Cove Rangers 1
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Cove Rangers |
1 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Masson (pen) 92 |
Ben Dempsey (pen.) (59) Dipo Akinyemi (68) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
23 Gourlay 2 Logan 5 Ross Substituted for Neill at 31'minutes 26 Reynolds Substituted for Masson at 75'minutes 13 Dunne 20 Leitch Substituted for McIntosh at 67'minutes 4 Scully 16 Vigurs Substituted for Longstaffat 67'minutes 14 Gilmour 9 Megginson Substituted for McDonaghat 45'minutes 24 Fyvie |
Charlie Albinson .21 Alex Kirk .15 Patrick Reading .3 Frankie Musonda .4 Jordan Houston .2 Daire OConnor .10 Andy Murdoch .6 Ben Dempsey .8 Mark McKenzie .22 Dipo Akinyemi .9 Sam Ashford .23 |
| Bench | |
|
1 McKenzie 6 Neill 7 McDonagh 10 Masson 11 McIntosh 17 Longstaff 19 Thomas |
Sean McGinty .5 Kinlay Bilham .26 Finn Ecrepont .25 Michael Hewitt .20 Nick McAllister .17 Paul Smith .31 Michael Moffat .7 David Bangala .29 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
David Bangala for Sam Ashford (86) Finn Ecrepont for Daire OConnor (88) Sean McGinty for Mark McKenzie (93) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Scott Lambie (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United moved top of the Scottish Championship after maintaining their unbeaten start with a deserved victory over Cove Rangers.
Dipo Akinyemi hit the bar from 20 yards and Mark McKenzie twice came close before the breakthrough arrived just shy of the hour following Mark Reynolds' handball.
Ben Dempsey made no mistake from the spot and Akinyemi tapped in a second.
Jamie Masson replied with a 92nd-minute penalty for the hosts.
While Ayr move a point clear at the summit, Cove are just a point off the bottom after a third straight defeat.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 20th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
|
6 | - | 17 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
6 | - | 87 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
7 | - | 72 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 19 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
8 | 1 | 118 | 5 |
| Daire OConnor | 25 |
|
8 | - | 33 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
7 | - | 79 | 4 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
8 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
7 | - | 20 | 2 |
| Sean McGinty (sub) | 29 |
|
7 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Finn Ecrepont (sub) | 20 |
|
3 | - | 9 | - |
| David Bangala (sub) | 25 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at August 20th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2. | Partick Thistle | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3. | Dundee | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6. | ICT | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7. | Morton | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 9. | Cove Rangers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |