Ayr United 0
Arbroath 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 10 - 1 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Michael McKenna (63) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dick Campbell | |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
29. Peter Urminsky 3. Patrick Reading 4. Aaron Muirhead 2. Jordan Houston 15. Jack Baird 17. Corrie Ndaba 10. Tom Walsh 11. Luke McCowan 18. Joseph Chalmers 14. Cameron Smith 19. Dario Zanatta |
Derek Gaston .1 Jason Thomson .2 Colin Hamilton .3 Ricky Little .4 Tam O'Brien .5 Scott Stewart .12 Michael McKenna .8 Ben Williamson .18 Dale Hilson .9 Bobby Linn .11 Jack Hamilton .19 |
| Bench | |
|
19. Ellis Hare Reid 5. Sam Roscoe 8. Michael Miller 22. Mark McKenzie 6. Andy Murdoch 23. Brett McGavin 7. Michael Moffat |
Scott Gallacher.21 Mark Whatley .6 David Gold .7 Lewis Moore .16 Carlo Pignatiello .22 James Craigen .28 Kris Doolan .14 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Andy Murdoch for Jordan Houston (68) Mark McKenzie for Tom Walsh (68) Michael Moffat for Cameron Smith (78) |
Lewis Moore for Bobby Linn (68) James Craigen for Michael McKenna (69) Kris Doolan for Jack Hamilton (79) |
| Cautions | |
|
Corrie Ndaba (54) |
Colin Hamilton (63) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Grant Irvine (Referee) |
Match Report
Arbroath maintained their remarkable unbeaten start to the year with a narrow Scottish Championship victory against struggling Ayr United.
Michael McKenna's stunning second-half strike was the difference at Somerset Park, as Dick Campbell's side made it eight games without defeat.
They are now in sixth, just three points outside the play-off places with nine games left to play.
Ayr are ninth, four points from the bottom after a third straight loss.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 27th, 2021)
| 2020-21 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Peter Urminsky (GK) | - |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Corrie Ndaba | 21 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
11 | - | 36 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 30 |
|
17 | 1 | 57 | 3 |
| Patrick Reading | 21 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Luke McCowan | 23 |
|
20 | 7 | 65 | 17 |
| Tom Walsh | 24 |
|
9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Joseph Chalmers | 27 |
|
21 | - | 21 | - |
| Dario Zanatta | 23 |
|
15 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
| Cameron Smith | 25 |
|
14 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch (sub) | 26 |
|
20 | 1 | 71 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 20 |
|
14 | - | 25 | - |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
21 | 3 | 300 | 100 |
League Table (as at February 27th, 2021)
No league table has been added for this season.