Partick Thistle 0
Ayr United 2
Scottish League Cup (Group E)
Partick Thistle |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
Scottish League Cup (Group E) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Michael Moffat (6) Lawrence Shankland (66) |
| Team Managers | |
| Alan Archibald |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Cammy Bell 2. Christie Elliott 3. James Penrice 5. Niall Keown 6. Sean McGinty 7. Blair Spittal 10. Chris Erskine 14. Shea Gordon 17. Craig Slater 9. Kris Doolan 19. Miles Storey |
Ross Doohan .1 David Ferguson .14 Michael Rose .5 Daniel Harvie .3 Mark Kerr .4 Jamie Adams .16 Robbie Crawford .8 Alan Forrest .10 Andy Murdoch .18 Michael Moffat .7 Lawrence Shankland .17 |
| Bench | |
|
26. Jamie Stevenson 4. Tam O'Ware 15. Max Melbourne 20. Callum Wilson 16. Andy McCarthy 21. Aidan Fitzpatrick 11. Jack Storer |
Ellis Hare Reid .19 Steven Bell .15 Luke McCowan .25 Ross Docherty .23 Declan McDaid .11 Craig McGuffie .12 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Jack Storer for Kris Doolan (60) Andy McCarthy for Craig Slater (63) Aidan Fitzpatrick for Blair Spittal (76) |
Craig McGuffie for Alan Forrest (71) Steven Bell for Michael Rose (73) Declan McDaid for Michael Moffat (81) |
| Cautions | |
| Andy McCarthy (90) | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Nick Walsh (Referee) |
Match Report
Lawrence Shankland's stunning goal clinched a 2-0 win to help Ayr United beat Partick Thistle and win their League Cup section.
Thistle finish second in Group E, but will join Championship rivals Ayr in the last 16 should Hearts fail to beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Sunday.
Shankland's 45-yard strike added to Michael Moffat's early opener as Ayr made it four wins from four.
Michael Tidser scored twice as Morton beat Albion Rovers 5-0.
Bob McHugh, Connor Bell and Ben Armour also scored in the group's other game to leave the Ton in third place.
Thistle have nine points, which, as it stands, is enough to qualify as one of the four best runners-up. But a win for Hearts would mean they pip the Firhill men on goal differenc
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at July 28th, 2018)
| 2018-19 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Daniel Harvie | 20 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
3 | - | 67 | 3 |
| David Ferguson | - |
|
3 | - | 36 | - |
| Robbie Crawford | 24 |
|
4 | - | 186 | 12 |
| Jamie Adams | 30 |
|
4 | - | 84 | 9 |
| Mark Kerr | 36 |
|
4 | - | 18 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 23 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Alan Forrest | 21 |
|
4 | 1 | 191 | 42 |
| Michael Moffat | 33 |
|
4 | 3 | 205 | 84 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 22 |
|
4 | 7 | 37 | 36 |
| Steven Bell (sub) | 33 |
|
3 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Declan McDaid (sub) | 22 |
|
4 | - | 56 | 14 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 20 |
|
4 | - | 83 | 7 |
League Table (as at July 28th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.