Arbroath 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Arbroath |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Ben Dempsey (pen.) (70) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (89) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Gaston 2 Oakley 4 Little 20 Bitsindou 3 Hamilton 15 Tait 23 Allan 7 Gold 10 Jacobs 11 Linn 8 McKenna |
Charlie Albinson .21 Sean McGinty .5 Alex Kirk .15 Frankie Musonda .4 Josh Mullin .14 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Andy Murdoch .6 Logan Chalmers Dipo Akinyemi .9 Brad Young .18 |
| Bench | |
|
9 Hilson 16 Shanks 17 Corfe 18 Hancock 19 Isiaka 21 Gill 27 Fosu |
Aiden McAdams .1 Jordan Houston .2 Patrick Reading .3 Daire OConnor .10 Mark McKenzie .22 Jayden Mitchell-Lawson .11 David Bangala .29 Sam Ashford .23 Paul Smith .31 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jordan Houston for Nick McAllister (64) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Logan Chalmers (64) Mark McKenzie for Brad Young (64) Patrick Reading for Josh Mullin (86) Sam Ashford for Dipo Akinyemi (91) |
| Cautions | |
| Bitsindou | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Graham Grainger (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United moved three points clear at the top of the Scottish Championship after beating struggling Arbroath.
Ben Dempsey's penalty kick, after Colin Hamilton fouled substitute Jayden Mitchell-Lawson, gave them the lead.
And Mitchell-Lawson got a goal himself late on when he twisted and turned in the box before firing into the corner for his first Ayr goal.
Bobby Linn came closest for Arbroath when his curling shot from 25 yards thumped the top of the post early on.
Lee Bullen's visitors take on Morton next as they dream of a return to the top flight for the first time in 44 years.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 29th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
15 | - | 26 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
13 | 1 | 48 | 2 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
18 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
9 | - | 22 | - |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
16 | 2 | 132 | 6 |
| Brad Young | - |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
18 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading (sub) | 23 |
|
17 | - | 82 | 3 |
| Jordan Houston (sub) | 22 |
|
16 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
16 | 2 | 88 | 6 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Sam Ashford (sub) | 26 |
|
15 | - | 28 | 2 |
League Table (as at October 29th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 24 |
| 2. | Morton | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 3. | Queen's Park | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 4. | ICT | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| 6. | Dundee | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 |