Airdrie gave themselves a great chance of progressing to the First Division play-off final with an impressive victory at Balmoor.

They took the lead in the ninth-minute when striker John Baird fired a superb shot into the top corner.

Peterhead struggled for fluency and a Bobby Mann free-kick well held by Airdrie keeper Stephen Robertson was their best effort in the first-half.

Scott McLaughlin 20-yard strike just after the break sealed Airdrie's win.

Peterhead: Jarvie, Donald, Smith, Mann, MacDonald, Moore, Sharp (McVitie 77), Anderson, McKay, Ross (Gunn 69), Bavidge. Subs Not Used: Kula, Kozminski, Skinner.

Airdrie Utd: Robertson, McLachlan, Lovering, McDonald, Bobby Donnelly, Smyth, Darren Smith (Brown 86), McKenna, McLaughlin, Di Giacomo (Lynch 75), Baird (McDougall 75). Subs Not Used: Hollis, Nixon.

Booked: Di Giacomo.

Goals: Baird 9, McLaughlin 47.

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Ref: C MacKay

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