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Ayr United 0-5 Partick Thistle - May 26, 2023 / Championship Play-Off 2023

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Championship Play-Off 2023 - Semi-finals

Somerset Park - Ayr - Scotland

May 26, 2023

Ayr United

0 - 5

Partick Thistle

Jack McMillan (header)

27'

Scott Tiffoney (left foot) Assist by Aidan Fitzpatrick

54'

Scott Tiffoney (right foot) Assist by Jack McMillan

63'

Steven Lawless (left foot)

88'

Kevin Holt (header) Assist by Kyle Turner

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7' - Goal Jack McMillan

25' - Red card Dipo Akinyemi25

25' - Yellow card Aaron Muirhead

27' - Goal Scott Tiffoney

32' - Yellow card Reece McAlear32

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46' - Substitution Reece McAlearis substituted by Paul Smith photo Andrew Murdoch

46' - Substitution Sam Ashfordis substituted by Andrew Murdoch46

54' - Goal Scott Tiffoney

58' - Yellow card Nick McAllister58

59' - Substitution Scott Tiffoneyis substituted by Danny Mullen photo Anton Dowds

59' - Substitution Brian Grahamis substituted by Anton Dowds

62' - Substitution Ben Dempseyis substituted by Chris Maguire photo Jayden Mitchell-Lawson

62' - Substitution Mark McKenzieis substituted by Jayden Mitchell-Lawson62

63' - Goal Steven Lawless

66' - Substitution Aidan Fitzpatrickis substituted by Zander MacKenzie photo Cole McKinnon

66' - Substitution Steven Lawlessis substituted by Cole McKinnon

71' - Substitution Aaron Muirheadis substituted by Lee Hodson

88' - Goal Kevin Holt

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ayr United

0 - 5

Partick Thistle

Ayr United Partick Thistle

Team line-ups

Ayr United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22McKenzie62

Mark McKenzie

Scotland

B.date17/08/2000

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

9Akinyemi25

Dipo Akinyemi

England

B.date10/06/1997

Age25 years

H1m83

positionForward

23Ashford46

Sam Ashford

England

B.date21/12/1995

Age27 years

H1m83

positionOffensive Midfielder

8Dempsey62

Ben Dempsey

England

B.date25/11/1999

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

18McAlear4632

Reece McAlear

Scotland

B.date12/02/2002

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

14Mullin

Josh Mullin

Scotland

B.date23/09/1992

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

3Reading

Patrick Reading

Scotland

B.date29/05/1999

Age23 years

positionLeft full-back

5McGinty

Sean McGinty

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/08/1993

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Musonda

Frankie Musonda

Zambia

B.date12/12/1997

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

17McAllister58

Nick McAllister

Scotland

B.date17/01/2001

Age22 years

positionCentral defender

21Albinson

Charlie Albinson

England

B.date15/10/1996

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Charlie Albinson		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Nick McAllister	58	22	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Sean McGinty		29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Frankie Musonda		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrick Reading		23	111	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Reece McAlear	4632	21	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ben Dempsey	62	23	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Josh Mullin		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Sam Ashford	46	27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Mark McKenzie	62	22	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dipo Akinyemi	25	25	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Partick Thistle

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Graham59

Brian Graham

Scotland

B.date23/11/1987

Age35 years

H1m88

positionStriker

7Tiffoney542759

Scott Tiffoney

Scotland

B.date26/08/1998

Age24 years

H1m76

positionLeft Winger

21Fitzpatrick66

Aidan Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date20/03/2001

Age22 years

positionRight Midfielder

23Docherty

Ross Docherty

Scotland

B.date23/01/1993

Age30 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Turner

Kyle Turner

Scotland

B.date10/11/1997

Age25 years

positionMidfield

11Lawless6366

Steven Lawless

England

B.date12/04/1991

Age32 years

H1m70

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

4Holt88

Kevin Holt

Scotland

B.date25/01/1993

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft full-back

5Brownlie

Darren Brownlie

Scotland

B.date10/04/1994

Age29 years

positionCentral defender

22Muirhead7125

Aaron Muirhead

Scotland

B.date30/08/1990

Age32 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

2McMillan7

Jack McMillan

Scotland

B.date18/12/1997

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

31Mitchell

David Mitchell

Scotland

B.date04/04/1990

Age33 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
31	G	David Mitchell		33	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Darren Brownlie		29	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Aaron Muirhead	7125	32	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jack McMillan	7	25	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kevin Holt	88	30	82	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Ross Docherty		30	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Aidan Fitzpatrick	66	22	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Kyle Turner		25	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Steven Lawless	6366	32	267	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Scott Tiffoney	542759	24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Brian Graham	59	35	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Aidan McAdams		24
15	D	Alex Kirk		20
6	M	Andrew Murdoch	46	28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Paul Smith	46	21	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mikey Hewitt		22
11	M	Jayden Mitchell-Lawson	62	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Daire O'Connor		26
77	F	Chris Maguire	62	34	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Fraser Bryden		18

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jamie Sneddon		25
16	D	Lee Hodson	71	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Cole McKinnon	66	20	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
29	M	Zander MacKenzie	66	17	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Billy Owens		19
19	F	Danny Mullen	59	28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Anton Dowds	59	26	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	F	Ji Stevenson		17

