Dundee United 1
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Dundee United |
1 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Fotheringham (63'minutes) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Walton 8 Grimshaw 31 Gallagher 4 Holt 33 McMann 14 Sibbald 23 Docherty 18 Fotheringham 26 Mochrie 15 Middleton 9 Moult |
Charlie Albinson .1 Patrick Reading .3 Roy Syla .20 Frankie Musonda .4 Sean McGinty .5 Ben Dempsey .8 Jamie Murphy .15 Aiden McGeady .10 Nick McAllister .17 Anton Dowds .16 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Bench | |
|
5 Denham 6 Graham 13 Newman 16 Tillson 21 Glass 22 Freeman 28 Anim Cudjoe 32 Watt 53 Stirton |
Robbie Mutch .31 Finn Ecrepont .21 Elicha Ahui .38 Jack Young .46 Mark McKenzie .22 Jack Senga .23 Ahkeem Rose .9 Franny Amartey .17 |
| Substitutions | |
|
23 Docherty for Watt at 64'minutes 26 Mochrie forTillson at 64'minutes 9 Moult for Glass at 80'minutes |
Elicha Ahui for Nick McAllister (27) Jack Young for Roy Syla (70) Mark McKenzie for Anton Dowds (70) Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (76) Ahkeem Rose for Fraser Bryden (76) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Nick McAllister Elicha Ahui Jamie Murphy |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Nick Walsh (Referee) |
Match Report
Dundee United reclaimed their place at the top of the Scottish Championship with a hard-fought win over Ayr United.
Kai Fotheringham's scrambled second-half effort was enough to return Jim Goodwin's side, who slipped from the summit after Raith Rovers' win on Friday, back above their rivals.
Only a point separates the two, who will meet at Tannadice next Saturday.
Victory was deserved for United, who had an early Louis Moult effort disallowed and had the better of the chances throughout.
Ayr, meanwhile, drop down to seventh place.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 9th, 2023)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 |
|
15 | - | 66 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
20 | - | 131 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
21 | 1 | 98 | 5 |
| Frankie Musonda | 25 |
|
9 | - | 39 | 2 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Aiden McGeady | 37 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
16 | 5 | 16 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
8 | 1 | 61 | 9 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
15 | 1 | 61 | 2 |
| Fraser Bryden | 19 |
|
17 | 4 | 49 | 7 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
9 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Elicha Ahui (sub) | 19 |
|
8 | - | 8 | - |
| Jack Young (sub) | - |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
20 | 1 | 134 | 10 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | 25 |
|
18 | 3 | 18 | 3 |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
League Table (as at December 9th, 2023)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 |
| 4. | Dunfermline Athletic | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 5. | Airdrieonians | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 6. | ICT | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 8. | Queen's Park | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 10. | Morton | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 |