Arbroath 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Arbroath |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Ben Dempsey (pen.) (70) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (89) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Gaston 2 Oakley 4 Little 20 Bitsindou 3 Hamilton 15 Tait 23 Allan 7 Gold 10 Jacobs 11 Linn 8 McKenna |
Charlie Albinson .21 Frankie Musonda .4 Sean McGinty .5 Alex Kirk .15 Josh Mullin .14 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Andy Murdoch .6 Dipo Akinyemi .9 Brad Young .18 Logan Chalmers |
| Bench | |
|
9 Hilson 16 Shanks 17 Corfe 18 Hancock 19 Isiaka 21 Gill 27 Fosu |
Aiden McAdams .1 Patrick Reading .3 Jordan Houston .2 Jayden Mitchell-Lawson .11 David Bangala .29 Daire OConnor .10 Mark McKenzie .22 Sam Ashford .23 Paul Smith .31 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jordan Houston for Nick McAllister (64) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Logan Chalmers (64) Mark McKenzie for Brad Young (64) Patrick Reading for Josh Mullin (86) Sam Ashford for Dipo Akinyemi (91) |
| Cautions | |
| Bitsindou | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Graham Grainger (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Championship after beating struggling Arbroath.
Ben Dempsey's penalty kick, after Colin Hamilton fouled substitute Jayden Mitchell-Lawson, gave them the lead.
And Mitchell-Lawson got a goal himself late on when he twisted and turned in the box before firing into the corner for his first Ayr goal.
Bobby Linn came closest for Arbroath when his curling shot from 25 yards thumped the top of the post early on.
Lee Bullen's visitors take on Morton next as they dream of a return to the top flight for the first time in 44 years.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 29th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
15 | - | 26 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
13 | 1 | 48 | 2 |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
16 | 2 | 127 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
18 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
9 | - | 22 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
18 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Brad Young | - |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Jordan Houston (sub) | 22 |
|
16 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading (sub) | 23 |
|
17 | - | 82 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
16 | 2 | 88 | 6 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 26 |
|
15 | - | 28 | 2 |
League Table (as at October 29th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| 2. | Morton | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 3. | Queen's Park | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 4. | ICT | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 6. | Dundee | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 |