Airdrieonians 2
Ayr United 3
League (Championship)
Airdrieonians |
2 - 3 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Ballantyne (26'), Watson (84') |
Anton Dowds (9) Anton Dowds (48) Anton Dowds (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| Rhys McCabe |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Rae 2 Ballantyne 16 Watson 4 McCabe 5 Hancock 21 Telfer 14 McMaster 8 McGregor 10 Frizzell 26 Donnell 11 Todorov |
Robbie Mutch .31 Patrick Reading .3 Frankie Musonda .4 Roy Syla .20 Sean McGinty .5 Mark McKenzie .22 Jamie Murphy .15 Scott Tomlinson .24 Ben Dempsey .8 Anton Dowds .16 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Bench | |
|
3 Taylor-Sinclair 7 O'Connor 9 Gallagher 19 Dunlop 23 McGill 24 Lyall 28 Gallagher 32 Spalding 43 Hutton |
Charlie Albinson .1 Harry McHugh .21 Jack Sanders .23 Aiden McGeady .10 Max Guthrie .27 Paul Smith .18 Logan Chalmers .11 Kurt Willoughby .9 Franny Amartey .17 |
| Substitutions | |
|
2 Ballantyne for O'Connor 90+4' 10 Frizzell for Gallagher 73' 26 Donnell for Lyall 57' 11 Todorov for McGill 73' |
Jack Sanders for Scott Tomlinson (46) Logan Chalmers for Fraser Bryden (56) Kurt Willoughby for Mark McKenzie (56) Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (72) Charlie Albinson for Robbie Mutch (88) |
| Cautions | |
| Rae |
Roy Syla |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Alan Muir (Referee) |
Match Report
An Anton Dowds hat-trick powered Ayr United above Airdrieonians into fifth place in the Scottish Championship.
Dowds' early opener was cancelled out by Cammy Ballantyne's driven effort, but the forward re-established the away lead shortly after half-time.
He completed his treble with 12 minutes left after a quickly taken free-kick, before Craig Watson gave the hosts the chance to mount a late rally.
Ayr held out, though, and move four points outside the play-off berths.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at February 17th, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Robbie Mutch (GK) | 25 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Patrick Reading | 24 |
|
32 | - | 143 | 3 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
31 | 1 | 108 | 5 |
| Roy Syla | 23 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
13 | 1 | 43 | 3 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
20 | 3 | 73 | 11 |
| Scott Tomlinson | 18 |
|
10 | - | 11 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
27 | 7 | 27 | 7 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
28 | 3 | 142 | 12 |
| Fraser Bryden | 19 |
|
26 | 4 | 58 | 7 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
21 | 10 | 21 | 10 |
| Charlie Albinson (sub) (GK) | 27 |
|
22 | - | 73 | - |
| Jack Sanders (sub) | - |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 23 |
|
23 | 7 | 34 | 10 |
| Kurt Willoughby (sub) | - |
|
3 | - | 3 | - |
League Table (as at February 17th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 48 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 47 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 38 |
| 4. | Morton | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 5. | Ayr United | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 6. | Airdrieonians | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 28 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 27 |
| 8. | ICT | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 |