Ayr United 1
Livingston 2
League (Championship)


Ayr United
1 - 2
Livingston 

League (Championship)
Saturday, October 19th, 2024
Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,470

Goalscorers
Connor McLennan (42)
Robbie Muirhead (8)
Scott Pittman (38)

Team Managers
Scott Brown
Unknown.

Starting Eleven
38. Liam Russel
3. Patrick Reading
4. Frankie Musonda
14. George Stanger
2. Nick McAllister
8. Ben Dempsey
22. Mark McKenzie
17. Jay Henderson
23. Marcus Rus
Connor McLennan
9. George Oakley
Yellow card 28 (G) J Prior
5 (D) R McGowan
19 (D) D Finlayson (45)
Yellow card 21 (D) M Nottingham
26 (D) C Montano (27)
8 (M) S Pittman
10 (M) S Kelly
Yellow card 12 (M) J Brandon
9 (F) T Yengi (74)
17 (F) S May
23 (F) R Muirhead (82

Bench
31. Harry Stone
33. Scott McMann
32. Dylan Watret
20. Roy Syla
Ryan Howley
24. Ethan Walker
15. Jamie Murphy
Alfie Bavidge
16. Jake Hastie
14 (G) Marcelo Pitaluga
Yellow card 3 (D) M Clarke (27)
27 (D) D Wilson (45)
7 (M) L Sole
18 (M) O Green
40 (M) S Lawal
15 (F) L Smith
16 (F) A Winter (82)
22 (F) A Shinnie (74)

Substitutions
Scott McMann for Nick McAllister (45)
Jamie Murphy for Jay Henderson (74)
Alfie Bavidge for Marcus Rus (74)
None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.
Match Officials

Don Robertson (Referee)


Photography by Dave Sargent

Match Report


Livingston leapfrogged Ayr United into second place in the Scottish Championship with victory in a Somerset Park thriller.

The relegated side raced into two-goal lead with a magnificent strike from Robbie Muirhead and a calm finish from Scott Pitman.

Connor McLennan pulled one back before the break with a tap-in after Jerome Prior produced a fabulous save from a George Oakley header.

Ayr probably deserved a draw on their second-half showing, but there were no further goals as Livingston hung on

Match report written by BBC



Squad Statistics (as at October 19th, 2024)


2024-25 All Time
Age
Liam Russel (GK) - 4 - 4 -
Frankie Musonda26 91615
Patrick Reading25 15 - 1583
George Stanger24 161503
Ben Dempsey24 1519713
Nick McAllister23 10 - 873
Connor McLennan - 2121
Marcus Rus21 132132
Jay Henderson22 166166
Mark McKenzie24 14 - 16813
George Oakley28 164164
Scott McMann (sub)28 9 - 9 -
Jamie Murphy (sub)35 102499
Alfie Bavidge (sub)18 6 - 6 -






League Table (as at October 19th, 2024)


Pld W D L Pts
1. Falkirk 10 7 2 1 23
2. Livingston 9 5 4 0 19
3. Ayr United 10 5 3 2 18
4. Queen's Park 9 4 3 2 15
5. Partick Thistle 10 3 4 3 13
6. Morton 9 2 4 3 10
7. Hamilton Academical 10 2 3 5 9
8. Raith Rovers 9 2 2 5 8
9. Dunfermline Athletic 9 1 3 5 6
10. Airdrieonians 9 1 2 6 5