Arbroath 2
Ayr United 0
League (League (Championship))
Arbroath |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League (Championship)) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Hilson (27'minutes), Gold (60'minutes) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Dick Campbell |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Gaston 2 Banks 4 Little 5 O'Brien 3 Hamilton 7 Gold 25 Baldé 12 Stewart 8 McKenna 19 Dow 9 Hilson |
Charlie Albinson Patrick Reading Frankie Musonda Sean McGinty Daire OConnor Andy Murdoch Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Dipo Akinyemi Chris Maguire Sam Ashford |
| Bench | |
|
10 Jacobs 11 Linn 14 Komolafe 15 Tait 17 Olusanya 18 Ben El-Mhanni 21 Gill 23 Allan 26 Hetherington |
Aiden McAdams Scott Tomlinson Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Reece Mcalear Michael Hewitt Mark McKenzie Fraser Bryden Paul Smith |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Daire OConnor (57) Mark McKenzie for Andy Murdoch (64) Reece Mcalear for Chris Maguire (64) |
| Cautions | |
|
Gold; Tait; |
Sam Ashford |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Chris Graham (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath moved five points clear of the Scottish Championship relegation zone with victory over promotion hopefuls Ayr United.
Dale Hilson put the hosts in front from close range after Scott Stewart had flicked on a Mikey McKenna corner.
Ben Dempsey's low shot struck the outside of the left-hand post as Ayr pushed for parity after the break.
And Arbroath doubled their lead on the hour when Ryan Dow crossed for David Gold to head home.
Ayr remain a point behind second-placed Dundee, who host bottom side Hamilton on Saturday while leaders Queen's Park visit Raith Rovers. Second-bottom Cove Rangers, a point above Hamilton, are at home to Partick Thistle and Inverness take on Morton in Greenock.
Arbroath manager Dick Campbell: "I'm delighted with the result because we need the points. It's another shut out. My players aren't fancy. You've got to be happy with the attitude of the players that want to work for you and our players were magnificent at that against a very, very good Ayr United team."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 31st, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
33 | - | 44 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
35 | 3 | 70 | 4 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
23 | - | 23 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
39 | - | 104 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch | - |
|
28 | 2 | 134 | 6 |
| Daire OConnor | 25 |
|
24 | 1 | 49 | 2 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
40 | 8 | 47 | 8 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
29 | 1 | 42 | 1 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
40 | 24 | 40 | 24 |
| Sam Ashford | 27 |
|
34 | 3 | 47 | 5 |
| Chris Maguire | - |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
27 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
| Reece Mcalear (sub) | 21 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
37 | 4 | 109 | 8 |
League Table (as at March 31st, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Queen's Park | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 |
| 2. | Dundee | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 50 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 49 |
| 4. | Morton | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 42 |
| 6. | ICT | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 |
| 8. | Arbroath | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| 9. | Cove Rangers | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 26 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 |