Dundee 2
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Dundee |
2 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Kane Hemmings (11) Ollie Crankshaw (90) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| James McPake |
Mark Kerr |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
36. Conor Hazard 7. Christophe Berra 16. Christie Elliott 5. Jordon Forster 6. Josh Meekings 8. Shaun Byrne 14. Graham Dorrans 11. Declan McDaid 10. Paul McGowan 28. Kane Hemmings 9. Andrew Nelson |
Ross Doohan .1 Sam Roscoe .5 Steven Bell .15 Daniel Harvie .3 Aaron Muirhead .2 Jordan Houston .31 Stephen Kelly .30 Connor Malley .8 Aaron Drinan .16 Michael Moffat .7 Scott Tiffoney .12 |
| Bench | |
|
30. Harrison Sharp 15. Tom Field 2. Cammy Kerr 25. Lyall Cameron 17. Ollie Crankshaw 4. Jamie Ness 19. Finlay Robertson |
Ellis Hare Reid .19 Finn Ecrepont .21 Alan Forrest .10 Ross Docherty .23 Mark Kerr .4 Grant Gillespie .28 Luke McCowan .11 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Ollie Crankshaw for Andrew Nelson (73) Finlay Robertson for Paul McGowan (78) Jamie Ness for Kane Hemmings (90) |
Grant Gillespie for Aaron Muirhead (32) Mark Kerr for Connor Malley (62) Luke McCowan for Scott Tiffoney (69) |
| Cautions | |
| Josh Meekings (45) |
Aaron Muirhead (24) Jordan Houston (59) Stephen Kelly (88) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John Beaton (Referee) |
Match Report
Dundee beat Ayr United to move above them into third place in the Scottish Championship.
Kane Hemmings struck for Dundee early on and Oliver Crankshaw's shot doubled their lead in stoppage time.
Aaron Muirhead headed against the post for the visitors.
Mark Kerr's team are a point behind James McPake's Dundee and three points above Dunfermline Athletic, who drew at Partick Thistle.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle, victors at home to Queen of the South, are four points better off than Dundee and both teams and Ayr have a game in hand over Dunfermline, who have eight left.
The sides finishing third and fourth will meet over two legs in the Premiership play-off quarter-final with the winner taking on the league's runners-up in the semi-final.
The winner of the second tie will then face the second bottom team in the top flight for a place in next season's Premiership.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at March 10th, 2020)
| 2019-20 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Ross Doohan (GK) | 21 |
|
33 | - | 80 | - |
| Steven Bell | 35 |
|
22 | 1 | 69 | 4 |
| Sam Roscoe | 21 |
|
26 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| Jordan Houston | 20 |
|
25 | - | 25 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 29 |
|
29 | 1 | 40 | 2 |
| Daniel Harvie | 21 |
|
33 | 1 | 77 | 1 |
| Stephen Kelly | 19 |
|
33 | 6 | 33 | 6 |
| Connor Malley | 19 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Michael Moffat | 35 |
|
34 | 6 | 279 | 97 |
| Aaron Drinan | 21 |
|
9 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Scott Tiffoney | 21 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Grant Gillespie (sub) | 28 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Luke McCowan (sub) | 22 |
|
31 | 8 | 45 | 10 |
| Mark Kerr (sub) | 38 |
|
22 | - | 66 | - |
League Table (as at March 10th, 2020)
No league table has been added for this season.