ST Johnstone 3-1 Ayr Utd — Scottish Championship, 28 Feb 2026
ST Johnstone beat Ayr Utd 3-1 in the Scottish Championship on 28 February 2026 at McDiarmid Park, Perth. Reece McAlear, L. Dick, Cheick Diabate, Ruari Paton got on the scoresheet. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, ST Johnstone have won 3 and Ayr Utd 1, 1 draw.
· kickoff·McDiarmid Park · Perth·Match Finished
Match timeline
- 1-015'
- 1-118'assist: B. Dempsey
- 31'
- 33'
- 37'
- 38'
- 2-142'assist: James Gullan
- Half-time2-1
- 53'
- 54'
- 59'
- 65'
- 71'out: Ruari Paton
- 75'
- 3-186'
- 88'out: F. Turley
- 88'
- Full-time3-1
Line-ups
Coach: Simo Valakari
- 7Jason Holt
- 15Jack Baird
- 11Samuel Stanton37'
- 33Liam Smith65'
- 10James Gullan53'
- 24Joshua McPake38'
- 42Reece McAlear15'
- 14Matthew Foulds
- 3Cheick Diabate42'
- 1Toby Steward
- 9J. Fowler71'
Substitutes
- 22S. Mallan
- 20Ross Sinclair
- 2R. Tumilty
- 18Ruari Paton86'71'
- 27A. Agyeman
- 17Louis Lloyd
- 21Kai Fotheringham
- 19Taylor Steven53'
- 35A. Forrester65'
- 5K. Holt
- 8B. Dempsey31'
- 33S. McMann
- 3L. Dick18'
- 22M. McKenzie88'
- 2N. McAllister54'59'
- 20L. King
- 31M. Thompson
- 17J. Bonnar75'
- 16B. Summers33'88'
- 6S. Bannigan
Substitutes
- 4S. Want
- 12F. Turley88'
- 55George Finney59'
- 38L. Russell
- 29L. McRoberts88'
- 18J. Hislop75'
Team statistics aren't available for this match.
Player statistics aren't available for this match.
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