Scottish Cup

FT Saturday, January 17, 2026
Ayr United LWDDW 0
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Dundee United DDWLL 2
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Tannadice Park · 4,373 att.

Head to Head

DUN leads series 5-0

Lineups

DUN · 5-3-2

  1. 25Dave RichardsG
  2. 6Ross GrahamCD
  3. 23Krisztián KeresztesCD-L
  4. 37Samuel HardingCD-R
  5. 11Will FerryLB
  6. 22Dario NaamoRB
  7. 14Craig SibbaldCM
  8. 17Amar AhmedCM-L
  9. 21Luca StephensonCM-R
  10. 36Max WattersCF-L
  11. 9Zachary SapsfordCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Kristijan TrapanovskiSUB
  2. 34Owen StirtonSUB
  3. 31Ruairidh AdamsSUB
  4. 20Neil FarrugiaSUB
  5. 2Ryan StrainSUB
  6. 77Nikolaj MollerSUB
  7. 8Panutche CamaraSUB
  8. 3Bert EsselinkSUB
  9. 4Iurie IovuSUB

AYR · 3-5-2

  1. 38Liam RussellG
  2. 5Kevin HoltCD
  3. 33Scott McMannCD-L
  4. 20Leon Thomson KingCD-R
  5. 15Jamie MurphyCM-L
  6. 6Stuart BanniganCM-R
  7. 8Ben DempseyAM
  8. 23Marco RusLM
  9. 55George FinneyRM
  10. 22Mark McKenzieCF-L
  11. 7Anton DowdsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Curtis MainSUB
  2. 35Jack SimpsonSUB
  3. 1David MitchellSUB
  4. 17Jude BonnarSUB
  5. 11Dominic ThomasSUB
  6. 3Liam DickSUB
  7. 12Aaron BrownSUB
  8. 16Ben SummersSUB

Timeline

  1. 35' Jamie Murphy (Ayr United) Yellow Card at 35'
  2. 45'+3' Amar Ahmed (Dundee United) Yellow Card at 48'
  3. 45'+3' Marco Rus (Ayr United) Yellow Card at 48'
  4. 45' Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Jude Bonnar (Ayr United) Substitution at 45'
  6. 65' Owen Stirton (Dundee United) Substitution at 65'
  7. 65' Nikolaj Moller (Dundee United) Substitution at 65'
  8. 65' Panutche Camara (Dundee United) Substitution at 65'
  9. 65' Ryan Strain (Dundee United) Substitution at 65'
  10. 77' Nikolaj Moller (Dundee United) Goal at 77'
  11. 81' Ben Summers (Ayr United) Substitution at 81'
  12. 81' Curtis Main (Ayr United) Substitution at 81'
  13. 85' Dominic Thomas (Ayr United) Substitution at 85'
  14. 89' Panutche Camara (Dundee United) Goal at 89'

Scottish Cup News

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