Dundee 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Dundee |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
McMullan (38) Robinson (49) |
Josh Mullin (61) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Legzdins 2 Kerr 5 Sweeney 6 McGhee 3 Marshall 18 McMullan 4 French 38 Grayson 17 McCowan 20 Rudden 23 SheridanS |
Charlie Albinson .21 Frankie Musonda .4 Alex Kirk .15 Patrick Reading .3 Jordan Houston .2 Ben Dempsey .8 Josh Mullin .14 Paul Smith .31 Dipo Akinyemi .9 Brad Young .18 Logan Chalmers |
| Bench | |
|
7 Jakubiak 8 Byrne 15 Mulligan 16 Robinson 22 Williamson 24 Anderson 25 Cameron 27 Strachan 30 Sharp |
Aiden McAdams .1 Sean McGinty .5 Finn Ecrepont .25 Daire OConnor .10 Mark McKenzie .22 David Bangala .29 Jayden Mitchell-Lawson .11 Sam Ashford .23 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie for Brad Young (57) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Logan Chalmers (57) Daire OConnor for Paul Smith (75) Finn Ecrepont for Patrick Reading (81) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Grant Irvine (Referee) |
Match Report
Dundee moved level on points with opponents Ayr United in the Scottish Championship with victory at Dens Park.
Paul McMullan struck from 35 yards to put the hosts in front and Zach Robinson netted their second from close range after the break.
Josh Mulligan pulled a goal back for Ayr with just over half-an-hour left but they could not get level.
Ayr, in third, are above Dundee on goal difference with Partick Thistle and Inverness three points further ahead.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 15th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
12 | - | 23 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 94 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
14 | - | 79 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 19 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
15 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
15 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Paul Smith | 20 |
|
8 | - | 17 | - |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brad Young | - |
|
4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Finn Ecrepont (sub) | 20 |
|
5 | - | 11 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 85 | 5 |
| Daire OConnor (sub) | 25 |
|
12 | - | 37 | 1 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
League Table (as at October 15th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partick Thistle | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 2. | ICT | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| 4. | Dundee | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 5. | Morton | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 6. | Queen's Park | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |