Dundee 1
Ayr United 3
League (Championship)
Dundee |
1 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Sow (86) |
Mark McKenzie (18) Cameron Smith (49) Mark McKenzie (84) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
David Hopkin |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
13 Legzdins 16 Elliott 14 Ashcroft 29 Fisher 23 Marshall 18 McMullan 24 Anderson 26 Adam 10 McGowan 9 Mullen 35 Cummings |
Vijami Sinisalo .1 Jack Baird .15 Corrie Ndaba Michael Miller Patrick Reading .3 Jordan Houston Luke McCowan Joseph Chalmers .18 Aaron Muirhead Mark McKenzie Cameron Smith .14 |
| Bench | |
|
1 Hamilton 2 Kerr 8 Byrne 11 McDaid 17 Afolabi 21 Sow 25 Cameron |
Peter Urminsky Sam Roscoe .5 Brett Mcgavin Tom Walsh Andy Murdoch .6 Dario Zanatta Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
|
10 McGowan for Sow 54' 9 MullenSubstituted for McDaid 54' 35 CummingsSubstituted for Afolabi 63' |
Andy Murdoch for Cameron Smith (70) Michael Moffat for Michael Miller (78) Tom Walsh for Luke McCowan (86) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Vijami Sinisalo Mark McKenzie |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Newlands (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United stunned Dundee at Dens Park to earn new manager David Hopkin a first Scottish Championship win at the second attempt.
Mark McKenzie, on his 32nd appearance, opened his Ayr account with a double either side of Cammy Smith's close-range strike early in the second half.
Dundee's Danny Mullen sent a header off the post at 2-0 before Osman Sow netted a late consolation.
The hosts remain in the top four on goal difference.
Ayr - beaten by Hearts in former Livingston and Morton boss Hopkin's debut - are three points clear of the relegation zone and three adrift of the promotion play-offs.
They repelled early pressure before taking the lead when Luke McCowan dispossessed Paul McGowan and teed up 20-year-old McKenzie.
Smith finished off great play by Patrick Reading to double the lead before McKenzie's superb strike put Ayr out of sight.
Sow was played in by Paul McMullan to reduce the deficit, but Dundee were condemned to a second home defeat of the season.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 16th, 2021)
| 2020-21 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Vijami Sinisalo (GK) | 19 |
|
24 | - | 24 | - |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
15 | - | 40 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 21 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Michael Miller | 26 |
|
21 | 3 | 21 | 3 |
| Corrie Ndaba | 21 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 20 |
|
17 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
| Aaron Muirhead | - |
|
21 | 1 | 59 | 3 |
| Joseph Chalmers | 27 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Luke McCowan | 23 |
|
24 | 6 | 65 | 15 |
| Cameron Smith | 25 |
|
17 | 6 | 17 | 6 |
| Tom Walsh (sub) | 24 |
|
12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch (sub) | 26 |
|
24 | 1 | 73 | 3 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
25 | 3 | 146 | 32 |
League Table (as at March 16th, 2021)
No league table has been added for this season.
Manager's Programme Notes
The programme from the previously postponed match of 16th January was used for this match.