Ayr United 1 - 0 Stenhousemuir | Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Ayr United

1 - 0

Stenhousemuir

Scottish League Cup
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Townhead Park, Cumnock
Attendance: 757

Goalscorers
Mark McKenzie (27)	None.

Team Managers
Lee Bullen	Gary Naysmith

Starting Eleven
Robbie Mutch Patrick Reading Sean McGinty George Stanger Andy Murdoch Ben Dempsey Mark McKenzie Michael Hewitt Jamie Murphy Fraser Bryden Franny Amartey	34 Lyle 2 Meechan 6 Wedderburn 5 Jamieson 14 Bilham 8 Berry 18 Lynch 12 Taylor 17 Anderson 7 Kirkpatrick 9 Aitken

Bench
Charlie Albinson Dylan Watret Finn Ecrepont Scott Tomlinson Oliver Pendlebury David Bangala Dario Viviani Sam Ashford Paul Smith	1 Jamieson 10 Yates 11 Brown 16 O'Reilly

Substitutions
Sam Ashford for Franny Amartey (67) Oliver Pendlebury for Andy Murdoch (71) Paul Smith for Ben Dempsey (78) David Bangala for Fraser Bryden (78)	14 Bilham Substituted for O'Reilly at 45'minutes 12 Taylor Substituted for Brown at 76'minutes 9 Aitken Substituted for Yates at 60'minutes

Cautions
Andy Murdoch	None.

Red Cards
None.	None.

Match Officials
William Collum (Referee)

Match Report

Ayr moved top of group A as a first half goal from Mark McKenzie was enough to see off stuffy Stenny.
Matt Aitken fired an early effort wide for Stenny.
Ayr's Fraser Bryden had a goal chalked off before Franny Amartey's cross was coverted by Mckenzie.
Ben Dempsey and Amartey wasted good chances to kill off Stenny, who hit the post through Nicky Jamieson.

Squad Statistics (as at July 18th, 2023)

			2023-24		All Time
	Age	Nat
Robbie Mutch (GK)	24		1	-	1	-
Patrick Reading	24		2	-	113	3
George Stanger	22		2	-	2	-
Sean McGinty	29		2	-	79	4
Jamie Murphy	33		2	-	2	-
Michael Hewitt	22		2	-	32	-
Mark McKenzie	22		2	1	116	10
Ben Dempsey	23		2	-	55	8
Andy Murdoch	28		2	-	152	6
Fraser Bryden	19		2	1	34	4
Franny Amartey	24		2	-	2	-
Oliver Pendlebury (sub)	21		1	-	1	-
David Bangala (sub)	26		1	-	9	-
Sam Ashford (sub)	27		2	-	56	5
Paul Smith (sub)	21		2	-	35	-