Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
ICT |
3 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Wotherspoon (32'minutes), McAllister (43'minutes og), Mckay (45'+3minutes pen |
Jamie Murphy (pen.) (61) |
| Team Managers | |
| Duncan Ferguson |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Ridgers 44 Ujdur 6 Devine 20 Boyes 8 Carson 7 Gilmour 15 Anderson 22 Shaw 3 Harper 30 Wotherspoon 9 Mckay |
Robbie Mutch .31 Sean McGinty .5 Roy Syla .20 George Stanger .14 Patrick Reading .3 Jamie Murphy .15 Jack Senga .23 Mark McKenzie .22 Nick McAllister .17 Anton Dowds .16 Logan Chalmers .11 |
| Bench | |
|
2 Duffy 5 Delaney 16 Hyde 18 Lodovica 19 Longstaff 21 MacKay 24 Brooks 29 Thompson 34 Sheridan |
Oliver Ecrepoint .19 Finn Ecrepont .21 Aiden McGeady .10 Jack Young .46 Paul Smith .18 Ahkeem Rose .9 Fraser Bryden .30 Franny Amartey .17 |
| Substitutions | |
|
15 Anderson for Longstaff at 45'minutes 30 Wotherspoon for Brooks at 89'minutes 9 Mckay for Sheridan at 78'minutes |
Finn Ecrepont for George Stanger (12) Ahkeem Rose for Logan Chalmers (45) Franny Amartey for Jack Senga (69) Jack Young for Anton Dowds (69) Aiden McGeady for Mark McKenzie (79) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Iain Sneddon (Referee) |
Match Report
David Wotherspoon scored twice as in-form Inverness Caledonian Thistle moved out of the Scottish Championship relegation spots with victory over play-off chasing Ayr United.
His close-range finish, followed by a deflected goal, takes his goal tally to three in as many games.
Billy McKay converted a penalty on the stroke of half-time after Charlie Gilmour was fouled by Paddy Reading.
Jamie Murphy's spot-kick reduced Ayr's deficit after a foul on Ahkeem Rose.
But the visitors could not prevent Caley Thistle from extending their unbeaten run to five matches as Duncan Ferguson's side move up to eighth, while Ayr are sixth.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at November 11th, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Robbie Mutch (GK) | - |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
19 | - | 96 | 4 |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
18 | - | 129 | 3 |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
13 | 1 | 59 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
18 | 1 | 132 | 10 |
| Jack Senga | - |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
14 | 5 | 14 | 5 |
| Anton Dowds | 26 |
|
7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
12 | 4 | 23 | 7 |
| Finn Ecrepont (sub) | 21 |
|
6 | - | 21 | - |
| Jack Young (sub) | - |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Aiden McGeady (sub) | 37 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | 24 |
|
17 | 3 | 17 | 3 |
League Table (as at November 11th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 31 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 5. | Dunfermline Athletic | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 8. | ICT | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 10. | Morton | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 |