Ayr United 1
Airdrieonians 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 01 - 0 |
AirdrieoniansAirdrieonians |
 |
League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Anton Dowds (15) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
31. Robbie Mutch 3. Patrick Reading 38. Elicha Ahui 4. Frankie Musonda 5. Sean McGinty 46. Jack Young 15. Jamie Murphy 10. Aiden McGeady 8. Ben Dempsey 16. Anton Dowds 11. Logan Chalmers |
1 Rae 15 Megwa 16 Watson 6 Fordyce 5 Hancock 14 McMaster 4 McCabe 10 Frizzell 21 Telfer 12 McStravick 9 Gallagher |
| Bench | |
|
1. Charlie Albinson 21. Finn Ecrepont 20. Roy Syla 23. Jack Senga 22. Mark McKenzie 18. Paul Smith 9. Ahkeem Rose 17. Franny Amartey 30. Fraser Bryden |
3 Taylor-Sinclair 7 O'Connor 8 McGregor 11 Todorov 19 Dunlop 23 McGill 28 Gallagher 29 Cassidy 43 Hutton |
| Substitutions | |
|
Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (29) Roy Syla for Aiden McGeady (69) Paul Smith for Jack Young (77) |
14 McMaster for O'Connor at 90+1'minutes 21 Telfer for McGregor at 61'minutes 12 McStravick forTodorov at 79'minutes |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
4 McCabe 10 Frizzell 15Megwa |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Peter Stuart (Referee) |
Match Report
Anton Dowds' first-half goal gave Ayr United a narrow Scottish Championship win over visitors Airdrieonians.
Dowds headed home from Jamie Murphy's corner on the quarter-hour mark.
Rhys McCabe, Charles Telfer, Dean McMaster, Liam McStravick and Calum Gallagher threatened an equaliser for Airdrie.
Dowds, Logan Chalmers, Jack Young, Aiden McGeady and Paul Smith had chances for Ayr as they moved above their opponents on goal difference.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 16th, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Robbie Mutch (GK) | - |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
10 | - | 40 | 2 |
| Elicha Ahui | 19 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
21 | - | 132 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
22 | 1 | 99 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
9 | 1 | 62 | 9 |
| Aiden McGeady | - |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | - |
|
17 | 5 | 17 | 5 |
| Jack Young | - |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
13 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
10 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| Roy Syla (sub) | 23 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 21 |
|
14 | - | 47 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 16th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raith Rovers | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 39 |
| 2. | Dundee United | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 4. | Dunfermline Athletic | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 5. | Morton | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 6. | Airdrieonians | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 8. | ICT | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 10. | Queen's Park | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 |