Partick Thistle 4
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Partick Thistle |
4 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Rudden (34) Smith (45) McGinty og (72) Graham (85) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Ian McCall |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Sneddon 18 Akinola 4 MayoB 3 Holt 2 Foster 11 Smith 23 Docherty 8 Bannigan 7 Tiffoney 9 Graham 10 Rudden |
Patrick Reading .3 Aaron Muirhead .4 Sean McGinty .5 Andy Murdoch .6 Michael Moffat .7 Tomi Adeloye .9 Jack Baird .15 Nick McAllister .17 Joseph Chalmers .18 Charlie Albinson .21 Markus Fjortoft .23 |
| Bench | |
|
6 Turner 14 Gordon 16 McKenna 17 Murray 19 MacIver 25 McCready 32 Hastie |
Aiden McAdams .1 Cameron Salkeld .11 James Maxwell .14 Jonathan Afolabi .24 Finn Ecrepont .25 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
James Maxwell for Markus Fjortoft (54) Jonathan Afolabi for Michael Moffat (70) Cameron Salkeld for Joseph Chalmers (70) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Duncan Williams (Referee) |
Match Report
Partick Thistle put an end to a three-game losing streak in the Scottish Championship by thumping Ayr United.
Zak Rudden's header opened the scoring at Firhill before Cammy Smith nodded in a second just before the break.
Rudden added his second and Thistle's third with another header, as Brian Graham completed the rout with a finish from the edge of the box late on.
The win leaves the hosts fifth, but keeps them within two points of the play-off spots.
As for Ayr, Jim Duffy's side drop a place to seventh.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 2nd, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 24 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
11 | - | 35 | 1 |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
12 | - | 46 | - |
| Markus Fjortoft | 27 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
12 | - | 79 | 5 |
| Joseph Chalmers | 27 |
|
7 | 1 | 38 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 20 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
12 | 1 | 89 | 4 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
12 | 7 | 12 | 7 |
| Michael Moffat | 36 |
|
5 | - | 113 | 20 |
| James Maxwell (sub) | 19 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Jonathan Afolabi (sub) | 21 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Cameron Salkeld (sub) | 22 |
|
12 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
League Table (as at October 2nd, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ICT | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 6. | Queen of the South | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 9. | Morton | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 10. | Dunfermline Athletic | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |