Dundee 3
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Dundee |
3 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Sweeney (13'minutes), Jakubiak (59'minutes), McCowan (80'minutes) |
Dipo Akinyemi (17) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Legzdins 15 Mulligan 5 Sweeney 14 Ashcroft 3 Marshall 17 McCowan 6 McGhee 25 Cameron 11 Hannant 7 Jakubiak 16 Robinson |
Charlie Albinson Patrick Reading Alex Kirk Sean McGinty Andy Murdoch Nick McAllister Daire OConnor Reece Mcalear Ben Dempsey Sam Ashford Dipo Akinyemi |
| Bench | |
|
8 Byrne 18 McMullan 19 Robertson 21 Lawlor 22 Williamson 24 Anderson 28 Fisher 30 Sharp |
Aiden McAdams Kinlay Bilham Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Michael Hewitt Mark McKenzie Fraser Bryden Paul Smith Chris Maguire |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Chris Maguire for Reece Mcalear (63) Mark McKenzie for Daire OConnor (63) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Sam Ashford (76) Michael Hewitt for Alex Kirk (82) Paul Smith for Andy Murdoch (82) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
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Match Report
Dundee moved four points behind Championship leaders Queen's Park with a win over Ayr United at Dens Park.
Captain Ryan Sweeney headed the hosts into an early lead, but Dipo Akinyemi soon levelled, shooting in his 22nd goal of the season.
After the interval, Alex Jakubiak squeezed home a shot and Luke McCowan added a fine curling finish.
Ayr United, who were top in December, remain third but are now four points adrift of the Dark Blues.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 21st, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
31 | - | 42 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
37 | - | 102 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
33 | 3 | 68 | 4 |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
24 | 2 | 24 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
27 | 1 | 40 | 1 |
| Andy Murdoch | 28 |
|
26 | 2 | 142 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
38 | 8 | 45 | 8 |
| Reece Mcalear | 21 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Daire OConnor | 25 |
|
22 | - | 47 | 1 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
38 | 23 | 38 | 23 |
| Sam Ashford | 27 |
|
32 | 3 | 45 | 5 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
25 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Michael Hewitt (sub) | 22 |
|
13 | - | 26 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
35 | 4 | 107 | 8 |
| Chris Maguire (sub) | - |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 20 |
|
20 | - | 29 | - |
League Table (as at March 21st, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Queen's Park | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
| 2. | Dundee | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 50 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 46 |
| 4. | Morton | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 42 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| 7. | ICT | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 25 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 |