Ayr United 2
Arbroath 2
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 22 - 2 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Ben Dempsey (pen.) (38) Sean McGinty (76) |
Adarkwa (57) Ben El-Mhanni (63) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Dick Campbell |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Charlie Albinson Patrick Reading Alex Kirk Sean McGinty Michael Hewitt Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Josh Mullin Dipo Akinyemi Paul Smith |
1 Gaston 12 Stewart 4 Little 5 O'Brien 3 Hamilton 8 McKenna 7 Gold 25 Baldé 18 Ben El-Mhanni 19 Dow 24 Adarkwa |
| Bench | |
|
Aiden McAdams Kinlay Bilham Jordan Houston Finn Ecrepont Mark McKenzie David Bangala Scott Tomlinson Sam Ashford Fraser Bryden |
9 Hilson 11 Linn 20 Bitsindou 21 Gill 22 Hoti 23 Allan |
| Substitutions | |
|
Mark McKenzie for Paul Smith (45) Sam Ashford for Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (74) |
18 Ben El-Mhanni for Linn 71'minutes 19 Dow for Hilson 81'minutes |
| Cautions | |
|
Charlie Albinson Paul Smith |
Gold Balde |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Napier (Referee) |
Match Report
Sean McGinty's header earned Ayr United a point in a captivating Scottish Championship encounter against Arbroath at a windy Somerset Park.
Ben Dempsey's penalty opened the socring in a first half that saw Arbroath boss Dick Campbell sent off.
With the wind at their backs, Arbroath turned the game on its head after the break through Sean Adarkwa's flick and Ben El-Mhanni's cross-shot.
However, McGinty nodded home Josh Mullin's corner with 14 minutes left.
The result keeps Lee Bullen's second-place side four points behind Queen's Park, while Arbroath stay 11th, now only four points clear of Hamilton.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 14th, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
23 | - | 34 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
26 | - | 65 | 2 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
22 | 2 | 47 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson | - |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Michael Hewitt | 22 |
|
8 | - | 18 | - |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
16 | 6 | 16 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
27 | 5 | 32 | 5 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
18 | - | 31 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
27 | 16 | 27 | 16 |
| Paul Smith | 20 |
|
12 | - | 17 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
25 | 3 | 56 | 5 |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 27 |
|
22 | - | 27 | 1 |
League Table (as at January 14th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Queen's Park | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 |
| 3. | Dundee | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 35 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
| 5. | Morton | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 30 |
| 6. | ICT | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 14 |