Albion Rovers 2
Ayr United 3
League (League One)
Albion Rovers |
2 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (League One) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Kane Hester (39) Alan Trouten (66) |
Craig Moore (28) Jamie Adams (36) Lawrence Shankland (75) |
| Team Managers | |
| Brian Kerr |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Dan Potts 2. Alan Reid 3. Daniel Baur 4. Jason Marr 5. Ross Perry 6. Craig McLeish 7. Gary Fisher 8. Scott McLaughlin 9. Kane Hester 10. Alan Trouten 11. Conor Scullion |
Jack Ruddy .1 Patrick Boyle .3 Steven Bell .28 Michael Rose .5 Alan Forrest .10 Jamie Adams .16 Andy Geggan .6 Robbie Crawford .8 Mark Kerr .27 Craig Moore .9 Lawrence Shankland .17 |
| Bench | |
|
12. Callum MacDonald 14. Michael McMullin 15. Michael Hopkins 16. Joao Vitoria 17. Trialist 18. Ryan Watters 19. Sean Higgins |
Jordan Hart .20 David Ferguson .14 Craig Reid .26 Craig McGuffie .12 Ross Docherty .23 Declan McDaid .11 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Craig McGuffie for Alan Forrest (67) Michael Moffat for Craig Moore (79) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Jamie Adams |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Stephen Finnie (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United moved six points clear at the top of Scottish League One after beating Albion Rovers 3-2.
Elsewhere in the division, Airdrieonians and Alloa Athletic drew 2-2.
In League Two, Stirling Albion and Clyde won but fellow promotion hopefuls Stenhousemuir lost 2-1 at home to bottom side Cowdenbeath.
Clyde were 3-0 winners away to Edinburgh City while Stirling won 2-0 at Elgin City.
Ayr moved into a two-goal lead at Cliftonhill through efforts by Craig Moore and Jamie Adams.
Kane Hester's strike reduced the hosts' deficit before half-time and Alan Trouten levelled matters from close range in the second period.
However, Lawrence Shankland's low shot ensured Ian McCall's side increased their lead over Raith Rovers, who have a game in hand.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 20th, 2018)
| 2017-18 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Jack Ruddy (GK) | 20 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Patrick Boyle | 31 |
|
33 | 1 | 111 | 2 |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
35 | 2 | 59 | 3 |
| Steven Bell | 33 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Andy Geggan | 30 |
|
32 | 5 | 79 | 12 |
| Jamie Adams | 30 |
|
25 | 4 | 75 | 8 |
| Alan Forrest | 21 |
|
28 | 8 | 181 | 40 |
| Mark Kerr | 36 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Robbie Crawford | 23 |
|
22 | 4 | 176 | 11 |
| Craig Moore | 23 |
|
35 | 23 | 82 | 40 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 22 |
|
29 | 25 | 29 | 25 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 20 |
|
32 | 4 | 73 | 7 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 33 |
|
40 | 13 | 196 | 81 |
League Table (as at March 20th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.