Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
ICT |
1 - 2 |
Ayr United |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Nicolson (86) |
Sean McGinty (35) Tomi Adeloye (64) |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Dodds |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
21 MacKay 2 Duffy 5 Deas 15 Broadfoot 3 Harper 7 Pearson 8 Carson 23 McAlear 17 Chalmers 11 Sutherland 9 Mckay |
Aiden McAdams Jordan Houston Sean McGinty Patrick Reading Andy Murdoch Mark McKenzie James Maxwell Ben Dempsey Aaron Muirhead Kerr McInroy Sam Ashford |
| Bench | |
|
10 Doran 20 Hardy 24 Samuels 28 Hyde 33 Nicolson 41 Esson |
Charlie Albinson Jack Baird Markus Fjortoft Blaine Rowe Ryan Gondoh Daire OConnor Tomi Adeloye Fraser Bryden Paul Smith |
| Substitutions | |
|
2 Duffy for Hardy 71'minutes 3 Harper for Nicolson 78'minutes 7 Pearson for Doran 78'minutes 17 Chalmers for Hyde 78'minutes 11 Sutherland for Samuels 65'minutes |
Blaine Rowe for Jordan Houston (62) Tomi Adeloye for Sam Ashford (62) Daire OConnor for James Maxwell (89) Ryan Gondoh for Mark McKenzie (89) Paul Smith for Ben Dempsey (89) |
| Cautions | |
|
Harper Carson |
Mark McKenzie |
| Red Cards | |
| Carson | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Kevin Clancy (Referee) |
Match Report
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are seven points off the top two in the Scottish Championship after losing at home to Ayr United.
Sean McGinty headed Ayr in front 10 minutes before half-time.
Tomi Adeloye struck the visitors' second before Inverness had David Carson sent off for two bookings midway through the second period.
Substitute Lewis Nicolson netted from a difficult angle to reduce the hosts' deficit but they could not get level.
Billy Dodds' Caley Thistle, without a win in nine, remain a point above Raith Rovers while Ayr climb two points clear of eight-placed Greenock Morton.
Inverness manager Billy Dodds: "It conspired against us today. We've had a few chances. I don't think we deserved to be 1-0 down at half-time.
"They get a goal second half and we find ourselves having to come from two behind. It's just not happening for us just now, but we'll keep going at it."
Ayr manager Lee Bullen: "We demanded more from the players at half-time. They came out and showed more of their true colours.
"The boys are in a good place mentally at the moment. We are making progress. Our feet are firmly planted. We know exactly where we are."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 19th, 2022)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Aiden McAdams (GK) | - |
|
22 | - | 22 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
25 | - | 34 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
31 | 2 | 39 | 2 |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
25 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie | 21 |
|
24 | 2 | 31 | 2 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
32 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| Kerr McInroy | - |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
25 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
27 | 4 | 27 | 4 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Blaine Rowe (sub) | - |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| Ryan Gondoh (sub) | 24 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Daire OConnor (sub) | 24 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Tomi Adeloye (sub) | 26 |
|
28 | 11 | 28 | 11 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 19 |
|
2 | - | 5 | - |
League Table (as at February 19th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 46 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 46 |
| 3. | ICT | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 38 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| 6. | Hamilton Academical | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
| 8. | Morton | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 10. | Queen of the South | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 |