Partick Thistle 3
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Partick Thistle |
3 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Milne (21) Graham (46) Lawless (56) |
Dipo Akinyemi (9) Logan Chalmers (47) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ian McCall |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Sneddon 2 McMillan 5 Brownlie 22 Muirhead 3 Milne 6 Turner 8 Bannigan 15 McKinnon 11 Lawless 9 Graham 21 Fitzpatrick |
Charlie Albinson .21 Patrick Reading .3 Sean McGinty .5 Finn Ecrepont .25 Andy Murdoch .6 Mark McKenzie .22 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Josh Mullin .14 Sam Ashford .23 Dipo Akinyemi .9 |
| Bench | |
|
4 Holt 10 Dowds 14 Smith 17 Weston 19 Mullen 26 Stanway 27 Lyon 29 Mackenzie 31 Mitchell |
Aiden McAdams .1 Kinlay Bilham .26 Dylan Watret .32 David Bangala .29 Fraser Bryden .30 Brad Young .18 Paul Smith .31 Logan Chalmers |
| Substitutions | |
|
11 Lawless Substituted for Weston 89'minutes 9 GrahamSubstituted for Dowds 73'minutes 21 Fitzpatrick Substituted for Mackenzie 79'minutes |
Logan Chalmers for Sam Ashford (45) David Bangala for Finn Ecrepont (64) Brad Young for Ben Dempsey (64) |
| Cautions | |
|
Brownlie Bannigan Lawless Graham |
None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
David Munro (Referee) |
Match Report
Partick Thistle narrowed the gap on Scottish Championship leaders Ayr United with a thrilling win over them.
Magnificent goals in each half from Dipo Akinyemi and substitute Logan Chalmers weren't enough to save Ayr from their first defeat since October.
Harry Milne equalised Akinyemi's fine opener, then his header went in via the knee of Brian Graham to restore the lead as Ayr claimed offside.
Chalmers equalised but Stevie Lawless popped up with the winner.
It was a thoroughly entertaining 90 minutes which launches Thistle back into the title race, five points off Ayr, who remain top by a point.
Partick Thistle manager Ian McCall: "It's a big result for us because we have five players out injured. No-one at this club ever thought we were out of the title race. We are all united now in getting this club to win matches.
Ayr United manager Lee Bullen: "We scored two wonderful goals. Our video analyst has seen their second goal. Brian Graham is standing on the line. There is no way he could be onside."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 17th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
20 | - | 31 | - |
| Finn Ecrepont | 20 |
|
9 | - | 15 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
19 | 1 | 54 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
23 | - | 88 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
22 | 3 | 94 | 7 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
22 | 2 | 138 | 6 |
| Josh Mullin | - |
|
14 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
24 | 4 | 31 | 4 |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
15 | - | 28 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
24 | 16 | 24 | 16 |
| Sam Ashford | 26 |
|
21 | - | 34 | 2 |
| David Bangala (sub) | 25 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 22 |
|
9 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Brad Young (sub) | - |
|
11 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
League Table (as at December 17th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 32 |
| 2. | Dundee | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| 3. | Queen's Park | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 |
| 4. | Morton | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 7. | ICT | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 11 |