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George O'Neill Ayr United 2-0 St Johnstone Good work from Dylan Watret down the right for Ayr, who beats his man before swinging a cross into the box. It's dealt with by the St Johnstone defence, but another warning for the league leaders, who already have it all to do. Ayr United 2-0 St Johnstone St Johnstone are still dominating possession, but as Billy Dodds mentioned earlier, Ayr look dangerous whenever they do win the ball back. Ayr United 2-0 St Johnstone St Johnstone go close as Reece Mc Alear fizzes a volley just over the top after Ayr fail to fully clear a corner. Ayr United 2-0 St Johnstone Billy Dodds Former Scotland striker on BBC Scotland Ayr have been brilliant at robbing the ball and counter-attacking. That's been the story so far. Ayr United 2-0 St Johnstone This would be a fourth game without a win for Simo Valakari's St Johnstone and Partick Thistle could go top of the pile tomorrow as it stands. Jamie Murphy Two chances, two goals for Ayr United. St Johnstone are wide open at the back and one pass releases Ethan Walker into open field. He drives into the box, commits goalkeeper Toby Steward and squares it for Jamie Murphy, who slams home first time. Mark Mc Kenzie A great hit! Mark Mc Kenzie picks up a loose ball on the edge of the St Johnstone box, gets it out of his feet and fires a shot inside the near post with the outside of his foot. Saints keeper Toby Steward can't react quickly enough and Ayr lead. Ayr United 0-0 St Johnstone It's been a bright start from St Johnstone and they should be in front. A shot from the left-hand side is turned towards goal from close range by full-back Liam Smith. Home goalkeeper Liam Russell doesn't know much about it but tips it over the top. Ayr United 0-0 St Johnstone Referee David Dickinson peeps his whistle and away we go. Ayr United v St Johnstone (19: 45) Billy Dodds Former Scotland striker on BBC Scotland Such a big game. It's probably Ayr United's last chance to push for the title, but realistically they will be thinking 'get third and get a play-off spot'. Ayr United v St Johnstone (19: 45) Ayr United: Russell, Mc Allister, King, Holt, Watret, Mc Kenzie, Dempsey, Rus, Mc Mann, Walker, Murphy. Substitutes: Mitchell, Bannigan, Brown, Dowds, Hislop, Mc Roberts, Simpson, Thomas, Want. St Johnstone: Steward, Smith, Diabate, Boyes, Forrester, Mc Alear, Holt, Mallan, Sidibeh, Mc Pake, Gullan. Substitutes: Baird, Fotheringham, Foulds, Griffith, Lloyd, Sinclair, Sprangler, Stanton, Svedberg. Ayr United v St Johnstone (19: 45) Fourth-place Ayr United host table-topping St Johnstone in tonight's mouth-watering Scottish Championship match. Simo Valakari's side are 11 points above their hosts, but have failed to win any of their past three matches. Can they get back on track in Ayrshire or will Scott Brown's team earn a victory that would take them third? Kick-off is just 15 minutes away. This video can not be played St Johnstone came from two goals down to win a six-goal Scottish Championship thriller at Ayr United and move three points clear at the top of the table. Simo Valakari's side travelled to Somerset Park without a win in their past three outings and started slowly against a side with promotion ambitions of their own. Mark Mc Kenzie fired United in front on eight minutes with a fine strike from outside the box and Jamie Murphy double their advantage soon after Ethan Walker raced clear and set up a tap-in. Scott Brown's side maintained that advantage until half-time, but half-time substitute Matty Foulds made it 2-1 inside two minutes of the restart, beginning a stirring fightback. Josh Mc Pake levelled the scores after Ayr goalkeeper Liam Russell failed to deal with an Adama Sidibeh cross from the right. St Johnstone continued to pile forward in search of a winner and Mc Pake delivered it, poking Sidibeh's cutback into the roof of the net, before Kai Fotheringham made sure of victory with a fourth in stoppage time. Partick Thistle can move level on points again when they face Arbroath on Saturday, while Ayr could drop out of the play-off spots if Dunfermline beat Queen's Park or Greenock Morton beat Airdrieonians by three or more goals. Last Updated 12th December 2025 at 21: 37 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Scott Brown Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Scott Brown Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Simo Valakari Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.