East Fife 1
Ayr United 4
League (League One)
East Fife |
1 - 4 |
Ayr United |
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League (League One) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Chris Duggan (36) |
Michael Rose (57) Michael Rose (72) Craig Moore (75) Lawrence Shankland (88) |
| Team Managers | |
| Darren Young |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
M Hurst (G) 21 A Dunsmore (D) 2 M Docherty (D) 3 J Page (D) 5 Yellow card J Piggott (D) 16 S Linton (D) 18 K Wilkie (M) 11 K Millar (M) 15 M Lamont (F) 7 C Duggan (F) 9 (76) K Smith (F) 10 |
Jordan Hart .20 David Ferguson .14 Michael Rose .5 Patrick Boyle .3 Chris Higgins .2 Jamie Adams .16 Declan McDaid .11 Alan Forrest .10 Andy Geggan .6 Lawrence Shankland .17 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Bench | |
|
R Goodfellow (G) 1 C Kane (D) 4 K Wilson (M) 14 B Reilly (M) 20 P Willis (M) 77 (76) G Hurst (F) 12 Yellow card R Mutch (F) 17 |
Lyall Avci .20 Brian Gilmour .4 Craig Reid .26 Leon Murphy .24 Craig McGuffie .12 Stuart Faulds .18 Craig Moore .9 |
| Substitutions | |
| None. |
Brian Gilmour for Jamie Adams (45) Craig Moore for Declan McDaid (45) Craig McGuffie for Alan Forrest (80) |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
John McKendrick (Referee) |
Match Report
Ayr United's win puts them eight points clear at the top, albeit having played two games more than the chasing pack.
The home side held a surprise half-time lead thanks to Chris Duggan's strike, but Ayr hit back after the break to record an 11th win during a 13-match unbeaten run in all competitions.
Michael Rose struck twice to put Ayr in front before Moore and Shankland both took their season tallies to 12 in the league with late strikes, leaving the pair as the joint leading scorers in the division.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at December 16th, 2017)
| 2017-18 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Jordan Hart (GK) | 21 |
|
25 | - | 27 | - |
| Michael Rose | 22 |
|
21 | 2 | 45 | 3 |
| David Ferguson | - |
|
19 | - | 19 | - |
| Chris Higgins | 32 |
|
22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| Patrick Boyle | 30 |
|
19 | 1 | 97 | 2 |
| Declan McDaid | 22 |
|
23 | 9 | 32 | 10 |
| Jamie Adams | 30 |
|
12 | 2 | 62 | 6 |
| Andy Geggan | 30 |
|
22 | 4 | 69 | 11 |
| Alan Forrest | 21 |
|
14 | 2 | 167 | 34 |
| Michael Moffat | 32 |
|
25 | 9 | 181 | 77 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 22 |
|
14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Gilmour (sub) | 30 |
|
17 | 1 | 147 | 11 |
| Craig McGuffie (sub) | 20 |
|
22 | 1 | 63 | 4 |
| Craig Moore (sub) | 23 |
|
21 | 19 | 68 | 36 |
League Table (as at December 16th, 2017)
No league table has been added for this season.