Greenock Morton 1
Ayr United 5
League (Championship)
Morton |
1 - 5 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| Telfer (35') |
Lawrence Shankland (19) Craig Moore (73) Lawrence Shankland (75) Craig Moore (81) Declan McDaid (89) |
| Team Managers | |
| Jonatan Johansson |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
23 Scully 14 Tumilty 2 Kilday 4 Buchanan 25 McKeown 7 Millar 8 McAlister 12 Tidser 6 Telfer 18 Oliver 17 Tiffoney |
Ross Doohan .1 Steven Bell Liam Smith Michael Rose Daniel Harvie .3 Andy Murdoch Declan McDaid .11 Andrew Geggan .6 Robbie Crawford .8 Lawrence Shankland .17 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Bench | |
|
1 Gaston 3 Iredale 5 Waddell 11 McHugh 19 MacLean 22 Armour 32 Lyon |
Ellis Hare Reid .19 Jamie Adams .16 Craig McGuffie .12 Ross Docherty .23 Mark Kerr Alan Forrest .10 Craig Moore |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Craig McGuffie for Robbie Crawford (63) Craig Moore for Michael Moffat (63) Ross Docherty for Andrew Geggan (81) |
| Cautions | |
| Tumilty | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven McLean (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United are two points clear at the Scottish Championship summit after trouncing Morton at Cappielow.
Ayr scored four goals in 16 second-half minutes after Ross Doohan conceded then saved Michael Tidser's penalty.
Lawrence Shankland netted twice to take his season's tally to 17. Craig Moore also scored a double, with Declan McDaid completing the rout.
United are two points above Ross County after seven games. Morton, who scored through Charlie Telfer, sit sixth.
Ayr United manager Ian McCall: "Ross saves the penalty which he gave away with a great save and after that, every time we got up the park, we looked like scoring goals.
"We got five and should have scored more. I don't know what team to pick next week against Dundee United - the real pleasing thing for us today was that a lot of boys got on who hadn't had a lot of game time and showed they are totally and utterly ready to play."
Morton manager Jonatan Johansson: "It was really poor defending. We capitulated after they scored their second - it's unacceptable.
"We completely lost our shape. Ayr play their system very well, work really hard and have two really good strikers. But up until the second goal we handled it quite well."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 29th, 2018)
| 2018-19 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
|
| Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Steven Bell | 33 |
|
10 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| Daniel Harvie | 20 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
13 | - | 78 | 3 |
| Liam Smith | - |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 23 |
|
14 | - | 14 | - |
| Robbie Crawford | 24 |
|
14 | - | 115 | 11 |
| Andrew Geggan | 31 |
|
11 | 1 | 45 | 6 |
| Declan McDaid | 22 |
|
10 | 1 | 62 | 15 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 23 |
|
14 | 17 | 47 | 46 |
| Michael Moffat | 33 |
|
13 | 5 | 58 | 18 |
| Ross Docherty (sub) | 25 |
|
5 | - | 106 | 5 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 20 |
|
7 | - | 85 | 7 |
| Craig Moore (sub) | - |
|
7 | 2 | 95 | 46 |
League Table (as at September 29th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.