Raith Rovers 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Easton (45) Hamilton (pen.) (65) |
Logan Chalmers (55) |
| Team Managers | |
| Ian Murray |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1 Dabrowski 2 Brown 2 0Brown 5 Watson 3 Dick 8 Matthews 21 Byrne 7 Connolly 16 Stanton 23 Easton 19 Hamilton |
Josh Clarke .38 Harry McHugh .21 Sean McGinty .5 George Stanger .14 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Jack Sanders .23 Mark McKenzie .22 Jamie Murphy .15 Fraser Bryden .30 Anton Dowds .16 |
| Bench | |
|
10 Vaughan 11 Smith 13 McNeil 14 Mullin 15 Corr 18 Turner 24 McGill 29 Rudden |
Charlie Albinson .1 Scott Tomlinson .24 Aiden McGeady .10 Logan Chalmers .11 Kurt Willoughby .9 Paul Smith .18 Max Guthrie .27 Franny Amartey .17 Lucas McRoberts .29 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Logan Chalmers for Harry McHugh (41) Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (74) Kurt Willoughby for Fraser Bryden (81) Lucas McRoberts for Mark McKenzie (81) |
| Cautions | |
|
Byrne Easton |
Nick McAllister Jack Sanders |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Ross Hardie (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers survived a scare at Ayr United to ensure they stay four points off the pace in the Scottish Championship.
Licking their wounds from defeat to title rivals Dundee United last time out, Dylan Easton found the breakthrough with a gorgeous curler.
United loanee Logan Chalmers found a leveller for Scott Brown's visitors, before Mark McKenzie gave away a penalty that was calmly dispatched by Jack Hamilton.
It means that victory in their game in hand against Airdrie on Tuesday would take Raith within a point of United.
Ayr remain seventh, three points above the relegation play-off.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 6th, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 19 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
29 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Sean McGinty | 30 |
|
37 | 2 | 115 | 6 |
| Harry McHugh | 21 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Mark McKenzie | 23 |
|
35 | 3 | 150 | 12 |
| Jack Sanders | - |
|
9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
24 | 3 | 77 | 11 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
29 | 2 | 75 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
34 | 7 | 34 | 7 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
27 | 11 | 27 | 11 |
| Fraser Bryden | 19 |
|
33 | 5 | 65 | 8 |
| Lucas McRoberts (sub) | 17 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| Kurt Willoughby (sub) | 26 |
|
8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| Logan Chalmers (sub) | 24 |
|
26 | 8 | 38 | 11 |
League Table (as at April 6th, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dundee United | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 65 |
| 2. | Raith Rovers | 31 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 61 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 50 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 45 |
| 5. | Dunfermline At | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| 6. | Morton | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 40 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 38 |
| 8. | Queen's Park | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 36 |
| 9. | ICT | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 35 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 |