Dunfermline Athletic 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Dunfermline Athletic |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Jay Henderson (61) George Oakley (71) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
O Oluwayemi (G) 21 A Comrie (D) 2 (53) K Ngwenya (D) 3 K Benedictus (D) 4 T Fogarty (D) 16 (68) C Hamilton (M) 5 E Otoo (M) 6 Yellow card K Ritchie-Hosler (M) 7 (63) M Todd (M) 10 L McCann (F) 11 (63) C Kane (F) 20 |
Harry Stone Mickey Devlin Patrick Reading Scott McMann George Stanger Nick McAllister Cole McKinnon Jay Henderson Ben Dempsey Connor McLennan George Oakley |
| Bench | |
|
D Mehmet (G) 1 S Fisher (D) 15 (68) J Chalmers (M) 8 D Wotherspoon (M) 19 C Clay (M) 22 S Young (M) 25 (63) J Cooper (M) 33 (63) T Sutherland (F) 24 (53) A Awokoya-Mebude (F) 62 |
Robbie Mutch Lenny Agbaire Dylan Watret Jamie Hislop David Craig Mark McKenzie Jamie Murphy Jake Hastie |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Jamie Murphy for Nick McAllister (78) Dylan Watret for Jay Henderson (78) Lenny Agbaire for Ben Dempsey (85) Jake Hastie for George Oakley (85) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Nick Walsh (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United cut the gap on Falkirk at the top of the Scottish Championship to just two points after a hard fought victory over Dunfermline Athletic at East End Park.
Dunfermline dominated the early stages, with Ayr goalkeeper Harry Stone making a excellent saves from Chris Hamilton and Ewan Otoo a deserved lead.
But Ayr started the second half stronger and took the lead on the hour when Jay Henderson knocked in after a George Oakley header came back off the crossbar.
And the victory was sealed when Oakley volleyed home his 11th goal of the campaign from a wonderful cross by the impressive Connor McLennan.
Dunfermline kept pushing, though, and substitute Taylor Sutherland had the ball in the net only for the flag to be raised for offside.
The defeat for the Fife side keeps them in second bottom place, while Ayr are now within touching distance of league leaders Falkirk as the race for the title hots up.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 14th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Harry Stone (GK) | 22 |
|
16 | - | 16 | - |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
26 | - | 169 | 3 |
| Mickey Devlin | 31 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
29 | 1 | 63 | 3 |
| Nick McAllister | 23 |
|
19 | - | 96 | 3 |
| Connor McLennan | 25 |
|
15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
27 | 2 | 109 | 14 |
| Jay Henderson | 22 |
|
29 | 10 | 29 | 10 |
| Cole McKinnon | - |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
29 | 11 | 29 | 11 |
| Lenny Agbaire (sub) | 19 |
|
1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dylan Watret (sub) | 18 |
|
20 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Jamie Murphy (sub) | 35 |
|
20 | 3 | 59 | 10 |
| Jake Hastie (sub) | 25 |
|
21 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
League Table (as at January 14th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 |
| 3. | Livingston | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 |
| 5. | Queen's Park | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 7. | Morton | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 |