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 | |
|
1. Charlie Albinson 5. Sean McGinty 20. Roy Syla 3. Paddy Reading 14. George Stanger 15. Jamie Murphy 22. Mark McKenzie 17. Nick McAllister 8. Ben Dempsey 16. Anton Dowds 11. Logan Chalmers |
Max Boruc .41 David Gold .7 Darren Lyon .26 Colin Hamilton .3 Scott Stewart .12 Mark Stowe .14 Innes Murray .22 Adam Mackinnon .18 Leighton McIntosh .9 Jay Bird .27 Kyle Robinson .19 |
| Bench | |
|
31. Robbie Mutch 38. Elicha Ahui 32. Dylan Watret 24. Scott Tomlinson 9. Ahkeem Rose 30. Fraser Bryden 18. Paul Smith |
Keaghan Jacobs .10 Ali Adams .21 João Baldé .25 Kenan Dünnwald-Turan .62 |
| 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) |
Keaghan Jacobs for Darren Lyon (6) Kenan Dünnwald-Turan for Innes Murray (46) João Baldé for Jay Bird (71) |
| Cautions | |
|
Roy Syla (78) |
Kyle Robinson (42) Colin Hamilton (55) Keaghan Jacobs (63) Scott Stewart (63) |
| 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 |  |
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|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 27 |
|
19 | - | 70 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Paddy Reading | 24 |
|
28 | - | 139 | 3 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
27 | 1 | 105 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
16 | 3 | 69 | 11 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
19 | 1 | 65 | 2 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
24 | 2 | 140 | 11 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
23 | 5 | 23 | 5 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
20 | 7 | 32 | 10 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
17 | 7 | 17 | 7 |
| Scott Tomlinson (sub) | 18 |
|
9 | - | 10 | - |
| 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 At | 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 |