Ayr United 5
Queen's Park 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
5 - 05 - 0 |
Queen's ParkQueen's Park |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Dipo Akinyemi (6) Dipo Akinyemi (36) Brad Young (53) Logan Chalmers (59) Dipo Akinyemi (62) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Owen Coyle |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
21. Charlie Albinson 3. Paddy Reading 2. Jordan Houston 4. Frankie Musonda 15. Alex Kirk 14. Josh Mullin 8. Ben Dempsey 16. Logan Chalmers 31. Paul Smith 9. Dipo Akinyemi 18. Brad Young |
Calum Ferrie .1 Jason Naismith .2 Stephen Eze .66 Lee Kilday .4 Tommy Robson .3 Jack Thomson .8 Malachi Boateng .42 Scott Williamson .19 Grant Savoury .21 Dom Thomas .11 Simon Murray .23 |
| Bench | |
|
1. Aiden McAdams 25. Finn Ecrepont 5. Sean McGinty 29. David Bangala 10. Daire O'Connor 22. Mark McKenzie 17. Nick McAllister 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 23. Sam Ashford |
Louis Longridge .7 Johnny Kenny .9 Josh McPake .10 Jake Davidson .12 Lewis Moore .14 Jacques Heraghty .17 Alex Bannon .25 Patrick Jarrett .27 David Boateng .47 |
| Substitutions | |
|
David Bangala for Ben Dempsey (67) Daire O'Connor for Josh Mullin (67) Sam Ashford for Brad Young (74) Mark McKenzie for Dipo Akinyemi (74) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Logan Chalmers (80) |
Johnny Kenny for Scott Williamson (57) Josh McPake for Grant Savoury (57) Alex Bannon for Lee Kilday (63) Jake Davidson for Jason Naismith (77) |
| Cautions | |
|
Josh Mullin (51) |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Dipo Akinyemi scored a hat-trick as Ayr United trashed Queen's Park to move level on points with Scottish Championship leaders Partick Thistle.
Akinyemi headed the hosts in front early on and struck his second before the break.
Having scored with his left foot, Akinyemi then netted with his right in the second half.
Brad Young and Ben Dempsey added further goals as Ayr as moved ahead of Inverness on goal difference.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 8th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
|
11 | - | 22 | - |
| Paddy Reading | 23 |
|
13 | - | 78 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 19 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
12 | 1 | 93 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
14 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Josh Mullin | 30 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Brad Young | 19 |
|
4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
14 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| Paul Smith | 20 |
|
7 | - | 16 | - |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Daire O'Connor (sub) | 25 |
|
12 | - | 39 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 86 | 5 |
| David Bangala (sub) | 25 |
|
4 | - | 4 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | 23 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 26 |
|
13 | - | 26 | 2 |
League Table (as at October 8th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partick Thistle | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3. | ICT | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 5. | Dundee | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 6. | Morton | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9. | Hamilton Ac. | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |