 - 2Ayr United
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Partick
HSt. Johnstone4 - 3Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone2 - 2Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
ASt. Johnstone4 - 0Greenock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 3Arbroath
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
HSt. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone2 - 1Airdrieonians
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
Ayr United 4TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
7
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Partick2 - 1Ayr United
Greenock 1 - 1Ayr United
Dunfermline2 - 3Ayr United
Airdrieonians0 - 1Ayr United
Ross County3 - 3Ayr United
Queen's Park0 - 0Ayr United
Partick2 - 1Ayr United
Raith Rovers0 - 2Ayr United
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
Dunfermline0 - 1Ayr United
Greenock 2 - 2Ayr United
Arbroath1 - 1Ayr United
Airdrieonians0 - 1Ayr United
Livingston5 - 0Ayr United
Raith Rovers1 - 0Ayr United
Partick2 - 0Ayr United
Greenock 2 - 1Ayr United
Queen's Park2 - 3Ayr United
Falkirk2 - 2Ayr United
Hamilton0 - 2Ayr United
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
7
Draw
9
L
4
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HAyr United2 - 1Raith Rovers
AAyr United1 - 2Partick
HAyr United1 - 1Airdrieonians
AAyr United1 - 1Greenock
AAyr United3 - 2Dunfermline
HAyr United2 - 4St. Johnstone
HAyr United0 - 0Partick
AAyr United1 - 0Airdrieonians
HAyr United1 - 1Arbroath
AAyr United3 - 3Ross County
HAyr United0 - 1Dunfermline
AAyr United0 - 0Queen's Park
AAyr United1 - 2Partick
HAyr United2 - 1Greenock
AAyr United2 - 0Raith Rovers
AAyr United0 - 0St. Johnstone
HAyr United4 - 2Airdrieonians
AAyr United1 - 0Dunfermline
HAyr United1 - 1Ross County
HAyr United1 - 1Queen's Park
Goal Statistics
St. Johnstone 1st Ayr United 4th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that St. Johnstone will score no more than 1 goal
0
36%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 73% probability that Ayr United will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
St. Johnstone’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+3
Ayr United’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2025/2026 season
St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Ayr United
1.4
1
Attack rating
11%
better
STU
AYR
view stats
Games scored19
18
Failed to score5
5
Scored first12
14
Goals scored46
30
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.3
Avg. shots per game10
8
Avg. shots per goal5
6
Conversion rate for19
17
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+11%
Defence rating
16%
better
STU
AYR
view stats
Games conceded12
17
Clean sheets12
6
Conceded first8
6
Goals conceded20
27
Avg. goals conceded0.8
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded5
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
6
Conversion rate against16%
16%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+16%

St. Johnstone v Ayr United Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

St. Johnstone Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
241496
T StewardJ McPakeJ GullanC Diabaté
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK24
-
R McAlear MID2418
5
-
C Diabaté DEF232
5
1
J McPake MID23142
4
-
J Holt MID2312
6
-
J Gullan FWD2289
2
-
M Boyes DEF211
6
-
J Baird DEF182
2
-
K Fotheringham FWD1731
2
-
M Foulds DEF161
1
-
L Smith DEF1411
1
-
A. Forrester DEF141
3
-
S Stanton MID142
-
S Mallan MID1123
-
J Svedberg MID102
-
R Tumilty DEF71
2
-
V Mullins MID4
-
F. Franczak MID4
-
A. Agyeman FWD31
1
-
L LLoyd FWD2
-
J. Fowler FWD2
2
-
B Mikulic DEF1
1
-
R Paton FWD11
-
T. Steven FWD1
-
Ayr United Championship squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
23747
S McMannM McKenzieM RusM Rus
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S McMann DEF2311
6
-
M McKenzie FWD2371
2
-
K Holt DEF202
3
-
M Rus MID2014
6
1
E Walker FWD1843
3
1
J Murphy FWD1851
4
-
S Bannigan MID17
5
-
B Dempsey MID172
1
-
A Dowds FWD1731
1
-
D Mitchell GLK16
-
L King DEF161
5
-
J. Bonnar MID161
2
-
N McAllister DEF1511
5
-
D Watret DEF152
1
1
L Dick DEF15
3
-
K. Ure MID131
2
-
G Oakley FWD10
1
-
L. Russell GLK7
-
S Want DEF5
2
-
G. Finney DEF2
1
-
B Summers MID2
-
M. Thompson GLK1
-