Partick Thistle 2
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Partick Thistle |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Logan Chalmers (19) Luke McBeth (27) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
L Budinauckas (G) 12 L McBeth (D) 19 Yellow card D O'Reilly (D) 20 L Ashcroft (D) 23 (70) J Josh Reid (M) 3 Yellow card K Turner (M) 6 Yellow card S Bannigan (M) 8 Yellow card K Megwa (M) 30 (62) B Graham (F) 9 (82) L Chalmers (F) 10 (62) R Crawford (F) 14 |
Josh Clarke Lenny Agbaire George Stanger Patrick Reading Scott McMann Connor McLennan Mark McKenzie Ben Dempsey Marcus Rus George Oakley Curtis Main |
| Bench | |
|
D Mitchell (G) 1 (70) S Sean Kelly (D) 2 L Rooney (D) 41 (82) Z Mackenzie (M) 29 M Falconer (M) 39 N Lockhart (M) 40 (62) A Jakubiak (F) 15 T Ablade (F) 18 (62) A Fitzpatrick (F) 21 |
Liam Russel Harry Stone Dylan Watret Frankie Musonda Ethan Walker Cole McKinnon Jay Henderson Nick McAllister Jake Hastie |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Frankie Musonda for Lenny Agbaire (45) Jay Henderson for Mark McKenzie (45) Cole McKinnon for Marcus Rus (45) Dylan Watret for Scott McMann (70) Ethan Walker for Curtis Main (72) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Cole McKinnon |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Lloyd Wilson (Referee) |
Match Report
irst-half goals from Logan Chalmers and Luke McBeth earned play-off chasing Partick Thistle a hard-fought victory over Ayr United in the Scottish Championship.
Chalmers lashed home a left-footed effort from just inside the box to give Thistle the lead, before an excellent strike from McBeth eight minutes later put them in total control.
Ayr never truly threatened a comeback and drop to third in the table after Falkirk beat Queen's Park 4-0 and Livingston drew 3-3 at Airdrieonians.
The result strengthens Thistle's grip on the final play-off spot - they lead fifth-placed Morton by seven points having played a game more.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 15th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
4 | - | 16 | - |
| Lenny Agbaire | 20 |
|
10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
32 | 1 | 32 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
33 | - | 176 | 3 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
38 | 3 | 72 | 5 |
| Marcus Rus | 22 |
|
30 | 5 | 30 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
36 | 3 | 118 | 15 |
| Mark McKenzie | 24 |
|
32 | 3 | 186 | 16 |
| Connor McLennan | - |
|
23 | 2 | 23 | 2 |
| Curtis Main | - |
|
8 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
39 | 16 | 39 | 16 |
| Frankie Musonda (sub) | 27 |
|
17 | 1 | 69 | 5 |
| Dylan Watret (sub) | 18 |
|
24 | 3 | 27 | 3 |
| Cole McKinnon (sub) | - |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
| Jay Henderson (sub) | 23 |
|
39 | 14 | 39 | 14 |
League Table (as at March 15th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 63 |
| 2. | Livingston | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 55 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 29 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 44 |
| 5. | Morton | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 6. | Raith Rovers | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 37 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 |
| 8. | Hamilton Academical | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 |