Ayr United 1
Greenock Morton 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 11 - 1 |
MortonMorton |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Frankie Musonda (62) |
Calum Waters (47) |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Dougie Imrie |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
21. Charlie Albinson 3. Paddy Reading 4. Frankie Musonda 5. Sean McGinty 22. Mark McKenzie 17. Nick McAllister 18. Reece McAlear 8. Ben Dempsey 77. Chris Maguire 23. Sam Ashford 9. Dipo Akinyemi |
Brian Schwake .1 Carlo Pignatiello .2 Darragh O'Connor .4 Jack Baird .5 Calum Waters .6 Liam Grimshaw .23 Grant Gillespie .21 Ali Crawford .30 Robbie Crawford .14 Robbie Muirhead .9 George Oakley .22 |
| Bench | |
|
1. Aiden McAdams 2. Jordan Houston 33. Carter Jenkins 20. Michael Hewitt 10. Daire O'Connor 6. Andy Murdoch 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 30. Fraser Bryden 31. Paul Smith |
Alistair Roy .7 Jai Quitongo .10 Calvin Miller .11 Efe Ambrose .12 Lewis Mcgrattan .17 Michael Garrity .18 Lawton Green .20 Alex King .25 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Daire O'Connor for Mark McKenzie (71) Jayden Mitchell-Lawson for Sam Ashford (76) Fraser Bryden for Chris Maguire (76) |
Lewis Mcgrattan for Grant Gillespie (68) Jai Quitongo for Ali Crawford (68) Alex King for Carlo Pignatiello (90) |
| Cautions | |
|
Ben Dempsey (45) |
Darragh O'Connor (17) Calum Waters (18) George Oakley (67) George Oakley (72) Carlo Pignatiello (77) Robbie Crawford (88) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | George Oakley (72) |
| Match Officials | |
|
Colin Steven (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United missed a chance to put pressure on the Scottish Championship leaders as they were held at home by 10-man Greenock Morton.
The visitors took the lead early in the second half at Somerset Park when Calum Waters' cross beat goalkeeper Charlie Albinson and sailed in at the far post.
Ayr hit back in the 62nd minute, Frankie Musonda heading home.
But the hosts could not find a winner despite Morton's George Oakley being shown a second yellow.
The draw keeps Ayr in fourth, one point behind Partick Thistle and four adrift of leading pair Dundee and Queen's Park.
Morton drop a place to sixth, six points off Ayr with a game in hand.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 8th, 2023)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 26 |
|
34 | - | 45 | - |
| Paddy Reading | 23 |
|
40 | - | 105 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 29 |
|
37 | 3 | 72 | 4 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
30 | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie | 22 |
|
39 | 4 | 112 | 8 |
| Ben Dempsey | 23 |
|
41 | 8 | 48 | 8 |
| Reece McAlear | 21 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
41 | 24 | 41 | 24 |
| Sam Ashford | 27 |
|
36 | 3 | 49 | 5 |
| Chris Maguire | 34 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (sub) | 23 |
|
30 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| Daire O'Connor (sub) | 25 |
|
27 | 1 | 54 | 2 |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 18 |
|
18 | 2 | 30 | 3 |
League Table (as at April 8th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 54 |
| 2. | Queen's Park | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 54 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 50 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 48 |
| 5. | ICT | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 45 |
| 6. | Morton | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 44 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 41 |
| 8. | Arbroath | 31 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 32 |
| 9. | Hamilton Ac. | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 29 |
| 10. | Cove Rangers | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 27 |