Airdrieonians 0
Ayr United 1
League (Championshp)
Airdrieonians |
0 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championshp) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Ben Dempsey (44) |
| Team Managers | |
| Unknown. |
Scott Brown |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
C Melrose (G) 20 F Duffy (D) 15 C Watson (D) 16 L Strapp (D) 23 S Graham (D) 25 (63) R McCabe (M) 4 L McGregor (M) 8 (63) L McStravick (M) 12 Yellow card (63) G Gallagher (M) 18 (66) R Armstrong (M) 44 Yellow card (67) R Diack (F) 11 |
Josh Clarke Dylan Watret George Stanger Lenny Agbaire Patrick Reading Cole McKinnon Jay Henderson Ben Dempsey Ethan Walker Jake Hastie George Oakley |
| Bench | |
|
K Wright (G) 30 D MacDonald (D) 2 M Hancock (D) 3 A Bannon (D) 29 (63) D McMaster (M) 6 (66) L McGrattan (M) 17 (63) D Dylan Williams (M) 31 (63) C Cole Williams (M) 32 (67) B Ben Wilson (F) 7 |
Robbie Mutch Scott McMann Jamie Murphy Connor McLennan Nick McAllister Mark McKenzie Marcus Rus Curtis Main |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Marcus Rus for Cole McKinnon (29) Curtis Main for George Oakley (45) Scott McMann for Patrick Reading (62) Connor McLennan for Ben Dempsey (62) Nick McAllister for George Stanger (67) |
| Cautions | |
| None. |
Curtis Main Scott McMann |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven Kirkland (Referee) |
Match Report
Third-top Ayr United prepared for their promotion play-off quarter-final by ending a run of four games without a win away to second-bottom Airdrieonians in the Scottish Championship.
Midfielder Ben Dempsey scored the only goal of the game with a looping header a minute before the break.
The hosts, now without a win in four outings, face a play-off semi-final of their own as they try to avoid relegation to League 1.
Scott Brown's Ayr will face Partick Thistle away from home on Tuesday evening, live on BBC Scotland, before the return leg in Ayrshire on Friday, 9 May, also live on BBC Scotland.
Airdrieonians will find out their relegation play-off opponents when the League 1 season culminates on Saturday.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 2nd, 2025)
| 2024-25 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Josh Clarke (GK) | 20 |
|
8 | - | 20 | - |
| George Stanger | 24 |
|
45 | 3 | 79 | 5 |
| Dylan Watret | 18 |
|
30 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| Patrick Reading | 25 |
|
38 | - | 181 | 3 |
| Lenny Agbaire | 20 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Jay Henderson | 23 |
|
45 | 14 | 45 | 14 |
| Cole McKinnon | - |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Ethan Walker | 26 |
|
22 | 5 | 22 | 5 |
| Ben Dempsey | 25 |
|
42 | 4 | 124 | 16 |
| George Oakley | 29 |
|
46 | 16 | 46 | 16 |
| Jake Hastie | 26 |
|
33 | 2 | 33 | 2 |
| Scott McMann (sub) | 28 |
|
39 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Connor McLennan (sub) | - |
|
30 | 3 | 30 | 3 |
| Nick McAllister (sub) | 24 |
|
32 | - | 109 | 3 |
| Marcus Rus (sub) | 22 |
|
37 | 5 | 37 | 5 |
| Curtis Main (sub) | 32 |
|
13 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
League Table (as at May 2nd, 2025)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Falkirk | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 73 |
| 2. | Livingston | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 70 |
| 3. | Ayr United | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 63 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 55 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 53 |
| 6. | Morton | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| 7. | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 36 |
| 8. | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 9. | Queen's Park | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
| 10. | Airdrieonians | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 |