Ayr United 2
Raith Rovers 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 02 - 0 |
Raith RoversRaith Rovers |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Josh Mullin (31) Josh Mullin (70) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Ina Murray |
| Starting Eleven | |
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21. Charlie Albinson 3. Patrick Reading 5. Sean McGinty 25. Finn Ecrepont 6. Andy Murdoch 22. Mark McKenzie 17. Nick McAllister 8. Ben Dempsey 14. Josh Mullin 9. Dipo Akinyemi Logan Chalmers |
1 MacDonald 4 Millen 14 O'Riordan 3 Dick 15 Ngwenya 20 Brown 6 Spencer 7 Connolly 18 Connell 23 Easton 10 Vaughan |
| Bench | |
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1. Aiden McAdams 32. Dylan Watret 26. Kinlay Bilham 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 29. David Bangala 23. Sam Ashford 30. Fraser Bryden 18. Brad Young 31. Paul Smith |
5 Nolan 9 Gullan 11 McBride 12 Lang 13 McNeil 16 Stanton 22 Ross 27 Coulson 47 Frederiksen |
| Substitutions | |
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Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Logan Chalmers (71) Fraser Bryden for Dipo Akinyemi (89) Sam Ashford for Mark McKenzie (89) Dylan Watret for Finn Ecrepont (92) Paul Smith for Andy Murdoch (92) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Logan Chalmers |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Kevin Clancy (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United remain a point clear at the top of the Scottish Championship after Josh Mullin netted in each half against Raith Rovers.
Mullin slid in to convert Logan Chalmers' cross just after the half-hour mark, and the on-loan Livingston winger headed in from Dipo Akinyemi's delivery with 20 minutes to play to secure all three points.
Connor O'Riordan came closest for Raith at 1-0, his long-range free-kick going wide, but the Fifers stay in seventh, 10 points off leaders Ayr.
Saturday's SPFL as it happened
Ayr United manager Lee Bullen: "In this league, Raith are probably one of the most expansive teams. Once we got the goal, we started to cause them more and more problems.
"In the end, I felt we deserved the three points. The first goal's so, so important in this league in any match. To get that is great and to get a clean sheet is great as well. We're absolutely ecstatic."
Raith Rovers manager Ian Murray: "You've got to be ruthless in both boxes and we weren't today. If you can't do at least one of those things then you're struggling.
"There's a long, long way to go. There's no pressure on us. Ten points is a lot but this league is so bizarre. Four games, you can be right up there."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 3rd, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
19 | - | 30 | - |
| Finn Ecrepont | 20 |
|
8 | - | 14 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
18 | 1 | 53 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
22 | - | 87 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
21 | 3 | 93 | 7 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
21 | 2 | 127 | 6 |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
13 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
23 | 4 | 30 | 4 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
14 | - | 27 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
23 | 15 | 23 | 15 |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Dylan Watret (sub) | - |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 26 |
|
20 | - | 33 | 2 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 20 |
|
10 | - | 19 | - |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 18 |
|
7 | - | 19 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 3rd, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 |
| 2. | Dundee | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| 3. | Queen's Park | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 4. | Morton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| 6. | ICT | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 22 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
Manager's Programme Notes
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