Ayr United 1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2
League (Championship)


Ayr United
1 - 2
ICT 

League (Championship)
Saturday, March 4th, 2023
Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,820

Goalscorers
Dipo Akinyemi (12)
None.

Team Managers
Lee Bullen
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
Charlie Albinson
Alex Kirk
Patrick Reading
Sean McGinty
Daire OConnor
Josh Mullin
Ben Dempsey
Nick McAllister
Mark McKenzie
Reece Mcalear
Dipo Akinyemi
1 Ridgers
8 Carson
6 Devine
2 Duffy
5 Deas
2 0Henderson
4 Welsh
18 Allardice
23 Delaney
22 Shaw
9 Mckay

Bench
Aiden McAdams
Frankie Musonda
Kinlay Bilham
Jordan Houston
Michael Hewitt
Sam Ashford
Chris Maguire
Paul Smith
Fraser Bryden
10 Doran
16 Hyde
17 Mackay
21 MacKay
24 Samuels
29 Thompson
30 Boyd
32 Cairns

Substitutions
Sam Ashford for Josh Mullin (10)
Frankie Musonda for Nick McAllister (72)
Chris Maguire for Patrick Reading (84)
Michael Hewitt for Mark McKenzie (84)
None.

Cautions
Nick McAllister
Chris Maguire
Deas
Welsh

Red Cards
Daire OConnor (29)
None.
Match Officials

Scott Lambie (Referee)


Photography by Dave Sargent

Match Report


Inverness Caledonian Thistle moved to within five points of Ayr United in the Scottish Championship after coming from behind to win at Somerset Park.

Dipo Akinyemi struck to put Ayr in front, but that was quickly cancelled out by Sean Welsh's shot.

Daire O'Connor was sent off for the hosts for violent conduct just before the half-hour mark.

Jay Henderson netted from close range to put Inverness ahead for the first time and they saw out victory.

Ayr drop out of the top four and are one place above sixth-placed Inverness.

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at March 4th, 2023)


2022-23 All Time
Age
Charlie Albinson (GK)26 28 - 39 -
Sean McGinty29 292643
Patrick Reading23 33 - 983
Alex Kirk20 232232
Daire OConnor25 20 - 451
Reece Mcalear21 5 - 5 -
Mark McKenzie22 3241048
Nick McAllister22 251381
Ben Dempsey23 347417
Josh Mullin - 228228
Dipo Akinyemi25 34203420
Frankie Musonda (sub)25 19 - 19 -
Michael Hewitt (sub)22 11 - 24 -
Sam Ashford (sub)27 281413
Chris Maguire (sub) - 2 - 2 -






League Table (as at March 4th, 2023)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Queen's Park 27 14 6 7 48
2. Dundee 26 13 7 6 46
3. Morton 26 11 8 7 41
4. Ayr United 26 11 7 8 40
5. Partick Thistle 26 12 4 10 40
6. ICT 27 9 9 9 36
7. Raith Rovers 27 9 8 10 35
8. Cove Rangers 27 6 8 13 26
9. Hamilton Academical 27 6 7 14 25
10. Arbroath 27 4 12 11 24