Greenock Morton 1
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Morton |
1 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Muirhead (80) |
Dipo Akinyemi (34) Mark McKenzie (74) |
| Team Managers | |
| Dougie Imrie |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Schwake 2 Pignatiello 5 Baird 4 O'Conno 25 King 21 Gillespie 8 Blues 9 Muirhead 14 Crawford 7 Kabia 10 Quitongo |
Charlie Albinson .21 Jordan Houston .2 Alex Kirk .15 Patrick Reading .3 Frankie Musonda .4 Daire O'Connor .10 Andy Murdoch .6 Ben Dempsey .8 Mark McKenzie .22 Sam Ashford .23 Dipo Akinyemi .9 |
| Bench | |
|
3 Strapp 16 Hynes 17 McGrattan 20 Green 24 McGregor 47 Lithgow |
Sean McGinty .5 Michael Hewitt .20 Jayden Mitchell-Lawson .11 Nick McAllister .17 David Bangala .29 Paul Smith .31 Brad Young .18 Josh Mullin .14 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Josh Mullin for Daire O'Connor (69) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Sam Ashford (69) Sean McGinty for Jordan Houston (90) Nick McAllister for Dipo Akinyemi (90) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Jordan Houston Patrick Reading Jayden Mitchell-Lawson Alex Kirk |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Lloyd Wilson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United remain the frontrunners in the Scottish Championship after maintaining their unbeaten start with a victory over Greenock Morton.
Dipo Akinyemi thundered in a first-half opener before the forward turned provider for strike partner Mark McKenzie, who slotted in a second.
Robbie Muirhead pulled one back for the hosts, but the late close-range header was ultimately a consolation.
The defeat sees Morton drop to sixth, while Ayr hold a one-point lead.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 3rd, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
|
8 | - | 19 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
8 | 1 | 89 | 1 |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
9 | - | 74 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 19 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
10 | 1 | 128 | 5 |
| Daire O'Connor | 25 |
|
10 | - | 35 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
9 | 1 | 82 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
10 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
9 | - | 22 | 2 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
10 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Sean McGinty (sub) | 29 |
|
9 | 1 | 44 | 2 |
| Josh Mullin (sub) | 29 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | 22 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Nick McAllister (sub) | 21 |
|
6 | - | 19 | - |
League Table (as at September 3rd, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2. | Partick Thistle | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 3. | Dundee | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5. | ICT | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 6. | Morton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 7. | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 8. | Raith Rovers | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 9. | Cove Rangers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |