Raith Rovers 4
Ayr United 4
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
4 - 4 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Stanton (30'minutes), Vaughan (45'minutes, 81'minutes pen, 90'+1minutes) |
Aiden McGeady (29) Ben Dempsey (55) Logan Chalmers (63) Ahkeem Rose (85) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Dabrowski 4 Millen 20 Brown 6 Murray 3 Dick 21 Byrne 14 Mullin 16 Stanton 23 Easton 10 Vaughan 19 Hamilton |
Robbie Mutch .31 Patrick Reading .3 Elicha Ahui .38 Frankie Musonda .4 Sean McGinty .5 Aiden McGeady .10 Ben Dempsey .8 Jack Young .46 Franny Amartey .17 Anton Dowds .16 Logan Chalmers .11 |
| Bench | |
|
7 Connolly 8 Matthews 9 Gullan 11 Smith 15 Corr 17 Thomson 24 McGill 27 Hannah 34 O'Reilly |
Charlie Albinson .1 Dylan Watret .32 Finn Ecrepont .21 Jack Senga .23 Mark McKenzie .22 Fraser Bryden .30 Paul Smith .18 Ahkeem Rose .9 |
| Substitutions | |
|
21 Byrne for Connolly at 70'minutes 14 Mullin for Gullan at 75'minutes 16 Stanton for Smith at 37'minutes |
Jack Senga for Aiden McGeady (45) Mark McKenzie for Franny Amartey (72) Ahkeem Rose for Logan Chalmers (84) Fraser Bryden for Anton Dowds (84) |
| Cautions | |
| Byrne | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. |
Sean McGinty (43) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Craig Naiper (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers stay five points clear at the top of the Scottish Championship but needed a Lewis Vaughan hat-trick to rescue a point against 10-man Ayr Utd.
Veteran winger Aiden McGeady slotted Ayr ahead, but midfielder Sam Stanton slipped in a reply a minute later.
Sean McGinty was sent off shortly before half-time and Vaughan headed in.
But Ben Dempsey and Logan Chalmers put Ayr ahead, Vaughan levelled with a penalty, Ahkeem Rose thought he won it for Ayr, and Vaughan headed in late on.
The striker's stoppage-time equaliser rescued Rovers' unbeaten home record this season - and means Ian Murray's side remain unbeaten in 14 games overall.
However, they missed a chance to extend their lead to eight points over Dundee United as the Tannadice side, who have a game in hand, were being held to a goalless draw by bottom side Queen's Park.
Ayr move above Greenock Morton into fifth after ending Rovers' run of seven consecutive victories.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 22nd, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Robbie Mutch (GK) | - |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
11 | - | 41 | 2 |
| Elicha Ahui | 19 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
22 | - | 133 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
23 | 1 | 100 | 5 |
| Jack Young | - |
|
15 | - | 15 | - |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
10 | 2 | 63 | 10 |
| Aiden McGeady | - |
|
12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
14 | 5 | 25 | 8 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
11 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Franny Amartey | 24 |
|
20 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
21 | 1 | 135 | 10 |
| Jack Senga (sub) | - |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | - |
|
19 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
18 | 4 | 50 | 7 |
League Table (as at December 22nd, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raith Rovers | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
| 2. | Dundee United | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 4. | Dunfermline Athletic | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 5. | Ayr United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 6. | Morton | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| 7. | Airdrieonians | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 8. | ICT | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 10. | Queen's Park | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 |