Raith Rovers 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Ross (12) Zanatta (27) |
Jack Baird (71) |
| Team Managers | |
| John McGlynn |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 MacDonald 2 Tumilty 12 Lang 5 Berra 3 Dick 7 Connolly 13 Spencer 15 Tait 11 Zanatta 22 Ross 99 Poplatnik |
Aiden McAdams .1 Patrick Reading .3 Markus Fjortoft .23 Jack Baird .15 Jordan Houston .2 Joseph Chalmers .18 Nick McAllister .17 James Maxwell .14 Andy Murdoch .6 Tomi Adeloye .9 Cameron Salkeld .11 |
| Bench | |
|
4 Musonda 17 Thomson 18 Varian 23 Riley-Snow 25 Arnott 26 Mitchell 29 Young |
Charlie Albinson .21 Finn Ecrepont .25 Daire OConnor .10 Mark McKenzie .22 Jonathan Afolabi .24 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jonathan Afolabi for Jordan Houston (45) Mark McKenzie for Cameron Salkeld (45) Michael Moffat for Tomi Adeloye (77) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Greg Aitken (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers survived an Ayr United fightback to secure a win that consolidates fourth spot in the Scottish Championship.
Midfielder Ethan Ross headed the home side ahead after 12 minutes before Dario Zanatta fired the second five minutes later.
The striker's eighth of the season looked to have won it until defender Jack Baird's drive gave Ayr hope.
Rovers are now eight games without defeat - six without a home loss.
Meanwhile, Ayr have now not beaten their hosts in five meetings and in seven visits to Stark's Park since November 2011.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 30th, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | - |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
15 | - | 23 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
11 | - | 20 | - |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
16 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Markus Fjortoft | 27 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 20 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Joseph Chalmers | 27 |
|
11 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
16 | 1 | 29 | 2 |
| James Maxwell | 19 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
16 | 7 | 16 | 7 |
| Cameron Salkeld | 22 |
|
16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 21 |
|
12 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Jonathan Afolabi (sub) | 21 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
9 | - | 23 | 3 |
League Table (as at October 30th, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kilmarnock | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| 2. | ICT | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 7. | Hamilton Academical | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 8. | Queen of the South | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 9. | Morton | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
| 10. | Dunfermline Athletic | 12 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 |