Ross County 2
Ayr United 1
League (Championship)
Ross County |
2 - 1 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Billy Mckay (23) Josh Mullin (34) |
Lawrence Shankland (50) |
| Team Managers | |
| Steven Ferguson & Stuart Kettlewell |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Scott Fox 15. Keith Watson 4. Liam Fontaine 3. Sean Kelly 5. Callum Morris 17. Davis Keillor-Dunn 14. Josh Mullin 11. Iain Vigurs 26. Don Cowie 8. Jamie Lindsay 9. Billy Mckay |
Ross Doohan .1 Liam Smith .27 Michael Rose .5 Daniel Harvie .3 Andy Murdoch .18 Mark Kerr .4 Andrew Geggan .6 Robbie Crawford .8 Jamie Adams .16 Michael Moffat .7 Lawrence Shankland .17 |
| Bench | |
|
21. Ross Munro 44. Tom Grivosti 12. Stelios Demetriou 22. Tony Dingwall 27. Ross Stewart 10. Declan McManus 19. Brian Graham |
Ellis Hare Reid .19 Steven Bell .15 Declan McDaid .11 Alan Forrest .10 Ross Docherty .23 Craig Moore .9 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Stelios Demetriou for Liam Fontaine (18) Tom Grivosti for Callum Morris (51) Brian Graham for Iain Vigurs (78) |
Craig Moore for Michael Moffat (45) Declan McDaid for Daniel Harvie (46) Alan Forrest for Andy Murdoch (76) |
| Cautions | |
|
Callum Morris (21) Keith Watson (70) Stelios Demetriou (83) Davis Keillor-Dunn (87) |
Craig Moore (55) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven McLean (Referee) |
Match Report
Ross County beat Ayr United in Dingwall to leapfrog their opponents at the Scottish Championship summit.
Billy Mckay fired in the opener after 23 minutes and Josh Mullin doubled the home lead before the break with a 25-yard stunner.
Lawrence Shankland pulled one back - his 10th goal in the league this term - five minutes into the second half.
Ayr pressed hard but could not level and relinquished top spot. They now sit second, a point behind the Staggies.
Ross County co-manger Steven Ferguson: "We had things to deal with throughout the game that weren't easy but thankfully the group of players put their bodies on the line second-half and we managed to hold the lead we had got from the good performance in the first half.
Ayr United manger Ian McCall: "I think Ross County merited their 2-0 half-time lead - we were very poor. We changed it a wee bit and we were very dominant in the second half and we had three or four opportunities to score the second goal and if we'd got one quick enough we'd have fancied ourselves to win it."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 20th, 2018)
| 2018-19 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 |
|
16 | - | 16 | - |
| Daniel Harvie | 20 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Michael Rose | 23 |
|
14 | - | 78 | 3 |
| Liam Smith | 22 |
|
9 | - | 9 | - |
| Jamie Adams | 31 |
|
12 | - | 92 | 9 |
| Robbie Crawford | 24 |
|
15 | - | 197 | 12 |
| Andrew Geggan | 31 |
|
13 | 1 | 94 | 13 |
| Mark Kerr | 36 |
|
13 | - | 27 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 23 |
|
16 | - | 16 | - |
| Michael Moffat | 33 |
|
15 | 5 | 216 | 86 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 23 |
|
16 | 19 | 49 | 48 |
| Declan McDaid (sub) | 22 |
|
12 | 2 | 64 | 16 |
| Alan Forrest (sub) | 22 |
|
14 | 3 | 200 | 44 |
| Craig Moore (sub) | 24 |
|
9 | 2 | 97 | 46 |
League Table (as at October 20th, 2018)
No league table has been added for this season.