Match ends, Ayr United 2, Arbroath 1.
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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
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Ayr United 2, Arbroath 1.
Substitution
Substitution, Ayr United. Kyle McAusland replaces Brian Gilmour.
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Attempt missed. Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
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(Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath).
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Foul by Alan Forrest (Ayr United).
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Kevin Nicoll (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Martyn Campbell.
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Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Michael McGowan.
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Corner, Arbroath. Conceded by Adam Hunter.
Booking
Gordon Pope (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Gordon Pope (Ayr United).
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Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Kenny Deuchar (Arbroath) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
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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.
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Michael McGowan (Ayr United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Kevin Nicoll (Arbroath).
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Foul by Michael Moffat (Ayr United).
