Ayr UnitedAyr United |
1 - 31 - 3 |
ICTICT |
League (Championship) |
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) |
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
2023-24 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | |||||
Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 | 16 | - | 67 | - | |
Sean McGinty | 30 | 24 | 1 | 101 | 5 | |
Patrick Reading | 24 | 25 | - | 136 | 3 | |
Elicha Ahui | 20 | 13 | - | 13 | - | |
George Stanger | 23 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | |
Jack Young | - | 18 | - | 18 | - | |
Ben Dempsey | 24 | 13 | 2 | 66 | 10 | |
Jamie Murphy | 34 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 5 | |
Paul Smith | 21 | 16 | - | 49 | - | |
Logan Chalmers | 23 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 9 | |
Anton Dowds | 27 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | |
Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 | 22 | 1 | 136 | 10 | |
Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | |
Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 | 19 | 4 | 51 | 7 |
Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
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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 |