Ayr United 0
Greenock Morton 2
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 20 - 2 |
MortonMorton |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Reilly (27, 61) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Dougie Imrie |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Aiden McAdams Jordan Houston Patrick Reading Jack Baird Sean McGinty Andy Murdoch Mark McKenzie Aaron Muirhead James Maxwell Joseph Chalmers Tomi Adeloye |
1 Hamilton 2 Ledger 47 Lithgow 4 McLean 12 Brandon 10 Lyon 8 Blues 7 Oliver 3 Strapp 14 Reilly 11 Ugwu |
| Bench | |
|
Markus Fjortoft Daire OConnor Nick McAllister Ryan Gondoh Fraser Bryden Michael Moffat |
5 McEntee 6 Jacobs 9 Muirhead 15 Russell 16 Hynes 18 Garrity 25 King |
| Substitutions | |
|
Ryan Gondoh for Joseph Chalmers (61) Daire OConnor for Tomi Adeloye (66) Fraser Bryden for James Maxwell (84) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Tomi Adeloye Sean McGinty Ryan Gondoh Fraser Bryden |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John Beaton (Referee) |
Match Report
Dougie Imrie's impressive start as Greenock Morton manager continued with victory away to fellow Scottish Championship strugglers Ayr United.
Striker Gavin Reilly netted in each half, finding the bottom corner before converting from close range.
Morton, who propped up the table when Imrie took over last month, are now two points clear of the bottom two.
Imrie, charged with alleged historic betting offences on Friday, has taken seven points from a possible nine.
And Morton have now earned successive league wins for the first time in 13 months.
Seventh-placed Ayr were seeking a third consecutive victory but are now just a point ab
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 15th, 2022)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | - |
|
16 | - | 16 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
19 | - | 19 | - |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
24 | 1 | 58 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
25 | 1 | 49 | 2 |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
19 | - | 67 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 21 |
|
18 | 2 | 55 | 4 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
26 | 1 | 93 | 4 |
| Joseph Chalmers | 28 |
|
18 | 2 | 49 | 3 |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
19 | 1 | 83 | 5 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
23 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| Daire OConnor (sub) | 24 |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Ryan Gondoh (sub) | 24 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 17 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
League Table (as at January 15th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 |
| 2. | ICT | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 37 |
| 3. | Kilmarnock | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 35 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| 6. | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 8. | Morton | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 20 |
| 9. | Queen of the South | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 10. | Dunfermline Athletic | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 18 |