Queen of the South 3
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Queen of the South |
3 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
East (9) Cameron (29) Todd (48) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
12 Brynn 22 Johnston 33 Gibson 16 East 13 Debayo 20 Nditi 7 Paton 15 McGrory 10 Connelly 8 Todd 19 Cameron |
Aiden McAdams .1 Jordan Houston .2 Sean McGinty .5 Markus Fjortoft .23 Patrick Reading .3 Andy Murdoch .6 Daire OConnor .10 James Maxwell .14 Nick McAllister .17 Cameron Salkeld .11 Tomi Adeloye .9 |
| Bench | |
|
1 Rae 9 Roy 11 Fitzpatrick 17 Joseph 49 Soares Junior |
Charlie Albinson .21 Finn Ecrepont .25 Jack Baird .15 Steven Bradley .16 Mark McKenzie .22 Joseph Chalmers .18 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
Queen of the South comfortably beat Ayr United to secure their biggest Scottish Championship win since 2019.
Euan East opened the scoring by volleying in Lee Connelly's corner for his first goal of the season.
Connelly was provider again when he crossed for Innes Cameron to head excellently past Aiden McAdams.
After the break, Calvin McGrory threaded a beautiful pass through for Josh Todd, who rolled the ball inside the near post from 10 yards.
Ayr United had Tomi Adeloye's equaliser ruled out for offside in the first half, and Cameron Salkeld cracked the crossbar in the second.
But Queen of the South, securing their first league win in 10 attempts, dominated and could have added more goals.
Queen of the South assistant manager Sandy Clark: "The performance was different class. The result is the most important thing but the performance being as good as that from start to finish is a big bonus. The confidence within the team is good."
Ayr United manager Jim Duffy: "I'm really angry. We just didn't turn up. We lost a soft goal and then we were on the back foot. There were very few players in our team who deserve any credit today. There were far too many off the pace."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 18th, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | - |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
16 | - | 16 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
16 | - | 64 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
22 | 1 | 46 | 2 |
| Markus Fjortoft | 27 |
|
19 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 20 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
18 | 2 | 18 | 2 |
| Daire OConnor | 24 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Andy Murdoch | 26 |
|
23 | 1 | 100 | 4 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
21 | 9 | 21 | 9 |
| Cameron Salkeld | 23 |
|
20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
League Table (as at December 18th, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
| 2. | ICT | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| 3. | Raith Rovers | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 31 |
| 5. | Kilmarnock | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 29 |
| 6. | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 7. | Queen of the South | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 8. | Ayr United | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 17 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 10. | Morton | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 |