Ayr United 1
Greenock Morton 1
League (League (Championship))
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 11 - 1 |
MortonMorton |
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League (League (Championship)) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Frankie Musonda (62) |
Waters (47'minutes) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Charlie Albinson Frankie Musonda Sean McGinty Patrick Reading Reece Mcalear Ben Dempsey Mark McKenzie Nick McAllister Dipo Akinyemi Chris Maguire Sam Ashford |
1 Schwake 2 Pignatiello 4 O'Connor 5 Baird 6 Waters 23 Grimshaw 21 Gillespie 30 Crawford 14 Crawford 9 Muirhead 22 Oakley |
| Bench | |
|
Aiden McAdams Carter Jenkins Jordan Houston Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Michael Hewitt Daire OConnor Andy Murdoch Fraser Bryden Paul Smith |
7 Roy 10 Quitongo 11 Miller 12 Ambrose 17 McGrattan 18 Garrity 20 Green 25 King |
| Substitutions | |
|
Daire OConnor for Mark McKenzie (71) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Sam Ashford (76) Fraser Bryden for Chris Maguire (76) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Ben Dempsey |
Pignatiello; O'Conner; Waters; Crawford; Oakley |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | Oakley |
| Match Officials | |
|
Colin Steven (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United missed a chance to put pressure on the Scottish Championship leaders as they were held at home by 10-man Greenock Morton.
The visitors took the lead early in the second half at Somerset Park when Calum Waters' cross beat goalkeeper Charlie Albinson and sailed in at the far post.
Ayr hit back in the 62nd minute, Frankie Musonda heading home.
But the hosts could not find a winner despite Morton's George Oakley being shown a second yellow.
The draw keeps Ayr in fourth, one point behind Partick Thistle and four adrift of leading pair Dundee and Queen's Park.
Morton drop a place to sixth, six points off Ayr with a game in hand.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 8th, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
34 | - | 45 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
36 | 3 | 71 | 4 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
40 | - | 105 | 3 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
30 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
38 | 4 | 110 | 8 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
41 | 8 | 48 | 8 |
| Reece Mcalear | 21 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
41 | 24 | 41 | 24 |
| Sam Ashford | 27 |
|
35 | 3 | 48 | 5 |
| Chris Maguire | - |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Daire OConnor (sub) | 25 |
|
25 | 1 | 50 | 2 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
28 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 18 |
|
18 | 2 | 30 | 3 |
League Table (as at April 8th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 54 |
| 2. | Queen's Park | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 54 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 50 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 48 |
| 5. | ICT | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 45 |
| 6. | Morton | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 44 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41 |
| 8. | Arbroath | 31 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 |
| 10. | Cove Rangers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 |