| Date | Saturday, 20 October 2018 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Championship |
| Fixture/Score | Ross County 2:1 Ayr United |
| Venue | Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park |
| Attendance | 3,933 |
| Referee | Steven McLean |
| Comments | Match Report Report by Eilidh Davies for the BBC. Ross County 2 Ayr United 1 Ross County beat Ayr United in Dingwall to leapfrog their opponents at the Scottish Championship summit. Billy Mckay fired in the opener after 23 minutes and Josh Mullin doubled the home lead before the break with a 25-yard stunner. Lawrence Shankland pulled one back - his 10th goal in the league this term - five minutes into the second half. Ayr pressed hard but could not level and relinquished top spot. They now sit second, a point behind the Staggies. Ross County co-manger Steven Ferguson: "We had things to deal with throughout the game that weren't easy but thankfully the group of players put their bodies on the line second-half and we managed to hold the lead we had got from the good performance in the first half. Ayr United manger Ian McCall: "I think Ross County merited their 2-0 half-time lead - we were very poor. We changed it a wee bit and we were very dominant in the second half and we had three or four opportunities to score the second goal and if we'd got one quick enough we'd have fancied ourselves to win it." |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell |
| Starting 11 | 1: Scott Fox, 3: Sean Kelly, 4: Liam Fontaine, 5: Callum Morris 1, 8: Jamie Lindsay, 9: Billy Mckay 1, 11: Iain Vigurs, 14: Joshua Mullin 1, 15: Keith Watson 1, 17: Davis Keillor-Dunn 1, 26: Don Cowie (SNR) |
| Bench | 21: Ross Munro, 10: Declan Mcmanus, 12: Stelios Demetriou 1, 19: Brian Graham, 22: Tony Dingwall, 27: Ross Stewart, 44: Tom Grivosti |
| Ayr United | |
| Manager | Ian McCall |
| Starting 11 | Ross Doohan, Daniel Harvie, Michael Rose, Jamie Adams, Liam Smith, Mark Kerr, Andrew Geggan, Robbie Crawford, Andy Murdoch, Michael Moffat, Lawrence Shankland 1 |
| Bench | Ellis Hare-Reid, Craig Moore 1, Steven Bell, Alan Forrest, Declan McDaid, David Ferguson, Ross Docherty |