Ayr United 0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 10 - 1 |
ICTICT |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | Cameron Harper (47) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Billy Dodds |
| Starting Eleven | |
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21. Charlie Albinson 5. Sean McGinty 3. Paddy Reading 2. Jordan Houston 4. Frankie Musonda 14. Josh Mullin 8. Ben Dempsey 6. Andy Murdoch 22. Mark McKenzie 23. Sam Ashford 9. Dipo Akinyemi |
Mark Ridgers .1 Robbie Deas .5 Zak Delaney .23 Cameron Harper .3 Daniel Devine .6 Scott Allardice .18 David Carson .8 Steven Boyd .30 Daniel Mackay .17 Billy Mckay .9 George Oakley .14 |
| Bench | |
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1. Aiden McAdams 15. Alex Kirk 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 10. Daire O'Connor 17. Nick McAllister 29. David Bangala 31. Paul Smith 16. Logan Chalmers 18. Brad Young |
Cameron Mackay .21 Wallace Duffy .2 Max Ram .15 Lewis Hyde .16 Roddy MacGregor .12 Aaron Doran .10 Nathan Shaw .22 |
| Substitutions | |
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Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Josh Mullin (61) Logan Chalmers for Sam Ashford (61) Brad Young for Mark McKenzie (61) |
Aaron Doran for Daniel Mackay (69) Nathan Shaw for George Oakley (69) Roddy MacGregor for Steven Boyd (85) |
| Cautions | |
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Dipo Akinyemi (58) |
David Carson (65) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Colin Steven (Referee) |
Match Report
Inverness Caley Thistle made it three Scottish Championship wins in a row to move level on points with third-placed opponents Ayr United.
Cameron Harper headed what proved to be the winner early in the second half to punish Ayr's profligacy.
The hosts had dominated, with Andy Murdoch firing narrowly wide and Mark McKenzie heading against the bar.
Ayr substitute Jayden Mitchell-Lawson curled inches past the post but Inverness stood firm.
Both sides trail leaders Partick Thistle by three points, but Ayr have now suffered back-to-back league defeats.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 1st, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
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10 | - | 21 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
11 | 1 | 92 | 1 |
| Paddy Reading | 23 |
|
12 | - | 77 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
12 | 1 | 47 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
12 | 1 | 85 | 5 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
13 | 2 | 131 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Josh Mullin | 30 |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
12 | - | 25 | 2 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
13 | 8 | 13 | 8 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | 23 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Brad Young (sub) | 19 |
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3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 22 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
League Table (as at October 1st, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partick Thistle | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| 2. | Queen's Park | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 4. | ICT | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 5. | Dundee | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7. | Cove Rangers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8. | Morton | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 9. | Hamilton Ac. | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |