Queen's Park 2
Ayr United 3
League (Championship)


Queen's Park 

2 - 3

Ayr United


League (Championship)
Friday, August 5th, 2022
Ochilview Park
Attendance: 943


Goalscorers
Murray (18)
Thomas (32)
Dipo Akinyemi (46)
Sean McGinty (78)
Dipo Akinyemi (pen.) (92)

Team Managers
Owen Coyle Lee Bullen

Starting Eleven
1 Ferrie
12 Davidson
4 Kilday Substituted forEzeat 63'minutes
5 Fox
3 Robson Booked at 83mins
25 Bannon Substituted forNaismithat 63'minutes
6 Brown Substituted forJarrettat 69'minutes
10 McPake Substituted forMooreat 80'minutes
21 Savoury
11 Thomas Booked at 75mins
23 MurraySubstituted forWilliamsonat 80'minutes
Charlie Albinson .21
Sean McGinty .5
Frankie Musonda .4
Patrick Reading .3
Ben Dempsey .8
Jayden Mitchell-Lawson .11
Nick McAllister .17
Andy Murdoch .6
Sam Ashford .23
Dipo Akinyemi .9
Fraser Bryden .30

Bench
2 Naismith
7 Longridge
14 Moore
16 Bruce
17 Heraghty
19 Williamson
26 Nicol
27 Jarrett
Aiden McAdams .1
Jordan Houston .2
Finn Ecrepont .25
Alex Kirk .15
Michael Hewitt .20
Daire OConnor .10
Mark McKenzie .22
Michael Moffat .7

Substitutions
None. Daire OConnor for Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (46)
Mark McKenzie for Fraser Bryden (46)
Jordan Houston for Nick McAllister (89)
Alex Kirk for Sam Ashford (94)

Cautions
Robson
Thomas
None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

Matthew MacDermid (Referee)



Photography by SNS Group

Match Report


Dipo Akinyemi scored twice as Ayr United recovered from two goals down to beat Queen's Park at Ochilview.

Simon Murray headed the hosts in front from Dom Thomas' corner and Thomas struck their second before half-time.

Akinyemi's shot in the opening minutes of the second period halved Ayr's deficit and captain Sean McGinty headed the visitors level.

And Akinyemi's added-time penalty secured Ayr a first Scottish Championship win of the season.

The spot-kick was awarded for a handball against Charlie Fox.

Ayr go top of the second tier - a point above Cove Rangers and Partick Thistle - with four more matches in the division taking place on Saturday.

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at August 5th, 2022)


2022-23 All Time
Age
Charlie Albinson (GK)25 4 - 15 -
Patrick Reading23 5 - 703
Frankie Musonda24 6 - 6 -
Sean McGinty28 51402
Nick McAllister21 4 - 17 -
Jayden Mitchell-Lawson - 5 - 5 -
Ben Dempsey22 6 - 13 -
Andy Murdoch27 6 - 1224
Fraser Bryden18 5 - 171
Dipo Akinyemi25 6363
Sam Ashford26 5 - 182
Jordan Houston (sub)22 4 - 85 -
Alex Kirk (sub)19 3 - 3 -
Mark McKenzie (sub)21 5 - 774
Daire OConnor (sub)25 6 - 311






League Table (as at August 5th, 2022)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Ayr United 2 1 1 0 4
2. Cove Rangers 1 1 0 0 3
3. Partick Thistle 1 1 0 0 3
4. Hamilton Academical 1 0 1 0 1
5. ICT 1 0 1 0 1
6. Morton 1 0 1 0 1
7. Arbroath 1 0 1 0 1
8. Queen's Park 2 0 1 1 1
9. Dundee 1 0 0 1 0
10. Raith Rovers 1 0 0 1 0