Ayr United 5
Queen's Park 0
League (Championship)
Ayr UnitedAyr United |
5 - 05 - 0 |
Queen's ParkQueen's Park |
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League (Championship) |
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| Goalscorers | |
|
Dipo Akinyemi (6) Dipo Akinyemi (36) Brad Young (53) Logan Chalmers (59) Dipo Akinyemi (62) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
|
Lee Bullen |
Unknown. |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
21. Charlie Albinson 15. Alex Kirk 3. Patrick Reading 2. Jordan Houston 4. Frankie Musonda 8. Ben Dempsey 14. Josh Mullin 18. Brad Young Logan Chalmers 31. Paul Smith 9. Dipo Akinyemi |
1 Ferrie 2 Naismith 66 Eze 4 Kildays 3 Robson 8 Thomson 42 Boateng 19 Williamson 21 Savoury 11 Thomas 23 Murray |
| Bench | |
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1. Aiden McAdams 5. Sean McGinty 25. Finn Ecrepont 29. David Bangala 10. Daire OConnor 22. Mark McKenzie 17. Nick McAllister 11. Jayden Mitchell-Lawson 23. Sam Ashford |
7 Longridge 9 Kenny 10 McPake 12 Davidson 14 Moore 17 Heraghty 25 Bannon 27 Jarrett 47 Boateng |
| Substitutions | |
| None. | None. |
| Cautions | |
| None. | None. |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Don Robertson (Referee) |
Match Report
Dipo Akinyemi scored a hat-trick as Ayr United trashed Queen's Park to move level on points with Scottish Championship leaders Partick Thistle.
Akinyemi headed the hosts in front early on and struck his second before the break.
Having scored with his left foot, Akinyemi then netted with his right in the second half.
Brad Young and Ben Dempsey added further goals as Ayr as moved ahead of Inverness on goal difference.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at October 8th, 2022)
| 2022-23 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Charlie Albinson (GK) | 25 |
|
11 | - | 22 | - |
| Jordan Houston | 22 |
|
12 | 1 | 93 | 1 |
| Patrick Reading | 23 |
|
13 | - | 78 | 3 |
| Alex Kirk | 19 |
|
7 | - | 7 | - |
| Frankie Musonda | 24 |
|
13 | - | 13 | - |
| Josh Mullin | 30 |
|
5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Ben Dempsey | 22 |
|
14 | 1 | 21 | 1 |
| Logan Chalmers | 22 |
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Young | - |
|
3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Dipo Akinyemi | 25 |
|
14 | 11 | 14 | 11 |
| Paul Smith | 20 |
|
7 | - | 16 | - |
League Table (as at October 8th, 2022)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partick Thistle | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 2. | Ayr United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 3. | ICT | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| 4. | Queen's Park | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 5. | Dundee | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 6. | Morton | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 7. | Raith Rovers | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8. | Cove Rangers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 10. | Arbroath | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |