Raith Rovers 3
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
3 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Connell (8) Stanton (35) Brown (83) |
Brad Young (51) Andy Murdoch (69) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ian Murray |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 MacDonald 4 Millen 5 Nolan 14 O'Riordan 3 Dick 20 Brown 16 Stanton 7 Connolly 23 Easton 22 Ross 18 Connell |
Charlie Albinson .21 Frankie Musonda .4 Sean McGinty .5 Patrick Reading .3 Mark McKenzie .22 Nick McAllister .17 Daire O'Connor .10 Andy Murdoch .6 Ben Dempsey .8 Sam Ashford .23 Dipo Akinyemi .9 |
| Bench | |
|
6 Spencer 11 McBride 15 Ngwenya 17 Thomson 26 Mitchell 27 Coulson 30 Masson |
Aiden McAdams .1 Finn Ecrepont .25 Jordan Houston .2 Alex Kirk .15 Josh Mullin .14 David Bangala .29 Brad Young .18 Paul Smith .31 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jordan Houston for Nick McAllister (45) Josh Mullin for Daire O'Connor (45) Brad Young for Sam Ashford (45) David Bangala for Andy Murdoch (84) Paul Smith for Mark McKenzie (90) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Patrick Reading Andy Murdoch Dipo Akinyemi |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Greg Aitken (Referee) |
Match Report
Scott Brown fired Raith Rovers' late winner as Ayr United were knocked off top spot in the Scottish Championship.
Ayr fought back from 2-0 down after Brad Young and Andy Murdoch had cancelled out first-half goals from Raith's Kyle Connell and Sam Stanton.
But Raith midfielder Brown struck a late winner to halt Ayr's six-game unbeaten start to the season.
It leaves Ayr second behind Partick on goal difference, while Raith move above Hamilton and Morton into sixth.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 17th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
|
9 | - | 20 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
10 | - | 75 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
10 | 1 | 45 | 2 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
11 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
11 | 2 | 129 | 6 |
| Daire O'Connor | 25 |
|
11 | - | 36 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
7 | - | 20 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
10 | 1 | 83 | 5 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
11 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
10 | - | 23 | 2 |
| Jordan Houston (sub) | 22 |
|
9 | 1 | 90 | 1 |
| Josh Mullin (sub) | 29 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| David Bangala (sub) | 25 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Brad Young (sub) | 19 |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 20 |
|
5 | - | 14 | - |
League Table (as at September 17th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partick Thistle | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 3. | Queen's Park | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 4. | ICT | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Dundee | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 7. | Morton | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 9. | Cove Rangers | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |