Ayr United 1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 21 - 2 |
ICTICT |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Dipo Akinyemi (12) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Charlie Albinson Alex Kirk Patrick Reading Sean McGinty Reece Mcalear Daire OConnor Josh Mullin Ben Dempsey Nick McAllister Mark McKenzie Dipo Akinyemi |
1 Ridgers 8 Carson 6 Devine 2 Duffy 5 Deas 2 0Henderson 4 Welsh 18 Allardice 23 Delaney 22 Shaw 9 Mckay |
| Bench | |
|
Aiden McAdams Frankie Musonda Kinlay Bilham Jordan Houston Michael Hewitt Sam Ashford Chris Maguire Paul Smith Fraser Bryden |
10 Doran 16 Hyde 17 Mackay 21 MacKay 24 Samuels 29 Thompson 30 Boyd 32 Cairns |
| Substitutions | |
|
Sam Ashford for Josh Mullin (10) Frankie Musonda for Nick McAllister (72) Chris Maguire for Patrick Reading (84) Michael Hewitt for Mark McKenzie (84) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Nick McAllister Chris Maguire |
Deas Welsh |
| Red Cards | |
|
Daire OConnor (29) |
None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Scott Lambie (Referee) |
Match Report
Inverness Caledonian Thistle moved to within five points of Ayr United in the Scottish Championship after coming from behind to win at Somerset Park.
Dipo Akinyemi struck to put Ayr in front, but that was quickly cancelled out by Sean Welsh's shot.
Daire O'Connor was sent off for the hosts for violent conduct just before the half-hour mark.
Jay Henderson netted from close range to put Inverness ahead for the first time and they saw out victory.
Ayr drop out of the top four and are one place above sixth-placed Inverness.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 4th, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
28 | - | 39 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
29 | 2 | 64 | 3 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
33 | - | 98 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
23 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
22 | 8 | 22 | 8 |
| Daire OConnor | 25 |
|
20 | - | 45 | 1 |
| Reece Mcalear | 21 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
32 | 4 | 104 | 8 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
25 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
34 | 7 | 41 | 7 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
34 | 20 | 34 | 20 |
| Frankie Musonda (sub) | 25 |
|
19 | - | 19 | - |
| Michael Hewitt (sub) | 22 |
|
11 | - | 24 | - |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 27 |
|
28 | 1 | 41 | 3 |
| Chris Maguire (sub) | - |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
League Table (as at March 4th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Queen's Park | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 48 |
| 2. | Dundee | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 |
| 3. | Morton | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 41 |
| 4. | Ayr United | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| 6. | ICT | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 25 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 24 |