Boss Rhys McCabe admits injury-ravaged Airdrie have further selection headaches for the visit of Ayr after Lewis McGratten’s red card and a knock to midfielder Murray Aiken in Saturday’s defeat to Partick Thistle.
The Diamonds fell to their fourth defeat in their last five Championship outings at Firhill and now face a high-flying Ayr side who have already inflicted a 5-0 humbling on them in August.
Rock-bottom of the table with one win in their last 11 games in all competitions, luck certainly hasn’t been on their side so far this season.
And with a host of players already sidelined – including the likes of Aidan Wilson, Mason Hancock, Dean McMaster, Liam McStravick and Aaron Reid – Airdrie will now be without McGrattan on Saturday following his dismissal, and Aiken could be a doubt after hobbling off late on.