Ladbrokes Championship round-up
took full advantage of Hibernian’s stutter against Ayr United to move within six points of the top.
Thomas Mikkelsen, on loan from Danish side Odense, contributed a pair of goals and Tony Andreu hit his 13th goal of the season in the impressive 3-0 win over
It was United’s first win in five league games and came just a couple of hours after had toiled to a 1-1 draw at home to A late goal from substitute Jason Cummings salvaged a point after Robbie Crawford had given Ayr an early lead.
Neil Lennon is now ready to make changes to his misfiring team for the Scottish Cup showdown with Hearts this weekend.
moved ahead of Morton into third place with their 2-0 home win over and Lee Miller, who set-up the first goal for John Baird and scored the second, believes his team are back on track.
“It is a good result for us – 2-0 and a clean sheet. We have not have had many of those this season,” he pointed out.
“It was an established, determined performance. We stuck to our gameplan and we played the conditions. It’s a cliche that you take every game as it comes but Morton are up there on merit.
“They have put a good run together, they are a tough side and they are a tough opponent to play against. And you have Dundee United and Hibs up there. “For the neutral, it is a great league to watch and it is a great league to be involved in.” It was a setback for Dunfermline, who were hoping to climb nearer to the play-offs.
Their goalkeeper Sean Murdoch admitted: “Falkirk were better than us. They outfought us, outmuscled us and they deserved to win. We didn’t show up and we got what we deserved.
“It was surprising as we have been really good in the last 10 or 11 games undefeated but that’s football. We still have to stay positive. We still have a lot to play for in the league and in the cup.”
continued their rise by upsetting 3-0 at Palmerston to give manager Gary Naysmith his first home win.
Derek Lyle, Kyle Jacobs and Joe Thomson were on target in the second half but Morton have the chance to make up for it against struggling Raith tomorrow night when they can get back into third place and within three points of Dundee United.