Hamilton Academical 0
Ayr United 2
League (Championship)
Hamilton Ac. |
0 - 2 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
| None. |
Steven Bradley (64) Tomi Adeloye (78) |
| Team Managers | |
| Stuart Taylor |
Jim Duffy |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Ryan Fulton 22. Luke Matheson 3. Mihai Popescu 5. Brian Easton 7. Kieran MacDonald 21. Kyle Munro 14. Lewis Spence 18. Reegan Mimnaugh 16. Josh Mullin 26. Marley Redfern 9. Andy Ryan |
Charlie Albinson .21 Jack Baird .15 Aaron Muirhead .4 Jordan Houston .2 Paddy Reading .3 Sean McGinty .5 Daire O'Connor .10 Steven Bradley .16 Andy Murdoch .6 Joe Chalmers .18 Tomi Adeloye .9 |
| Bench | |
|
2. Miko Virtanen 4. Ben Stirling 11. Lewis Smith 12. Shaun Want 17. George Stanger 23. Joe Hilton 35. Adam McGowan |
Aiden McAdams .1 Michael Moffat .7 Cameron Salkeld .11 James Maxwell .14 Mark McKenzie .22 Markus Fjortoft .23 Finn Ecrepont .25 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Lewis Smith for Marley Redfern (69) Miko Virtanen for Reegan Mimnaugh (79) |
Markus Fjortoft for Jordan Houston (46) Michael Moffat for Tomi Adeloye (85) Cameron Salkeld for Steven Bradley (89) |
| Cautions | |
|
Andy Ryan (67) Reegan Mimnaugh (70) Lewis Smith (90) |
Joe Chalmers (35) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Andrew Dallas (Referee) |
Match Report
Interim manager Jim Duffy extended Ayr United's winning streak to three games against ninth-placed Hamilton Academical in the Scottish Championship.
After a goalless first half, Andy Murdoch set up Steven Bradley to open the scoring with a brilliant strike.
And 15 minutes later, Bradley slotted the ball past the Hamilton defence leaving Tomi Adeloye open to finish past Ryan Fulton.
The win moves Ayr up a place to sixth.
Despite a weak second-half performance, it was Hamilton with the majority of the chances in the first half as Mihai Popescu headed over and Andy Ryan forced two good saves from Charlie Albinson.
The start of the second half started out much the same with few chances from either side until Bradley made the breakthrough. From then on, Duffy's side dominated possession and took hold of the game in Lanarkshire.
Hamilton head coach Stuart Taylor: "I thought we did enough in aspects of today's game to get goals, but goals change games and we didn't score the goals today. It's as simple as that. We'll keep working at it and we'll get there."
Ayr United interim manager Jim Duffy: "They were the team that looked more likely in the first half, but I thought in the second half we came out more relaxed. Hamilton had to push on and we exploited the spaces they left."
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at September 18th, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 24 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Aaron Muirhead | 31 |
|
10 | - | 79 | 5 |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
10 | - | 44 | 1 |
| Sean McGinty | 28 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Paddy Reading | 22 |
|
9 | - | 33 | 1 |
| Jordan Houston | 21 |
|
10 | - | 58 | - |
| Daire O'Connor | 24 |
|
6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Chalmers | 27 |
|
6 | 1 | 37 | 2 |
| Andy Murdoch | 26 |
|
10 | 1 | 89 | 4 |
| Steven Bradley | 19 |
|
4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
11 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
| Markus Fjortoft (sub) | 27 |
|
8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
3 | - | 314 | 101 |
| Cameron Salkeld (sub) | 22 |
|
11 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
League Table (as at September 18th, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ICT | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7. | QotS | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 8. | Morton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 9. | Hamilton Ac. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 10. | Dunfermline At | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |