Ayr United 0
Dundee 2
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
0 - 20 - 2 |
DundeeDundee |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| None. | McCowan (68, 84) |
| Team Managers | |
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Lee Bullen |
Gary Bower |
| Starting Eleven | |
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21. Charlie Albinson 5. Sean McGinty 3. Patrick Reading 17. Nick McAllister 29. David Bangala 6. Andy Murdoch 8. Ben Dempsey 22. Mark McKenzie 18. Brad Young 9. Dipo Akinyemi Logan Chalmers |
1 Legzdins 2 Kerr 14Ashcroft 5 Sweeney 3 Marshall 6 McGhee 22 Williamson 18 McMullan 15 Mulligan 17 McCowan 20 Rudden |
| Bench | |
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1. Aiden McAdams 25. Finn Ecrepont 26. Kinlay Bilham 32. Dylan Watret Scott Tomlinson 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 30. Fraser Bryden 23. Sam Ashford 31. Paul Smith |
3 Marshall Substituted for Robertson 87'minutes 18 McMullan Substituted for Cameron 90+4'minutes 20 Rudden Substituted for Sheridan 74'minutes |
| Substitutions | |
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Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Mark McKenzie (45) Fraser Bryden for Brad Young (60) |
19 Robertson 21 Lawlor 23 Sheridan 24 Anderson 25 Cameron 27 Strachan 31 Osei Yaw 38Grayson |
| Cautions | |
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Nick McAllister Sean McGinty David Bangala Patrick Reading Mark McKenzie Brad Young |
Ashcroft |
| Red Cards | |
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David Bangala (63) |
Mulligan (19) |
| Match Officials | |
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Steven McLean (Referee) |
Match Report
Dundee ended Ayr United's six-game unbeaten home run to leapfrog the hosts at the top of the Scottish Championship despite playing 70 minutes with 10 men.
Luke McCowan scored both goals, which came after home defender David Bangala followed Dundee midfielder Josh Mulligan in being sent off just after the hour mark.
McCowan fired into the bottom corner on the break to give the visitors the lead five minutes later and the midfielder added the winner from a free-kick with six minutes remaining.
Dundee remain one point ahead of Queen's Park, who won 4-1 away to Arbroath, and two clear of Ayr with a game in hand after a seventh consecutive victory and a ninth without defeat.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 23rd, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
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21 | - | 32 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
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20 | 1 | 55 | 2 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
24 | - | 89 | 3 |
| Andy Murdoch | 27 |
|
23 | 2 | 139 | 6 |
| David Bangala | 25 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Nick McAllister | 21 |
|
16 | - | 29 | - |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
23 | 3 | 95 | 7 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
25 | 4 | 32 | 4 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
25 | 16 | 25 | 16 |
| Brad Young | - |
|
12 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
10 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | - |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 18 |
|
8 | - | 20 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 23rd, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| 2. | Queen's Park | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 4. | Morton | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 |
| 5. | Partick Thistle | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 7. | ICT | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 14 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 |