Dunfermline Athletic 0
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Dunfermline Athletic |
0 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Logan Chalmers (10) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Mehmet 2 Comrie 12 Breen 6 Otoo 23 O'Halloran 8 Chalmers 5 Hamilton 16 Summers 3 Edwards 11 McCann 9 Wighton |
Charlie Albinson .1 George Stanger .14 Elicha Ahui .38 Patrick Reading .3 Roy Syla .20 Sean McGinty .5 Mark McKenzie .22 Jack Senga .23 Jamie Murphy .15 Anton Dowds .16 Logan Chalmers .11 |
| Bench | |
|
14 Jakubiak 15 Fisher 17 Moffat 18 Allan 19 Fenton 20 Sharp 44 Little |
Robbie Mutch .31 Finn Ecrepont .21 Jack Young .46 Scott Tomlinson .24 Franny Amartey .17 Paul Smith .18 Fraser Bryden .30 Ahkeem Rose .9 |
| Substitutions | |
|
12 Breen for Allan at 45'minutes 8 Chalmers for Moffat at 32'minutes 5 Hamilton for Fisher at 32'minutes 9 Wighton for Jakubiak at 63'minutes |
Jack Young for Jack Senga (69) Ahkeem Rose for Mark McKenzie (69) Paul Smith for Roy Syla (76) Fraser Bryden for Anton Dowds (76) Franny Amartey for Logan Chalmers (88) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Elicha Ahui |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United leapfrogged Dunfermline into sixth place in the Scottish Championship with a battling win at East End Park.
Lee Bullen's side netted what proved to be the winner in 11 minutes with a Logan Chalmers strike after impressive build-up play from Jamie Murphy.
Just after the half-hour Dunfermline boss James McPake made a double change in a bid to spark his side to life.
Ayr almost doubled their lead through Mark McKenzie prior to the interval.
McKenzie rounded Deniz Mehmet but a tremendous Aaron Comrie challenge denied the forward.
Despite chances for Ben Summers and Alex Jakubiak in the second half, the hosts failed to find a clinical touch in front of goal as United held on to their slender advantage.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 21st, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 |
|
11 | - | 62 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
14 | - | 125 | 3 |
| Elicha Ahui | 19 |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
15 | - | 92 | 4 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | - |
|
10 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Jack Senga | - |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
15 | 1 | 129 | 10 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
8 | 4 | 19 | 7 |
| Anton Dowds | 26 |
|
4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Jack Young (sub) | - |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 21 |
|
11 | - | 44 | - |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
13 | 3 | 45 | 6 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | - |
|
13 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
League Table (as at October 21st, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 3. | Airdrieonians | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 4. | Arbroath | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 5. | Ayr United | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 6. | Partick Thistle | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 7. | Dunfermline Athletic | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 8. | Queen's Park | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9. | ICT | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 10. | Morton | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |