Ross County |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
League (Championship) |
Goalscorers | |
Mckay (23'), Mullin (34') |
Lawrence Shankland (50) |
Team Managers | |
Steven Ferguson |
Ian McCall |
Starting Eleven | |
1 Fox 15 Watson 5 Morris 4 Fontaine 3 Kelly 14 Mullin 26 Cowie 11 Vigurs 17 Keillor-Dunn 8 Lindsay 9 Mckay |
Ross Doohan .1 Liam Smith Michael Rose Daniel Harvie .3 Robbie Crawford .8 Jamie Adams .16 Andy Murdoch Mark Kerr Andrew Geggan .6 Michael Moffat .7 Lawrence Shankland .17 |
Bench | |
10 McManus 12 Demetriou 19 Graham 21 Munro 22 Dingwall 27 Stewart 44 Grivosti |
Ellis Hare Reid Steven Bell Ross Docherty .23 Declan McDaid .11 Alan Forrest Craig Moore |
Substitutions | |
None. |
Craig Moore for Michael Moffat (45) Declan McDaid for Daniel Harvie (46) Alan Forrest for Andy Murdoch (76) |
Cautions | |
None. |
Craig Moore |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Steven McLean (Referee) |
Ross County beat Ayr United in Dingwall to leapfrog their opponents at the Scottish Championship summit.
Billy Mckay fired in the opener after 23 minutes and Josh Mullin doubled the home lead before the break with a 25-yard stunner.
Lawrence Shankland pulled one back - his 10th goal in the league this term - five minutes into the second half.
Ayr pressed hard but could not level and relinquished top spot. They now sit second, a point behind the Staggies.
Ross County co-manger Steven Ferguson: "We had things to deal with throughout the game that weren't easy but thankfully the group of players put their bodies on the line second-half and we managed to hold the lead we had got from the good performance in the first half.
Ayr United manger Ian McCall: "I think Ross County merited their 2-0 half-time lead - we were very poor. We changed it a wee bit and we were very dominant in the second half and we had three or four opportunities to score the second goal and if we'd got one quick enough we'd have fancied ourselves to win it."
Match report written by BBC
2018-19 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | |||||
Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 | 16 | - | 16 | - | |
Michael Rose | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | |
Liam Smith | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | |
Daniel Harvie | 20 | 13 | - | 13 | - | |
Robbie Crawford | 24 | 15 | - | 15 | - | |
Andrew Geggan | 31 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |
Mark Kerr | - | 13 | - | 13 | - | |
Andy Murdoch | - | 16 | - | 16 | - | |
Jamie Adams | 31 | 12 | - | 12 | - | |
Lawrence Shankland | 23 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 19 | |
Michael Moffat | 33 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | |
Declan McDaid (sub) | - | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | |
Alan Forrest (sub) | - | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | |
Craig Moore (sub) | - | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
No league table has been added for this season.