Scottish Championship

FT Friday, December 22, 2023
Ayr United DLWLW 4
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Raith Rovers WWWWW 4
1st2ndT
AYR134
RRFC224
Stark's Park · 3,698 att.

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

RRFC · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Maciej Kevin DabrowskiG
  2. 6Euan MurrayCD-L
  3. 20Scott BrownCD-R
  4. 21Shaun ByrneSW
  5. 3Liam DickLB
  6. 4Ross MillenRB
  7. 16Samuel StantonCM
  8. 23Dylan EastonLM
  9. 14Josh MullinRM
  10. 19Jack HamiltonCF-L
  11. 10Lewis VaughanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Dylan Corr
  2. 11Callum Smith
  3. 24Scott McGill
  4. 34Daniel O'Reilly
  5. 27Callum Hannah
  6. 8Ross Matthews
  7. 7Aidan Connolly
  8. 17Robbie Thomson
  9. 9James Gullan

AYR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31Robbie MutchG
  2. 5Sean McGintyCD-L
  3. 4Frankie MusondaCD-R
  4. 3Patrick ReadingLB
  5. 38Elicha AhuiRB
  6. 10Aiden McGeadyAM
  7. 46Jack YoungLM
  8. 8Ben DempseyRM
  9. 16Anton DowdsF
  10. 17Francis AmarteyAM-L
  11. 11Logan ChalmersAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Roy SylaSUB
  2. 32Dylan WatretSUB
  3. 22Mark McKenzieSUB
  4. 23Jack Senga-NgoyiSUB
  5. 18Paul SmithSUB
  6. 9Ahkeem RoseSUB
  7. 21Finn EcrepontSUB
  8. 1Charlie AlbinsonSUB
  9. 30Fraser BrydenSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Raith Rovers 0, Ayr United 1. Aiden McGeady (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ben Dempsey.
  2. 30' Goal! Raith Rovers 1, Ayr United 1. Sam Stanton (Raith Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Vaughan.
  3. 37' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Callum Smith replaces Sam Stanton because of an injury.
  4. 43' Sean McGinty (Ayr United) is shown the red card.
  5. 45' Goal! Raith Rovers 2, Ayr United 1. Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ross Millen.
  6. 45' Substitution, Ayr United. Jay Senga replaces Aiden McGeady.
  7. 55' Goal! Raith Rovers 2, Ayr United 2. Ben Dempsey (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anton Dowds.
  8. 58' Shaun Byrne (Raith Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 63' Goal! Raith Rovers 2, Ayr United 3. Logan Chalmers (Ayr United) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Anton Dowds.
  10. 70' Substitution, Raith Rovers. Aidan Connolly replaces Shaun Byrne.
  11. 72' Substitution, Ayr United. Mark McKenzie replaces Francis Amartey.
  12. 75' Substitution, Raith Rovers. James Gullan replaces Josh Mullin.
  13. 81' Goal! Raith Rovers 3, Ayr United 3. Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  14. 84' Substitution, Ayr United. Ahkeem Rose replaces Logan Chalmers.
  15. 84' Substitution, Ayr United. Fraser Bryden replaces Anton Dowds.
  16. 85' Goal! Raith Rovers 3, Ayr United 4. Ahkeem Rose (Ayr United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mark McKenzie.
  17. 90'+1' Goal! Raith Rovers 4, Ayr United 4. Lewis Vaughan (Raith Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aidan Connolly.

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