Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
ICT |
2 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Nathan Shaw (6) Nathan Shaw (87) |
Mark McKenzie (66) Dipo Akinyemi (82) |
| Team Managers | |
| Billy Dodds |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
21. Cameron Mackay 15. Max Ram 2. Wallace Duffy 3. Cameron Harper 6. Daniel Devine 8. David Carson 4. Sean Welsh 10. Aaron Doran 30. Steven Boyd 22. Nathan Shaw 9. Billy Mckay |
Charlie Albinson .21 Patrick Reading .3 Sean McGinty .5 Alex Kirk .15 Josh Mullin .14 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Andy Murdoch .6 Daire O'Connor .10 Dipo Akinyemi .9 Sam Ashford .23 |
| Bench | |
|
1. Mark Ridgers 34. Matthew Strachan 16. Lewis Hyde 35. Calum MacKay 37. Aaron Nicolson 14. George Oakley |
Aiden McAdams .1 Kinlay Bilham .26 Finn Ecrepont .25 David Bangala .29 Mark McKenzie .22 Paul Smith .31 Logan Chalmers .16 Brad Young .18 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Lewis Hyde for Daniel Devine (76) George Oakley for Steven Boyd (84) |
Logan Chalmers for Daire O'Connor (44) Mark McKenzie for Sam Ashford (61) Brad Young for Josh Mullin (61) Finn Ecrepont for Alex Kirk (93) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Nick McAllister (78) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Grant Irvine (Referee) |
Match Report
Scottish Championship leaders Ayr United had their lead cut to a point after they were denied by a late Inverness Caledonian Thistle leveller.
Nathan Shaw's equaliser, his second of the game after opening the scoring, means the visitors' lead over Morton and Dundee is now a slender one.
Mark McKenzie had levelled and Dipo Akinyemi gave Ayr the lead in the final 10 minutes with his 14th in 16 games.
But Inverness, missing nine players, snatched a point.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle head coach Billy Dodds: "It was a collective but there were some good individual performances.
"I was delighted with the spirit and the quality. We had to ride our luck at times in the second-half. I thought we deserved more out of the game but we'll take a point."
Ayr United manager Lee Bullen: "I think there were spells where both teams felt they weren't going to get anything out of it.
"When you go 2-1 up with six, seven, eight minutes to go you hope to see it out. But it didn't happen that way. To be honest with you, it would have been harsh on Inverness."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at November 19th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
18 | - | 29 | - |
| Alex Kirk | 20 |
|
14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
17 | 1 | 52 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
20 | - | 85 | 3 |
| Daire O'Connor | 25 |
|
14 | - | 39 | 2 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
19 | 2 | 137 | 6 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
21 | 3 | 28 | 3 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
12 | - | 25 | - |
| Josh Mullin | 30 |
|
12 | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
21 | 15 | 21 | 15 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
18 | - | 31 | 2 |
| Finn Ecrepont (sub) | 20 |
|
7 | - | 13 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 22 |
|
19 | 3 | 92 | 7 |
| Brad Young (sub) | 19 |
|
10 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 22 |
|
7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
League Table (as at November 19th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 2. | Morton | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 3. | Dundee | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 6. | ICT | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 |