Ayr United 0
Queen of the South 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 10 - 1 |
Queen of the SouthQueen of the South |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Aidan Fitzpatrick (32) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Willie Gibson |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Aiden McAdams Jordan Houston Patrick Reading Jack Baird Sean McGinty Aaron Muirhead Mark McKenzie James Maxwell Ben Dempsey Kerr McInroy Sam Ashford |
J Rae D O'Connor E East M Johnston W Gibson J Todd A Fitzpatrick C McGorry S Gordon R Paton I Cameron |
| Bench | |
|
Charlie Albinson Markus Fjortoft Finn Ecrepont Daire O'Connor Ryan Gondoh Blaine Rowe Michael Moffat Paul Smith Tomi Adeloye |
30 (G) C Cowie 3 (D) A Cooper 13 (D) Josh Debayo 20 (D) R Nditi (83) 24 (M) S Folarin 9 (F) A Roy (62) 17 (F) N Joseph 18 (F) K McKechnie 49 (F) R Soares-Junior |
| Substitutions | |
|
Tomi Adeloye for Mark McKenzie (63) Ryan Gondoh for James Maxwell (76) |
None. |
| Cautions | |
|
Tomi Adeloye Jordan Houston |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven McLean (Referee) |
Match Report
Queen of the South gave themselves renewed hope of Scottish Championship survival with victory over Ayr United.
Aidan Fitzpatrick's first-half goal was enough to earn victory and move the Dumfries side to within a point of ninth-place Dunfermline Athletic.
It also means interim managers Willie Gibson and Grant Murray are still unbeaten in their two games in charge.
Lee Bullen's Ayr, meanwhile, stay eighth and are six points clear of Queens having played a game more.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 26th, 2022)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | 22 |
|
23 | - | 23 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
26 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Jack Baird | 26 |
|
28 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
32 | 2 | 56 | 3 |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
26 | - | 74 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 31 |
|
26 | 1 | 95 | 6 |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
28 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| Mark McKenzie | 21 |
|
25 | 2 | 63 | 4 |
| Kerr McInroy | 21 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan Gondoh (sub) | 24 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Tomi Adeloye (sub) | 26 |
|
30 | 11 | 30 | 11 |
League Table (as at February 26th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 47 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 47 |
| 3. | ICT | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 40 |
| 4. | Raith Rovers | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 38 |
| 6. | Morton | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 7. | Hamilton Academical | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
| 8. | Ayr United | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 29 |
| 9. | Dunfermline At | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 10. | Queen of the South | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 |