Arbroath 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Arbroath |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Craigen (36,39) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Mark Kerr |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Gaston 2 Thomson 4 Little 5 O'Brien 3 Hamilton 22 Virtanen 7 Gold 28 Craigen 9 Hilson 15 Donnelly 8 McKenna |
Vijami Sinisalo .1 Sam Roscoe .5 Jack Baird .15 Patrick Reading .3 Michael Miller Joseph Chalmers .18 Andy Murdoch .6 Luke McCowan Aaron Muirhead Bruce Anderson .9 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Bench | |
|
10 Swankie 11 Linn 12 Stewart 14 Doolan 16 Ruth 17 Smith 21 Gallacher |
Ellis Hare Reid Jordan Houston Tom Walsh Mark McKenzie Michael Hewitt Dario Zanatta Cameron Smith .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Lowe (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath moved off the bottom after beating Ayr United for a first Scottish Championship win of the season.
James Craigen scored twice within two minutes as the home side were rewarded for a dominant first half.
The midfielder powered in a header at the back post then swept in a Dale Hilson cross.
Ayr's Michael Moffat was denied by a post after the break and Jack Baird's header from a Joe Chalmers corner came too late to inspire a comeback.
Arbroath move into second bottom, a point above Queen of the South, while Ayr remain fifth
Squad Statistics (as at December 19th, 2020)
| 2020-21 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Vijami Sinisalo (GK) | 19 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Sam Roscoe | - |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Michael Miller | 25 |
|
11 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 21 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Jack Baird | 24 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Joseph Chalmers | 26 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Luke McCowan | 23 |
|
11 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Bruce Anderson | 22 |
|
9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Michael Moffat | 35 |
|
12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
League Table (as at December 19th, 2020)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dunfermline Athletic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 3. | Hearts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4. | Morton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5. | Ayr United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6. | ICT | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. | Dundee | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8. | Alloa Athletic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9. | Queen of the South | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |