Preview Inverness CT
Wednesday, 14th Apr 2010Inverness are unbeaten at home since 10th October. The Pars record against the Highlanders is not the best and they have won only twice at Inverness in 9 visits.
Dunfermline are off up the A9 on Saturday and they will be hoping that their opponents Inverness Caley Thistle will be easier negotiated than the obligatory three sets of traffic lights for roadworks. The home side are only two wins away from securing promotion back to the SPL at the first attempt.
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League Record v Inverness Caledonian Thistle (A) | |||||
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Pld |
W |
D |
L |
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9 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
9 |
13 |
The Pars record against the Highlanders is not the best and they have won only twice at Inverness in 9 visits. The 2-1 win in April 2000 won them promotion to the Premier League after a year`s absence and the other a 3-1 win on St Patricks Day 2007 was Stephen Kenny`s first league victory after 16 attempts.
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Milestones Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Away) | |||
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Last League Victory |
3-1 |
SPL | |
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Last League Defeat |
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Best League Victory |
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2-1 |
Sc Div 1 |
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Worst League Defeat |
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*Pre league reconstruction | |||
This is the twentieth league match between the sides, Dunfermline have won four of them, there have been seven draws and eight have ended in defeat.
Record of all League Matches v Inverness CT | |||
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Date |
H/A |
F-A |
Scorers |
| 19/12/09 | H | 0-0 | . |
| 17/10/09 | A | 1-1 | [0-1] Proctor, [1-1] Kirk |
| H | 0-1 | [0-1] Cox | |
| 12/05/07 | A | 1-2 | [1-0] McIntyre, [1-1] Hastings, [1-2] McAllister |
| 17/03/07 | A | 3-1 | [0-1] Paatelainen, [1-1] Glass, [2-1] McIntyre, [3-1] Glass |
| 23/12/06 | H | 0-0 | |
| A | 0-1 | [0-1] Tokely | |
| 06/05/06 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Morgan |
| 08/02/06 | H | 2-2 | [1-0] Hunt, [2-0] Burchill, [2-1] Dargo (p), [2-2] Wyness |
| 05/11/06 | A | 1-2 | [0-1] Black, [0-2] Proctor, [1-2] Makel |
| 13/08/05 | H | 0-1 | [0-1] Fox |
| 23/04/05 | H | 0-0 | [0-0] |
| 29/01/05 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Wilson, [0-2] Brewster |
| 06/11/04 | H | 1-1 | [1-0] Darren Young, [1-1] Fox |
| 15/08/04 | A | 0-2 | [0-1] Golabek, [0-2] Juanjo |
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A |
2 -1 |
[1-0] Moss, [2-0] Bullen, [2-1] Xausa |
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H |
1-0 |
[1-0] Tod |
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A |
1-1 |
[1-0] Hampshire, [1-1] Bavidge |
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H |
4-0 |
[1-0] Smith (p), [2-0] Reid, [3-0] Thomson, [4-0] Petrie |
Terry Butcher`s men pinched the points on the opening day of the season thanks to a strike from Lee Cox in the second minute of added time. Both matches since then have been drawn.
| Current League Form | |
| Inverness CT | Dunfermline |
| League Points | |
| 64 | 52 |
| League Position | |
| 1 | 3 |
| Form Last 6 League Matches | |
| WWWWWW | WLLWLW |
| Home/Away Record | |
| P16, W9, D4, L3 | P16, W7, D4, L5 |
Inverness are unbeaten at home since 10th October. If Dundee lose to Morton and Ross County fail to win at Airdrie an Inverness win would secure promotion for Terry Butchers team on Saturday.
| Recent Form this season - home / away | ||||||
| Inverness Caley Thistle (home) |
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Dunfermline (away) | ||||
| Raith Rovers | W | 4-3 | Ayr United | W | 2-1 | |
| Ross County | W | 3-0 | Queen of the South | L | 0-2 | |
| Ayr United | W | 4-0 | Raith Rovers | W | 2-1 | |
| Morton | W | 1-0 | Airdrie United | D | 1-1 | |
| Queen of the South | W | 4-0 | Morton | W | 2-0 | |
| Ayr United | D | 3-3 | Ross County | D | 2-2 | |
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Ayr United): Chris Smith; Calum Woods, Chris Higgins, Andy Dowie, Austin McCann (c); Steven Bell, Gary Mason, Willie Gibson; David Graham, Ross Campbell (Nick Phinn 88), Steven McDougall.
SUBS: Greg Ross, Graeme Holmes, Alex Burke, Greg Fleming (GK).
INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE: (v Queen of the South); Ryan Esson; David Proctor, Ross Tokely, Grant Munro, Stuart Golabek; Jonathan Hayes, Odhiambo (Nauris Bulvitis 70), Russell Duncan, Lee Cox, Richie Foran (Robert Eagle 89), Adam Rooney.
SUBS NOT USED: Dani Sanchez, Dan Stratford, Kyle Allison (GK).
Inverness centre back Grant Munro and midfielder Lee Cox will be out suspended. Dunfermline will yet again be without Joe Cardle who serves the second of his two matches ban.
Referee will be Willie Collum
Come on ye Pars!
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