Raith Rovers 0
Ayr United 4
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
0 - 4 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Tomi Adeloye (3) James Maxwell (32) James Maxwell (38) Sam Ashford (65) |
| Team Managers | |
| John McGlynn |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J MacDonald (G) 1 R Tumility (D) 2 (39) L Dick (D) 3 C Berra (D) 5 K Benedictus (D) 6 R Matthews (M) 8 S Stanton (M) 16 (63) B Williamson (M) 20 E Ross (M) 22 (45) A Connolly (F) 7 (63) M Poplatnik (F) 99 |
Aiden McAdams Jordan Houston Sean McGinty Patrick Reading Aaron Muirhead Andy Murdoch Mark McKenzie James Maxwell Kerr McInroy Tomi Adeloye Sam Ashford |
| Bench | |
|
R Thomson (G) 17 F Musonda (D) 4 D McKay (D) 14 (39) S Mackie (D) 21 G Young (D) 29 B Spencer (M) 13 (63) E Varian (M) 18 (63) A Arnott (M) 25 (45) J Gullan (F) 9 |
Charlie Albinson Markus Fjortoft Finn Ecrepont Daire O'Connor Ryan Gondoh Michael Moffat Paul Smith |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Markus Fjortoft for Sean McGinty (45) Michael Moffat for Andy Murdoch (78) Paul Smith for Tomi Adeloye (78) Daire O'Connor for James Maxwell (83) Ryan Gondoh for Mark McKenzie (83) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers suffered a heavy home defeat as they were swept aide by Ayr United in the Scottish Championship at Stark's Park.
The comprehensive result sees Rovers' winless streak in the Championship extend to 11 matches.
Tomi Adeloye and a James Maxwell double gave Ayr a 3-0 half-time lead, before Sam Ashford completed the scoring.
Despite the scoreline and their poor form, Raith remain just a point outside the promotion play-off positions.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 5th, 2022)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Aiden McAdams (GK) | 22 |
|
24 | - | 24 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
27 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
27 | - | 75 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 31 |
|
27 | 1 | 96 | 6 |
| Patrick Reading | 22 |
|
33 | 2 | 57 | 3 |
| James Maxwell | 20 |
|
29 | 6 | 29 | 6 |
| Mark McKenzie | 21 |
|
26 | 2 | 64 | 4 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
33 | 1 | 112 | 4 |
| Kerr McInroy | 21 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Tomi Adeloye | 26 |
|
31 | 12 | 31 | 12 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Markus Fjortoft (sub) | 28 |
|
20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Ryan Gondoh (sub) | 24 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Daire O'Connor (sub) | 24 |
|
20 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 19 |
|
3 | - | 6 | - |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 37 |
|
17 | 1 | 328 | 102 |
League Table (as at March 5th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arbroath | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 51 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 50 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| 4. | ICT | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 39 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 7. | Morton | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
| 9. | Queen of the South | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 10. | Dunfermline At | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 24 |