Raith Rovers 1
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
1 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Dylan Easton (62) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Barry Robson |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
63. Josh Rae 4. Paul Hanlon 5. Callum Fordyce 22. Jordan Doherty 8. Ross Matthews 14. Josh Mullin 19. Finlay Pollock 20. Scott Brown 26. Lewis Stevenson 23. Dylan Easton 32. Jamie Gullan |
Harry Stone .31 Scott McMann .33 Dylan Watret .32 George Stanger .14 Nick McAllister .2 Jay Henderson .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Jamie Murphy .15 Connor McLennan .10 Curtis Main .30 Jake Hastie .16 |
| Bench | |
|
1. Kevin Dabrowski 29. George Gitau 21. Shaun Byrne 25. Kai Montagu 7. Aidan Connolly 10. Lewis Vaughan 17. Lewis Gibson 37. Aiden Marsh |
Robbie Mutch .1 Lenny Agbaire .26 Paddy Reading .3 Marco Rus .23 Cole McKinnon .36 Ethan Walker .24 Mark McKenzie .22 George Oakley .9 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Lewis Vaughan for Finlay Pollock (72) Kai Montagu for Dylan Easton (87) |
Mark McKenzie for Dylan Watret (19) Marco Rus for Jay Henderson (65) Ethan Walker for Jamie Murphy (65) George Oakley for Jake Hastie (72) |
| Cautions | |
| Ross Matthews (45) |
Ben Dempsey (37) Connor McLennan (45) Scott McMann (67) Nick McAllister (80) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Chris Graham (Referee) |
Match Report
Raith Rovers extended their unbeaten run with a narrow Scottish Championship victory over Ayr United at Stark's Park.
Dylan Easton scored the only goal of just after the hour mark in a game of few chances.
Barry Robson's side are now unbeaten in their past six outings and are just three points off Partick Thistle in the final play-off spot.
Meanwhile, Scott Brown's side drop to third in the table after Livingston beat Queen's Park 3-0.
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Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at April 5th, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Harry Stone (GK) | 22 |
|
22 | - | 22 | - |
| Dylan Watret | 18 |
|
27 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
| Scott McMann | 28 |
|
35 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
41 | 3 | 75 | 5 |
| Connor McLennan | 25 |
|
26 | 3 | 26 | 3 |
| Jamie Murphy | 35 |
|
28 | 4 | 67 | 11 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
39 | 3 | 121 | 15 |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
42 | 14 | 42 | 14 |
| Nick McAllister | 24 |
|
28 | - | 105 | 3 |
| Curtis Main | 32 |
|
11 | 4 | 11 | 4 |
| Jake Hastie | 26 |
|
29 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Ethan Walker (sub) | 26 |
|
19 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| Mark McKenzie (sub) | 24 |
|
34 | 3 | 190 | 16 |
| Marco Rus (sub) | 22 |
|
33 | 5 | 33 | 5 |
| George Oakley (sub) | 29 |
|
42 | 16 | 42 | 16 |
League Table (as at April 5th, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 69 |
| 2. | Livingston | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 61 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 58 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 48 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 45 |
| 6. | Morton | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 41 |
| 7. | Queen's Park | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 33 |
| 8. | Hamilton Ac. | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 9. | Dunfermline At | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 |