St Johnstone are the only side in the Championship to have won their opening two fixtures, and the goal glut of the Perth side at McDiarmid Park is set to continue against Arbroath.

Simo Valakari’s side are set up with an attacking mindset, and this has been reflected by the fact that they have scored 16 times in their four home matches across all competitions. Although Saints were stopped 1-0 against Premiership Motherwell last weekend, that was a test on a very different level. They had just 40% of the ball in that game; they have had upwards of 60% in both league games.

This is a team that will play on the front foot and try to score goals. They netted five in their previous home league match against Partick and also hit three against fellow Championship side Raith Rovers in the League Cup group stage.

Arbroath, meanwhile, have yet to keep a clean sheet in their three fixtures against second tier rivals this season. Although they won 3-1 against a weak Queen’s Park side a fortnight ago, they gave up 15 shots, including six on target.

I think Morton could make life really difficult for Ayr on Saturday, making the hosts an attractive option to score at least once during this Cappielow clash. The Ton have long had a reputation as a tough nut to crack under Dougie Imirie’s tutorship, and I suspect that they could smell blood when they host the Honest Men on Saturday.

Ayr have endured a sticky start to their league season, drawing 1-1 away at Arbroath before losing 1-0 at home to Raith Rovers. I watched the full 90 minutes of Ayr’s televised 1-1 draw with Arbroath and I thought Scott Brown’s side were fortunate to get anything out of that game. The Somerset Park side have since been dumped out of the Scottish League Cup courtesy of a 2-0 loss at Partick Thistle last weekend.

While Morton were also eliminated from the League Cup last Saturday at the hands of Aberdeen, they did win three of their four games during the group stage, not to mention they have avoided defeat in each of their opening two league games of the season. It’s also worth noting that Morton scored in each of their two home games against Ayr last term.