Ayr United 2
Queen of the South 1
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
2 - 12 - 1 |
QotSQotS |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
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Aaron Muirhead (pen.) (73) James Maxwell (79) |
Lee Connelly (68) |
| Team Managers | |
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Jim Duffy |
Allan Johnston |
| Starting Eleven | |
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1. Aiden McAdams 3. Paddy Reading 4. Aaron Muirhead 6. Andy Murdoch 9. Tomi Adeloye 11. Cameron Salkeld 14. James Maxwell 15. Jack Baird 17. Nick McAllister 23. Markus Fjortoft 24. Jonathan Afolabi |
Sol Brynn .12 Paul McKay .5 Josh Debayo .13 Robert Nditi .20 Max Johnston .22 Willie Gibson .33 Harry Cochrane .6 Alex Cooper .3 Lee Connelly .10 Ruben Soares-Junior .49 Innes Cameron .19 |
| Bench | |
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7. Michael Moffat 16. Steven Bradley 18. Joe Chalmers 21. Charlie Albinson 25. Finn Ecrepont |
Ruari Paton .7 Josh Todd .8 Ally Roy .9 Aidan Fitzpatrick .11 Ben Liddle .14 Euan East .16 Charlie Cowie .30 |
| Substitutions | |
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Steven Bradley for Cameron Salkeld (61) Joe Chalmers for Jonathan Afolabi (61) Michael Moffat for Tomi Adeloye (89) |
Aidan Fitzpatrick for Lee Connelly (73) Ally Roy for Ruben Soares-Junior (80) |
| Cautions | |
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Aaron Muirhead (74) |
Paul McKay (13) Josh Debayo (72) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
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David Dickinson (Referee) |
Match Report
Jim Duffy earned his first win as Ayr United manager as they came from behind to beat Queen of the South in the Scottish Championship.
Lee Connelly scored his sixth goal in seven games, tapping in from a Soares Junior cross, to give Queens the lead at Somerset Park.
Aaron Muirhead equalised with a penalty after James Maxwell was fouled.
On-loan Rangers winger Maxwell then fired past Solomon Brynn to complete the home side's comeback.
It means Ayr move one place above Queens to sixth in the table, four points adrift of the play-off spots.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 16th, 2021)
| 2021-22 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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| Aiden McAdams (GK) | 22 |
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5 | - | 5 | - |
| Markus Fjortoft | 27 |
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11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Aaron Muirhead | 31 |
|
13 | 1 | 82 | 6 |
| Paddy Reading | 22 |
|
12 | - | 36 | 1 |
| Jack Baird | 25 |
|
13 | - | 47 | 1 |
| James Maxwell | 19 |
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8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Nick McAllister | 20 |
|
5 | - | 5 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 26 |
|
13 | 1 | 92 | 4 |
| Jonathan Afolabi | 21 |
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7 | - | 7 | - |
| Cameron Salkeld | 22 |
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14 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Tomi Adeloye | 25 |
|
14 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Steven Bradley (sub) | 19 |
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6 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Chalmers (sub) | 27 |
|
8 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 36 |
|
6 | - | 317 | 101 |
League Table (as at October 16th, 2021)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ICT | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 3. | Raith Rovers | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 5. | Arbroath | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 7. | QotS | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8. | Hamilton Ac. | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 9. | Morton | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 10. | Dunfermline At | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 |