Scottish League Cup

FT Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Ayr United WWWWW 0
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Hibernian WLWWW 5
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AYR000
HIBS235
Easter Road · 8,135 att.

Match Report

Head to Head

HIBS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

HIBS · 3-4-3

  1. 1Ofir MarcianoG
  2. 24Darren McGregorCD
  3. 25Efe AmbroseCD-L
  4. 36Ryan PorteousCD-R
  5. 7John McGinnCM-L
  6. 10Dylan McGeouchCM-R
  7. 16Lewis StevensonLM
  8. 2David GrayRM
  9. 28Anthony StokesF
  10. 11Danny SwansonCF-L
  11. 15Simon MurrayCF-R

AYR · 4-4-2

  1. 1Jordan HartG
  2. 3Paddy BoyleCD-L
  3. 5Michael RoseCD-R
  4. 26Craig ReidLB
  5. 2Christopher HigginsRB
  6. 6Andrew GegganCM-L
  7. 23Ross DochertyCM-R
  8. 11Declan McDaidLM
  9. 12Craig McGuffieRM
  10. 9Craig MooreCF-L
  11. 7Michael MoffatCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Hibernian 1, Ayr United 0. Anthony Stokes (Hibernian) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Danny Swanson following a corner.
  2. 31' Goal! Hibernian 2, Ayr United 0. Simon Murray (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Stokes.
  3. 45' Substitution, Ayr United. David Ferguson replaces Craig Moore.
  4. 45' Substitution, Ayr United. Alan Forrest replaces Declan McDaid.
  5. 49' Michael Rose (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Goal! Hibernian 3, Ayr United 0. Anthony Stokes (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Simon Murray.
  7. 64' Substitution, Hibernian. Martin Boyle replaces Simon Murray.
  8. 64' Substitution, Hibernian. Vykintas Slivka replaces Danny Swanson.
  9. 64' Substitution, Ayr United. Leon Murphy replaces Craig McGuffie.
  10. 69' Goal! Hibernian 4, Ayr United 0. Efe Ambrose (Hibernian) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Gray following a corner.
  11. 76' Substitution, Hibernian. Deivydas Matulevicius replaces Dylan McGeouch.
  12. 85' Goal! Hibernian 5, Ayr United 0. Deivydas Matulevicius (Hibernian) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Stokes.

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