Ayr United 5
Airdrieonians 0
League (Championship)

Match Report

Ayr United put five past Scottish Championship rivals Airdrieonians in a wonderful display of attacking football, as Scott Brown's side continued their impressive start to the season.

Jay Henderson opened the scoring with a sharp turn and strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box following a quick start to the game, and the visitors never recovered.

George Oakley swept home Frankie Musonda's cross to double Ayr's advantage, and they could have led by more in a first half where Airdrieonians goalkeeper Murray Johnson made several saves and Marco Rus hit the outside of the post.

The pattern of play continued after the break. Ayr carved out chances almost at will, playing with real tempo and pressing Airdrie high up the park.

Henderson slotted home his second goal of the night after good work from Rus down the left, before Anton Dowds capitalised on a Johnson error to put Ayr four up before the hour mark.

The impressive Rus then won a penalty after he was hacked down by Dylan MacDonald, and Dowds calmly converted to complete the rout.

Ayr lead the way at the top of the Championship before the rest of the weekend's action with two wins from two.

Ayr United manager Scott Brown: "I thought the lads did really well. Everything went inch-perfect for us.

"We have a good bunch of lads; it's showing on the park. They understand each other. We want to push this club as far as we can. There's a long way to go.

"We struggled with clean sheets last season. We've made a couple of changes for the better. We are aggressive, on the front foot, and we've got strength in depth, which helps."

Airdrieonians player-manager Rhys McCabe: "I thought we started very poorly. It's always hard to pick up momentum if you don't start well. Ayr from start to finish were the better side.

"I think we started the second half on the front foot, which sounds daft, but we had initiative. But then 15 seconds after a chance, we concede. We'll re-evaluate our performance and take it as a wake-up call."

Match report written by BBC