St Johnstone vs Ayr United · Scottish Championship
St Johnstone
15-9-3
3 – 1
FT
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Ayr United
7-12-6
McDiarmid Park · Perth · Scotland
St Johnstone finished 3-1 ahead of Ayr United at McDiarmid Park (crowd 3,961). St Johnstone went ahead through Reece McAlear at the 16-minute mark and Ayr were back level through Liam Dick just two minutes after that; the goal that settled it came from Cheick Diabaté at the 42-minute mark and it went to 3-1 when Ruari Paton scored late on, at 86 minutes. Yellow cards: five. St Johnstone led the shot count 14-6 and held 51% possession. From 14 shots, St Johnstone found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Scottish Championship Scotland
- Campaign
- 2025-26 Scottish Championship
- Ground
- McDiarmid Park · Perth · Scotland
- Crowd
- 3,961
- Referee
- Dan Mcfarlane
- St Johnstone form
- LDWDD
- Ayr form
- WLWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Johnstone | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
14Fouls19
2Yellow Cards3
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks7
3Saves3
51%Possession49%
14Shots6
6On Goal4
40%On Target %70%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
3Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-1
88'
🔁Francis Turleyreplacing Ben Summers
88'
🔁Lucas Mcrobertsreplacing Mark McKenzie
⚽Ruari Paton
86'3 - 1
76'
🔁Jamie Hislopreplacing Jude Bonnar
🔁Ruari Patonreplacing Josh Fowler
71'
🔁Adam Forresterreplacing Liam Smith
65'
59'
🔁George Finneyreplacing Nicholas Mcallister
54'
🟨Nicholas Mcallister
🔁Taylor Stevenreplacing James Gullan
53'
Half-time · 2-1
⚽Cheick Diabaté
42'2 - 1
🟨Joshua McPake
38'
🟨Samuel Stanton
37'
33'
🟨Ben Summers
31'
🟨Ben Dempsey
18'1 - 1
⚽Liam Dick
⚽Reece McAlear
16'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
St Johnstone4-2-3-1
9↓Fowler
24🟨McPake
10↓Gullan
11🟨Stanton
7Holt
42⚽McAlear
14Foulds
3⚽Diabaté
33↓Smith
15Baird
1Steward
Bench
- 22Stephen Mallan
- 27Alfredo Agyeman
- 19Taylor Stevenon for James Gullan, 53'
- 21Kai Fotheringham
- 2Reghan Tumilty
- 17Louis Lloyd
- 35Adam Forresteron for Liam Smith, 65'
- 18Ruari Patonon for Josh Fowler, 71' ⚽
- 20Ross Sinclair
Ayr United3-5-2
17↓Bonnar
22↓McKenzie
3⚽Dick
16🟨↓Summers
2🟨↓Mcallister
8🟨Dempsey
6Bannigan
33McMann
5Holt
20King
31Thompson
Bench
- 55George Finneyon for Nicholas Mcallister, 59'
- 29Lucas Mcrobertson for Mark McKenzie, 88'
- 38Liam Russell
- 18Jamie Hislopon for Jude Bonnar, 76'
- 12Francis Turleyon for Ben Summers, 88'
- 4Shaun Want
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Partick Thistle | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +11 | 25 |
| 2 |  Stenhousemuir | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 23 |
| 3 |  Raith Rovers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +7 | 21 |
| 4 |  Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | +5 | 19 |
| 5 |  Dunfermline Athletic | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | +3 | 18 |
| 6 |  Livingston | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 17 |
| 7 |  Ayr United | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 |  Arbroath | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -11 | 11 |
| 9 |  Greenock Morton | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 |  Queen's Park | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -13 | 7 |
Meetings
2St Johnstone wins
2Level
1Ayr wins
Last times they met
FT
St Johnstone
3–3
Ayr · 2025-26 Scottish League Challenge Cup
FT
St Johnstone
1–2
Ayr · 2023-24 Scottish League Cup
FT
St Johnstone
1–0
Ayr · 2022-23 Scottish League Cup
Form
Last games: St Johnstone
D2-2W1-0L3-3D0-0D1-1
Last games: Ayr
L2-1W2-1W3-3D0-0L2-1
