Hamilton Academical 0
Ayr United 2
League (Champsionship)
Hamilton Academical |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Champsionship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
George Stanger (18) Anton Dowds (72) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Rankin |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
C Albinson (G) 1 (45) L Kilday (D) 4 S McGinty (D) 5 R Tumilty (D) 22 S Hendrie (D) 33 (s/o 68) S Martin (M) 8 Red and yellow cards (65) J Barjonas (M) 10 K MacDonald (M) 16 (83) K O'Hara (F) 9 Yellow card (78) S Bradley (F) 11 (64) O Shaw (F) 19 |
Harry Stone .31 Scott McMann .33 George Stanger .14 Patrick Reading .3 Frankie Musonda .4 Ben Dempsey .8 Jay Henderson .17 Marcus Rus .23 Jake Hastie .16 Anton Dowds .7 George Oakley .9 |
| Bench | |
|
D Lyness (G) 21 (78) C Newbury (D) 26 C Neeson (D) 35 (45) B Maguire (M) 14 Yellow card (83) D O'Connor (M) 23 (65) E Henderson (F) 7 C Murray (F) 17 (64) N Todorov (F) 18 L Morgan (F) 27 |
Liam Russel .38 Roy Syla .20 Dylan Watret .32 Mark McKenzie .22 Ethan Walker .24 Jamie Murphy .15 Nick McAllister .2 Scott Tomlinson .24 Fraser Bryden .11 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie for Jake Hastie (56) Jamie Murphy for Jay Henderson (75) Roy Syla for Marcus Rus (76) Nick McAllister for Frankie Musonda (85) Ethan Walker for Anton Dowds (85) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Frankie Musonda |
| Red Cards | |
| S Martin (68) | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Lloyd Wilson (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United made it a third consecutive win of the season to start the Scottish Championship with three points away to promoted Hamilton Academical.
Jay Henderson had gone close for the visitors before Oli Shaw missed from close range for Accies.
George Stanger fired the opener following an 18th-minute corner before Kevin O'Hara, Jamie Barjonas and Kyle MacDonald threatened for the hosts.
Shaw missed again from close range and Marco Rus had an effort denied before Accies' Scott Martin was sent off after 68 minutes for a second yellow card.
Four minutes later, Rus set up Anton Dowds to shape his shot beyond the goalkeeper to secure the victory.
MacDonald went close to pulling a goal back, while Jamie Murphy almost made the scoreline more comfortable.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at August 3rd, 2024)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Harry Stone (GK) | 22 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 26 |
|
3 | 1 | 55 | 5 |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
5 | - | 148 | 3 |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
5 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
4 | - | 86 | 12 |
| Marcus Rus | 21 |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jay Henderson | 22 |
|
5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Jake Hastie | 25 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| George Oakley | 28 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
5 | 3 | 36 | 17 |
| Roy Syla (sub) | 24 |
|
3 | - | 31 | 2 |
| Nick McAllister (sub) | 23 |
|
2 | - | 79 | 3 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 23 |
|
4 | - | 158 | 13 |
| Jamie Murphy (sub) | 34 |
|
3 | - | 42 | 7 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
2 | - | 2 | - |
League Table (as at August 3rd, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ayr United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2. | Livingston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3. | Falkirk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5. | Morton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6. | Partick Thistle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8. | Raith Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10. | Hamilton Academical | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |