Greenock Morton 3
Ayr United 0
League (Championship)
Morton |
3 - 0 |
Ayr United |
 |
League (Championship) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Robbie Muirhead (35) Robbie Muirhead (57) Robbie Muirhead (59) |
None. |
| Team Managers | |
| Dougie Imrie |
Lee Bullen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Ryan Mullen 26. Tyler French 5. Jack Baird 15. Kirk Broadfoot 3. Lewis Strapp 21. Grant Gillespie 27. Iain Wilson 8. Cameron Blues 14. Robbie Crawford 9. Robbie Muirhead 22. George Oakley |
Robbie Mutch .31 Elicha Ahui .38 Paddy Reading .3 George Stanger .14 Jamie Murphy .15 Jack Young .46 Jack Senga .23 Nick McAllister .17 Ben Dempsey .8 Anton Dowds .16 Logan Chalmers .11 |
| Bench | |
|
4. Darragh O'Connor 7. Steven Boyd 10. Jai Quitongo 17. Lewis Mcgrattan 19. Jack Bearne 20. Alan Power 31. Logan O'Boy 41. Sam Murdoch |
Charlie Albinson .1 Finn Ecrepont .21 Roy Syla .20 Mark McKenzie .22 Aiden McGeady .10 Paul Smith .18 Franny Amartey .17 Ahkeem Rose .9 Fraser Bryden .30 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Alan Power for Grant Gillespie (61) Darragh O'Connor for Lewis Strapp (73) Lewis Mcgrattan for Robbie Muirhead (82) Jai Quitongo for Cameron Blues (82) Logan O'Boy for Robbie Crawford (83) |
Ahkeem Rose for Jack Senga (64) Aiden McGeady for Logan Chalmers (64) Franny Amartey for Jamie Murphy (64) Paul Smith for Aiden McGeady (76) Roy Syla for Jack Young (83) |
| Cautions | |
|
Grant Gillespie (30) Lewis Strapp (49) |
Roy Syla (90) Franny Amartey (90) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Duncan Williams (Referee) |
Match Report
Robbie Muirhead's hat-trick powered Greenock Morton past Ayr United, and three points above their Scottish Championship rivals in sixth place.
Muirhead netted with either foot and his head, taking his tally to 13 for the season.
The forward nodded in Cameron Blues' cross 10 minutes before half-time, then added two more in as many second-half minutes.
First, Muirhead drove down the left before cutting in to score, then measured a shot from the edge of the Ayr box to complete his treble.
Morton lie a point behind Dunfermline Athletic, and two shy of fourth-placed Airdrieonians.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at January 2nd, 2024)
| 2023-24 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
 |
|
|
|
| Robbie Mutch (GK) | 25 |
|
10 | - | 10 | - |
| Elicha Ahui | 20 |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| George Stanger | 23 |
|
18 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Paddy Reading | 24 |
|
24 | - | 135 | 3 |
| Ben Dempsey | 24 |
|
12 | 2 | 65 | 10 |
| Nick McAllister | 22 |
|
16 | 1 | 62 | 2 |
| Jack Senga | - |
|
12 | - | 12 | - |
| Jack Young | - |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Jamie Murphy | 34 |
|
19 | 5 | 19 | 5 |
| Logan Chalmers | 23 |
|
16 | 5 | 28 | 8 |
| Anton Dowds | 27 |
|
13 | 7 | 13 | 7 |
| Roy Syla (sub) | 23 |
|
15 | - | 15 | - |
| Aiden McGeady (sub) | 37 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Ahkeem Rose (sub) | 25 |
|
20 | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| Paul Smith (sub) | 21 |
|
15 | - | 48 | - |
| Franny Amartey (sub) | 24 |
|
22 | 1 | 22 | 1 |
League Table (as at January 2nd, 2024)
| Pld | W | D | L | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Raith Rovers | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 44 |
| 2. | Dundee United | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 |
| 4. | Airdrieonians | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 24 |
| 5. | Dunfermline At | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 |
| 6. | Morton | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 7. | Ayr United | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| 8. | ICT | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 9. | Arbroath | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| 10. | Queen's Park | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 |