Ayr United 0-1 Dunfermline Athletic

Faissal El Bakhtaoui twice hit the woodwork as well as scoring at Somerset Park

Faissal El Bakhtaoui scored his second goal in as many matches as Dunfermline climbed to the top of League One.

The Pars striker hit the post with an early shot before breaking the deadlock on 29 minutes with a fine strike into the top corner from 18 yards.

El Bakhtaoui was denied by the woodwork again after the interval, this time finding the crossbar.

And the visitors held on comfortably to consign Ayr United to their third straight defeat.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
• Live Text

Line-ups

Ayr

Formation 4-5-1

1Hutton

2Devlin4Murphy5McLaughlin3McKinlay

7Forrest10McGovern8Slane6Gilmour11Donald

9Donnelly

• 1Hutton
• 2Devlin
• 4Murphy
• 5McLaughlin
• 3McKinlay
• 7ForrestSubstituted forShirkieat 70'minutes
• 10McGovern
• 8SlaneBooked at 25mins
• 6GilmourBooked at 16minsSubstituted forCrawfordat 79'minutes
• 11Donald
• 9DonnellySubstituted forBeattieat 52'minutes

Substitutes

• 12Beattie
• 14Crawford
• 15Muir
• 16Shirkie
• 17McGill
• 18McArthur
• 19Newman

Dunfermline

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Scully

2Williamson5Buchanan6Urquhart3Millen

4Spence8Byrne

7El-Bakhtaoui10Falkingham11Stirling

9Moffat

• 1Scully
• 2Williamson
• 5BuchananBooked at 87mins
• 6UrquhartSubstituted forUgwuat 56'minutes
• 3Millen
• 4Spence
• 8Byrne
• 7El-BakhtaouiBooked at 30mins
• 10FalkinghamBooked at 82mins
• 11StirlingSubstituted forWhittleat 52'minutes
• 9MoffatSubstituted forGegganat 82'minutes

Substitutes

• 12Ugwu
• 14Forbes
• 15Geggan
• 16Whittle
• 17Drummond
• 18Chemin
• 20Goodfellow

Referee:

Euan Anderson

Attendance:

1,457

Match Stats

Home TeamAyrAway TeamDunfermline

Possession

Home51%

Away49%

Shots

Home10

Away13

Shots on Target

Home4

Away6

Corners

Home7

Away9

Fouls

Home15

Away16

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Ayr United 0, Dunfermline Athletic 1.

2. 90'+5'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Ayr United 0, Dunfermline Athletic 1.

3. 90'+2'

   Post update

   Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Gregor Buchanan.

4. 90'+1'

   Post update

   Nicky Devlin (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

5. 90'+1'

   Post update

   Foul by Gozie Ugwu (Dunfermline Athletic).

6. 90'+1'

   Post update

   Foul by Nicky Devlin (Ayr United).

7. 90'+1'

   Post update

   Gozie Ugwu (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

8. 90'

   Post update

   Corner, Dunfermline Athletic. Conceded by Scott McLaughlin.

9. 90'

   Post update

   Foul by Paul Slane (Ayr United).

10. 90'

    Post update

    Fayssal El-Bakhtaoui (Dunfermline Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11. 89'

    Post update

    Attempt missed. Dale Shirkie (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.

12. 88'

    Post update

    Jon Paul McGovern (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

13. 88'

    Post update

    Foul by Gozie Ugwu (Dunfermline Athletic).

14. 88'

    Post update

    Attempt missed. Peter Murphy (Ayr United) header from the centre of the box is too high.

15. 87'

    Post update

    Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Gregor Buchanan.

16. 87'

    Booking

    Gregor Buchanan (Dunfermline Athletic) is shown the yellow card.

17. 87'

    Post update

    Dale Shirkie (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

18. 87'

    Post update

    Foul by Gregor Buchanan (Dunfermline Athletic).

19. 84'

    Post update

    Dale Shirkie (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

20. 84'

    Post update

    Foul by Gregor Buchanan (Dunfermline Athletic).

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