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nick McAllister

Mikey Hewitt

OUT

Dipo Akinyemi

Chris Maguire

OUT

Reece McAlear

Andrew Murdoch

OUT

Sam Ashford

Daire O'Connor

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Lee Bullen

Success rate in this team:

37 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Bullen vs Partick Thistle

2 victories

1 draw

5 losses

Latest figure on May 26, 2023

Bullen vs Doolan

0 victory

1 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on May 26, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Kris Doolan

Success rate in this team:

59 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Doolan vs Ayr United

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2023

Doolan vs Bullen

3 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 26, 2023

Referee

Colin Steven

4 victories	3 draws	6 losses	Ayr United13 matches	General total	Partick Thistle8 matches	7 victories	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Ayr United1 match	Season total	Partick Thistle2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on January 04, 2025					Latest figure on August 03, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Steven Lawless scores 1 goal in Championship Play-Off

It's the first time in history that a game ends with 0-5 in Championship Play-Off

Patrick Reading played his game number 10 vs Ayr United in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LAyr United 0-1 Partick Thistle18/02/2023

LAyr United 1-2 Inverness04/03/2023

VAyr United 3-0 Cove Rangers24/03/2023

DAyr United 1-1 Greenock Morton08/04/2023

DAyr United 0-0 Queen's Park Glasgow22/04/2023

VAyr United 1-0 Raith Rovers29/04/2023

Overall

DAyr United 1-1 Greenock Morton08/04/2023

DPartick Thistle 1-1 Ayr United15/04/2023

DAyr United 0-0 Queen's Park Glasgow22/04/2023

VAyr United 1-0 Raith Rovers29/04/2023

VInverness 1-2 Ayr United05/05/2023

LPartick Thistle 3-0 Ayr United19/05/2023

Current form

Away

DGreenock Morton 0-0 Partick Thistle11/03/2023

LInverness 1-0 Partick Thistle24/03/2023

VCove Rangers 0-5 Partick Thistle01/04/2023

DHamilton Academical 2-2 Partick Thistle22/04/2023

DRaith Rovers 2-2 Partick Thistle05/05/2023

VQueen's Park Glasgow 0-4 Partick Thistle12/05/2023

Overall

DHamilton Academical 2-2 Partick Thistle22/04/2023

VPartick Thistle 2-0 Arbroath29/04/2023

DRaith Rovers 2-2 Partick Thistle05/05/2023

VPartick Thistle 4-3 Queen's Park Glasgow09/05/2023

VQueen's Park Glasgow 0-4 Partick Thistle12/05/2023

VPartick Thistle 3-0 Ayr United19/05/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	3
Unbeaten streak	4	9
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	4	9
Invincibility streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	3
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	3
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.67
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	4
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	4-0 (1 times)

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Brian Graham
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Brian Graham
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Scott Tiffoney
-	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Jack McMillan
-	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	Brian Graham

Historical head to head

Home

67 matches

31 v

15 d

21 l

106 gf

88 ga

Away

73 matches

19 v

16 d

38 l

102 gf

165 ga

Total

140 matches

50 v

31 d

59 l

208 gf

253 ga

Historical head to head

Home

73 matches

38 v

16 d

19 l

165 gf

102 ga

Away

67 matches

21 v

15 d

31 l

88 gf

106 ga

Total

140 matches

59 v

31 d

50 l

253 gf

208 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	August 26, 1981
Home	4 - 0	April 29, 1972

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 22, 1932
Away	4 - 0	November 13, 2021

Latest head to head

May 19, 2023 - Barrages Premier League 2023

Partick Thistle

3 - 0

Ayr United logo Ayr United

April 15, 2023 - cinch Championship 2022/2023

Partick Thistle

1 - 1

Ayr United logo Ayr United

February 18, 2023 - cinch Championship 2022/2023

Ayr United

0 - 1

Partick Thistle logo Partick Thistle

December 17, 2022 - cinch Championship 2022/2023

Partick Thistle

3 - 2

Ayr United logo Ayr United

October 25, 2022 - cinch Championship 2022/2023

Ayr United

4 - 2

Partick Thistle logo Partick Thistle

Best historical scorers against Partick Thistle

Aaron Muirhead	3 goals	2019 - 2022
Lawrence Shankland	3 goals	2018 - 2018
Craig Moore	2 goals	2019 - 2019
Michael Moffat	2 goals	2018 - 2019
Dipo Akinyemi	2 goals	2022 - 2023
Alan Forrest	2 goals	2019 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ayr United

Brian Graham	9 goals	2020 - 2023
Kris Doolan	4 goals	2011 - 2012
Shea Gordon	4 goals	2019 - 2021
Paul Cairney	3 goals	2011 - 2012
Chris Erskine	2 goals	2011 - 2012
Zak Rudden	2 goals	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Partick Thistle

Michael Moffat	15 matches	2011 - 2022
Andrew Murdoch	13 matches	2018 - 2023
Andrew Geggan	9 matches	2011 - 2019
Patrick Reading	9 matches	2021 - 2023
Sean McGinty	8 matches	2021 - 2023
Ross Doohan	8 matches	2018 - 2020

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ayr United

Stuart Bannigan	17 matches	2012 - 2023
Kyle Turner	9 matches	2021 - 2023
Jamie Sneddon	9 matches	2019 - 2023
Aidan Fitzpatrick	9 matches	2018 - 2023
Brian Graham	8 matches	2020 - 2023
Kris Doolan	8 matches	2011 - 2019