Match ends, Ayr United 2, Arbroath 1.
Ayr United 2-1 Arbroath
- From the section Football
Ayr United defeated Scottish League One bottom side Arbroath, despite having Michael Donald sent off.
Craig Malcolm gave the home side the perfect start with a low strike but a reckless tackle by Donald resulted in a red card.
Kenny Deuchar headed his first goal since coming out of retirement to pull Arbroath level.
But Ayr regained the advantage through Michael Moffat's 25th goal of the season, a left-foot shot.
Line-ups
Ayr
- 1Hutton
- 2McGowan
- 3PopeBooked at 83mins
- 6GilmourSubstituted forMcAuslandat 90+3'minutes
- 4CampbellBooked at 57mins
- 5Lithgow
- 7McLaughlinSubstituted forForrestat 76'minutes
- 8HunterBooked at 62mins
- 10Malcolm
- 9Moffat
- 11DonaldBooked at 22mins
Substitutes
- 12Shankland
- 14Forrest
- 15Marenghi
- 16McAusland
- 17Wardrope
- 18Roberts
- 19Newman
Arbroath
- 1Wood
- 2BanjoSubstituted forScottat 72'minutes
- 3Hamilton
- 4Nicoll
- 5Travis
- 6KeddieBooked at 43mins
- 7Linn
- 8ChisholmSubstituted forCookat 59'minutes
- 10McManusSubstituted forRobertsonat 79'minutes
- 9DeucharBooked at 59mins
- 11Sheerin
Substitutes
- 12Robertson
- 14Cook
- 15Yao
- 16Scott
- 17McWalter
- 18Lindsay
- 21Morrison
- Referee:
- Greg Aitken
- Attendance:
- 766
Match Stats
Home TeamAyrAway TeamArbroath
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home9
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away2
- Corners
- Home2
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home13
- Away7
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Ayr United 2, Arbroath 1.
Substitution
Substitution, Ayr United. Kyle McAusland replaces Brian Gilmour.
Attempt missed. Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
(Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath).
Foul by Alan Forrest (Ayr United).
Kevin Nicoll (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Martyn Campbell.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Michael McGowan.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Adam Hunter.
Booking
Gordon Pope (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Gordon Pope (Ayr United).
Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Alan Forrest (Ayr United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution
Substitution, Arbroath. Dayle Robertson replaces Paul McManus.
Michael McGowan (Ayr United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin Nicoll (Arbroath).
Foul by Michael Moffat (Ayr United).
Colin Hamilton (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Brian Gilmour (Ayr United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Ayr United. Alan Forrest replaces Scott McLaughlin.
Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Christopher Scott.
Attempt blocked. Michael Moffat (Ayr United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Martyn Campbell (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath).
Substitution
Substitution, Arbroath. Christopher Scott replaces David Banjo.
Attempt blocked. Colin Hamilton (Arbroath) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Gordon Pope.
Booking
Adam Hunter (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Adam Hunter (Ayr United).
Alan Cook (Arbroath) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Martyn Campbell (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath).
Attempt missed. Adam Hunter (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Booking
Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Arbroath. Alan Cook replaces Ross Chisholm.
Booking
Martyn Campbell (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Martyn Campbell (Ayr United).