Raith Rovers 1
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Raith Rovers |
1 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Dylan Easton (62) | None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
J Rae (G) 63 P Hanlon (D) 4 C Fordyce (D) 5 J Doherty (D) 22 R Matthews (M) 8 Yellow card J Mullin (M) 14 (72) F Pollock (M) 19 S Brown (M) 20 L Stevenson (M) 26 (87) D Easton (F) 23 J Gullan (F) 32 |
Harry Stone Scott McMann Dylan Watret George Stanger Nick McAllister Jay Henderson Ben Dempsey Jamie Murphy Connor McLennan Curtis Main Jake Hastie |
| Bench | |
|
K Dabrowski (G) 1 G Gitau (D) 29 S Byrne (M) 21 (87) K Montagu (M) 25 A Connolly (F) 7 (72) L Vaughan (F) 10 L Gibson (F) 17 A Marsh (F) 37 |
Robbie Mutch Lenny Agbaire Patrick Reading Marcus Rus Cole McKinnon Ethan Walker Mark McKenzie George Oakley |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Mark McKenzie for Dylan Watret (19) Marcus Rus for Jay Henderson (65) Ethan Walker for Jamie Murphy (65) George Oakley for Jake Hastie (72) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Nick McAllister Scott McMann Ben Dempsey Connor McLennan |
| 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 | - |
|
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 | - |
|
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 | 188 | 16 |
| Marcus 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 Academical | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 32 |
| 9. | Dunfermline Athletic | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 27 |