Arbroath 2 - 1 Ayr United | Saturday, December 19th, 2020

Arbroath

2 - 1

Ayr United

League (Championship)
Saturday, December 19th, 2020
Gayfield

Goalscorers
Craigen (36,39)	None.

Team Managers
Unknown.	Mark Kerr

Starting Eleven
1 Gaston 2 Thomson 4 Little 5 O'Brien 3 Hamilton 22 Virtanen 7 Gold 28 Craigen 9 Hilson 15 Donnelly 8 McKenna	Vijami Sinisalo .1 Michael Miller Sam Roscoe .5 Jack Baird .15 Patrick Reading .3 Joseph Chalmers .18 Andy Murdoch .6 Luke McCowan Aaron Muirhead Bruce Anderson .9 Michael Moffat .7

Bench
10 Swankie 11 Linn 12 Stewart 14 Doolan 16 Ruth 17 Smith 21 Gallacher	Ellis Hare Reid .19 Jordan Houston Tom Walsh Mark McKenzie Michael Hewitt .20 Cameron Smith .14 Dario Zanatta

Substitutions
None.	None.

Cautions
None.	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
David Lowe (Referee)

Match Report

Arbroath moved off the bottom after beating Ayr United for a first Scottish Championship win of the season.

James Craigen scored twice within two minutes as the home side were rewarded for a dominant first half.

The midfielder powered in a header at the back post then swept in a Dale Hilson cross.

Ayr's Michael Moffat was denied by a post after the break and Jack Baird's header from a Joe Chalmers corner came too late to inspire a comeback.

Arbroath move into second bottom, a point above Queen of the South, while Ayr remain fifth

Squad Statistics (as at December 19th, 2020)

			2020-21		All Time
	Age	Nat
Vijami Sinisalo (GK)	19		13	-	13	-
Sam Roscoe	-		13	-	39	2
Michael Miller	25		12	2	12	2
Patrick Reading	21		7	-	7	-
Jack Baird	24		13	-	13	-
Andy Murdoch	25		12	1	61	3
Joseph Chalmers	26		13	-	13	-
Aaron Muirhead	-		10	-	48	2
Luke McCowan	23		12	3	53	12
Michael Moffat	35		13	3	134	32
Bruce Anderson	22		10	2	10	2