Ayr United 1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3
League (Championship)


Ayr United
1 - 3
ICT 

League (Championship)
Saturday, January 6th, 2024
Somerset Park
Attendance: 1,598

Goalscorers
Logan Chalmers (86)
Mckay (29'), Boyes (55', 63')

Team Managers
Lee Bullen
Duncan Ferguson

Starting Eleven
Charlie Albinson
George Stanger
Elicha Ahui
Patrick Reading
Sean McGinty
Jamie Murphy
Ben Dempsey
Jack Young
Paul Smith
Anton Dowds
Logan Chalmers
1 Ridgers
2 Duffy
6 Devine
20 Boyes
8 Carson
4 WelshB
7 Gilmour
3 Harper
15 Anderson
22 Shaw
9 Mckay

Bench
Robbie Mutch
Dylan Watret
Roy Syla
Jack Senga
Nick McAllister
Mark McKenzie
Fraser Bryden
Franny Amartey
Ahkeem Rose
5 Delaney
10 Doran
14 Davidson
19 Longstaff
21 MacKay
24 Brooks
29 Thompson
34 Sheridan
44 Ujdur

Substitutions
Fraser Bryden for Paul Smith (61)
Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (74)
Mark McKenzie for Anton Dowds (86)
None.

Cautions
Jack Young
Logan Chalmers
Duffy, Wlesh Shaw.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

Gavinf Duncan (Referee)


Photography by SNS Group

Match Report


Morgan Boyes's double gave Inverness Caledonian Thistle their first win in six matches and moved them above opponents Ayr United into seventh place in the Scottish Championship.

Max Anderson took advantage of Ayr goalkeeper Charlie Albinson's mistake to set up Billy Mckay's opener.

Minutes after the hosts' Anton Dowds had a goal ruled out for offside, Morgan Boyes headed in a Cameron Harper cross and did so again moments later.

Logan Chalmers' strike made it 3-1.

Ayr's tails were up after that and a brilliant save by Mark Ridgers kept out Dowds before Francis Amartey cracked an effort off the crossbar late on.

The Honest Men are two points above the bottom two.

Reaction & as it happened
Ayr United manager Lee Bullen: "Nine times out of 10, the team that's better in both boxes wins the game of football and that's what happened. It just wasn't our day. It could've been easy just to throw the towel in at 3-0 but they kept going, Logan scores a wonderful goal. We had opportunities to maybe even get something out of the game."

Inverness CT manager Duncan Ferguson: "It was a six-pointer. We've managed to jump about Ayr. It's a massive game for us. Moments in the game went for us. We created an awful lot of chances, particularly in the second half. [Mark Ridgers] was fantastic. A really great goalkeeper. Maybe one of the best in the league if not the best in the league."

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at January 6th, 2024)


2023-24 All Time
Age
Charlie Albinson (GK)27 16 - 67 -
Sean McGinty30 2411015
Patrick Reading24 25 - 1363
Elicha Ahui20 13 - 13 -
George Stanger23 191191
Jack Young - 18 - 18 -
Ben Dempsey24 1326610
Jamie Murphy34 205205
Paul Smith21 16 - 49 -
Logan Chalmers23 176289
Anton Dowds27 147147
Mark McKenzie (sub)23 22113610
Franny Amartey (sub)24 231231
Fraser Bryden (sub)19 194517






League Table (as at January 6th, 2024)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Raith Rovers 20 13 5 2 44
2. Dundee United 19 12 5 2 41
3. Partick Thistle 20 10 5 5 35
4. Airdrieonians 20 8 3 9 27
5. Morton 19 7 4 8 25
6. Dunfermline Athletic 19 6 5 8 23
7. ICT 20 5 6 9 21
8. Ayr United 19 5 4 10 19
9. Queen's Park 19 4 5 10 17
10. Arbroath 19 5 2 12 17