Summary

  • Lewis Smith opens scoring with rebound shot

  • Tomi Adeloye heads hosts level

  • Sixth-placed Hamilton two points above Ayr

Live Reporting

Jack Herrall

  1. 'We need to do the basics better' - Duffy

    Ayr United v Hamilton Accies (19:45)

    Speaking to BBC Scotland, Ayr United manager Jim Duffy has said: "It's vital that we start to pick up points. Hamilton are a team close to us so a result tonight would make a big difference to the team's confidence.

    "We need to do the basics better, we haven't done the basics well at all this season. We need to start doing that and then we can build on from that."

    'We need to do the basics better' - DuffySNS

    'We need to do the basics better' - Duffy

  2. 'It should be a great game tonight'

    Ayr United v Hamilton Accies (19:45)

    Leanne Crichton
    Ex-Scotland international on BBC Sportscene

    We know how tight it is down the bottom of the table. Hamilton will be hoping to build on their brilliant result against Dunfermline.

  3. How it stands

    Ayr United v Hamilton Academical (19:45)

    Two points separate sixth-placed Hamilton Academical from Ayr United, meaning the hosts have the chance to go above their opponents tonight.

    There's a significant 12-point gap between Accies and the top five but the visitors will gladly take three points before the rest of the division play tomorrow.

    The Scottish Championship table

  4. Landmark appearance tonight for skipper Easton

    Ayr United v Hamilton Accies (19:45)

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  5. LINE-UPS from Somerset Park

    Ayr United v Hamilton Accies (19:45)

    Ayr United: Albinson, Houston, McGinty, Fjortoft, Reading, Maxwell, McAllister, Murdoch, O'Connor, Adeloye, Moffat

    Substitutes: Salkeld, Bradley, Chalmers, McKenzie, Afolabi, Ecrepont, Miller

    Hamilton Accies: Hilton, Popescu, Easton, Hamilton, MacDonald, Martin, L Smith, Mullin, Mimnaugh, Moyo, Redfern

    Substitutes: J Smith, Virtanen, Ryan, Hughes, Winter, Munro, Shiels

    Friday night football at Somerset Park this eveningSNS

    Friday night football at Somerset Park this evening

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    Ayr United v Hamilton Accies (19:45)

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