Ayr United 2
Arbroath 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 02 - 0 |
ArbroathArbroath |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Ben Dempsey (74) Logan Chalmers (77) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
David White Scott Brown |
Jim Mcintyre |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Charlie Albinson Sean McGinty Roy Syla Patrick Reading George Stanger Jamie Murphy Mark McKenzie Nick McAllister Ben Dempsey Anton Dowds Logan Chalmers |
41 Boruc 7 Gold 26 Lyon 3 Hamilton 12 Stewart 14 Stowe 22 Murray 18 Mackinnon 9 McIntosh 27 Bird 19 Robinson |
| Bench | |
|
Robbie Mutch Dylan Watret Elicha Ahui Scott Tomlinson Ahkeem Rose Fraser Bryden Paul Smith |
10 Jacobs 21 Adams 25 Candé Baldé 62 Dünnwald-Turan |
| Substitutions | |
|
Ahkeem Rose for Anton Dowds (70) Paul Smith for Mark McKenzie (82) Fraser Bryden for Roy Syla (83) Scott Tomlinson for Logan Chalmers (87) |
26 Lyon for Jacobs 6' 22 Murray for Dünnwald-Turan 45' 27 Bird for Candé Baldé 71' |
| Cautions | |
|
Roy Syla |
Jacobs; Hamilton; Stewart; Robinson; |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Calum Scott (Referee) |
Match Report
Two late goals sank Arbroath and eased Ayr United's Scottish Championship relegation fears as new head coach Scott Brown watched from the stands.
Jamie Murphy had a second-half penalty - awarded for a Colin Hamilton handball - saved by Arbroath debutant Max Boruc.
But the hosts found the breakthrough when Ben Dempsey rattled in from distance in the 74th minute.
And Logan Chalmers soon converted Mark McKenzie's pass to make sure of Ayr's first win in six league matches.
The crucial victory lifts Ayr from the relegation play-off spot up to seventh, five points clear of bottom club Arbroath, who remain two adrift of Queen's Park.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 23rd, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 |
|
19 | - | 70 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
28 | - | 139 | 3 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
27 | 1 | 104 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
16 | 3 | 69 | 11 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
19 | 1 | 65 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
24 | 2 | 138 | 11 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
23 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
20 | 7 | 31 | 10 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
17 | 7 | 17 | 7 |
| Scott Tomlinson (sub) | 18 |
|
8 | - | 9 | - |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 21 |
|
18 | - | 51 | - |
| Fraser Bryden (sub) | 19 |
|
22 | 4 | 54 | 7 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | 25 |
|
23 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
League Table (as at January 23rd, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 44 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 44 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 36 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 |
| 5. | Morton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6. | Dunfermline Athletic | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 8. | ICT | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 |