Alloa Athletic 0-2 Ayr United: Visitors jump into third spot

Aaron Drinan opened the scoring for the visitors after nine minutes

Ayr United surged into third in the Scottish Championship with a convincing away victory at Alloa.

Aaron Drinan's back heel sent Mark Kerr's side on their way and a solo effort from Alan Forrest in 82 minutes sealed the deal.

Ayr leapfrog Dundee, whose game against Arbroath was postponed.

The result leaves Peter Grant's Alloa ominously poised just one point off the relegation play-off place having played a game more than Queen of the South.

The opening goal was courtesy of a blunder by home goalkeeper Kieran Wright who spilled a simple save.But Alloa had enough chances to salvage at least a point with striker Robert Thomson the sinner in chief.

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
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Line-ups

Alloa

Formation 4-3-1-2

51Wright

22Stirling2Taggart3Dick18Malcolm

7Cawley11Flannigan6Hetherington

10Trouten

17O'Hara19Thomson

• 51Wright
• 22Stirling
• 2Taggart
• 3DickSubstituted forConnellyat 76'minutes
• 18MalcolmSubstituted forBanksat 58'minutes
• 7Cawley
• 11Flannigan
• 6HetheringtonBooked at 62mins
• 10Trouten
• 17O'Hara
• 19ThomsonBooked at 13mins

Substitutes

• 9Buchanan
• 12Banks
• 15Connelly
• 20O'Donnell
• 21Wilson

Ayr

Formation 4-1-4-1

1Doohan

14Houston15Bell5Roscoe-Byrne3Harvie

4Kerr

11McCowan30Kelly8Malley10Forrest

16Drinan

• 1Doohan
• 14Houston
• 15Bell
• 5Roscoe-Byrne
• 3HarvieBooked at 73mins
• 4KerrSubstituted forMuirheadat 86'minutes
• 11McCowan
• 30Kelly
• 8MalleySubstituted forTiffoneyat 59'minutes
• 10Forrest
• 16DrinanSubstituted forMoffatat 80'minutes

Substitutes

• 2Muirhead
• 7Moffat
• 12Tiffoney
• 19Hare-Reid
• 24Murphy
• 27Smith
• 28Gillespie

Referee:

Greg Aitken

Attendance:

915

Match Stats

Home TeamAlloaAway TeamAyr

Possession

Home55%

Away45%

Shots

Home10

Away12

Shots on Target

Home7

Away4

Corners

Home3

Away5

Fouls

Home4

Away7

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Alloa Athletic 0, Ayr United 2.

2. 90'+2'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Alloa Athletic 0, Ayr United 2.

3. 90'

   Post update

   Attempt saved. Jordan Houston (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

4. 88'

   Post update

   Corner, Ayr United. Conceded by Kevin Cawley.

5. 86'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Ayr United. Aaron Muirhead replaces Mark Kerr.

6. 85'

   Post update

   Attempt saved. Alan Trouten (Alloa Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

7. 82'

   Goal!

   Goal! Alloa Athletic 0, Ayr United 2. Alan Forrest (Ayr United) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.

8. 80'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Ayr United. Michael Moffat replaces Aaron Drinan.

9. 76'

   Substitution

   Substitution, Alloa Athletic. Lee Connelly replaces Liam Dick.

10. 76'

    Post update

    Attempt saved. Alan Trouten (Alloa Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

11. 73'

    Booking

    Daniel Harvie (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

12. 73'

    Post update

    Foul by Daniel Harvie (Ayr United).

13. 73'

    Post update

    Iain Flannigan (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

14. 70'

    Post update

    Attempt missed. Kevin O'Hara (Alloa Athletic) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.

15. 68'

    Post update

    Foul by Scott Tiffoney (Ayr United).

16. 68'

    Post update

    Kevin Cawley (Alloa Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

17. 62'

    Booking

    Steven Hetherington (Alloa Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

18. 62'

    Post update

    Scott Tiffoney (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19. 62'

    Post update

    Foul by Steven Hetherington (Alloa Athletic).

20. 59'

    Post update

    Foul by Stephen Kelly (Ayr United).

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