Ayr United 2
Queen of the South 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 12 - 1 |
Queen of the SouthQueen of the South |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Aaron Muirhead (pen.) (73) James Maxwell (79) |
Connelly (68) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Jim Duffy |
Allan Johnston |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Aiden McAdams 3. Patrick Reading 4. Aaron Muirhead 6. Andy Murdoch 9. Tomi Adeloye 11. Cameron Salkeld 14. James Maxwell 15. Jack Baird 17. Nick McAllister 23. Markus Fjortoft 24. Jonathan Afolabi |
12 Brynn 5 McKay 13 Debayo 2 0Nditi 22 Johnston 33 Gibson 6 Cochrane 3 Cooper 10 Connelly 49 Soares Junior 19 Cameron |
| Bench | |
|
7. Michael Moffat 16. Steven Bradley 18. Joseph Chalmers 21. Charlie Albinson 25. Finn Ecrepont |
7 Paton 8 Todd 9 Roy 11 Fitzpatrick 14 Liddle 16 East 30 Cowie |
| Substitutions | |
|
Steven Bradley for Cameron Salkeld (61) Joseph Chalmers for Jonathan Afolabi (61) Michael Moffat for Tomi Adeloye (89) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Aaron Muirhead |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Dickinson (Referee) |
Match Report
Jim Duffy earned his first win as Ayr United manager as they came from behind to beat Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship.
Lee Connelly scored his sixth goal in seven games, tapping in from a Soares Junior cross, to give Queens the lead at Somerset Park.
Aaron Muirhead equalised with a penalty after James Maxwell was fouled.
On-loan Rangers winger Maxwell then fired past Solomon Brynn to complete the home side's comeback.
It means Ayr move one place above Queens to sixth in the table, four points adrift of the play-off spots.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 16th, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Aiden McAdams (GK) | - |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
12 | - | 36 | 1 |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
13 | - | 47 | - |
| Markus Fjortoft | 27 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
13 | 1 | 80 | 6 |
| James Maxwell | 19 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 20 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
13 | 1 | 84 | 4 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
13 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| Jonathan Afolabi | 21 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Cameron Salkeld | 22 |
|
13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Steven Bradley (sub) | - |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Joseph Chalmers (sub) | 27 |
|
8 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
6 | - | 108 | 16 |
League Table (as at October 16th, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ICT | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3. | Raith Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 5. | Arbroath | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7. | Queen of the South | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 9. | Morton | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 10. | Dunfermline Athletic | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 |