Dundee Utd 0 - 2 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, April 9th, 2016, 3:00 PM at Tannadice Stadium, Dundee
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Craig Thomson
Dundee Utd Inverness CT

Goalscorers
None. Miles Storey (13)
Iain Vigurs (50)

Team Managers
Mixu Paatelainen John Hughes

Starting Eleven
Eiji Kawashima
Kyle Knoyle
Callum Morris
Gavin Gunning
Paul Dixon
Paul Paton
Guy Demel
John Rankin
Ryan Dow
Henri Anier
Billy McKay
Owain Fon Williams
Josh Meekings
Gary Warren
Daniel Devine
Carl Tremarco
Iain Vigurs
Liam Polworth
Greg Tansey
Ross Draper
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo
Miles Storey

Bench
Michal Szromnik
Sean Dillon
Chris Erskine
Simon Murray
Blair Spittal
Scott Fraser
Coll Donaldson
Ryan Esson
James Vincent
Danny Williams
Lewis Horner
Ryan Williams
Liam Hughes
Richie Foran

Substitutions
Simon Murray -> Paul Dixon (37)
Scott Fraser -> Ryan Dow (54)
Sean Dillon -> Gavin Gunning (59)
James Vincent for Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (62)
Danny Williams for Miles Storey (80)

Bookings
Simon Murray (85)
John Rankin (90)
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo (52)
Greg Tansey (57)
Carl Tremarco (61)
Owain Fon Williams (92)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Owain Fon Williams (GK) 41 apps -
Daniel Devine 78 apps2 goals
Gary Warren 145 apps12 goals
Josh Meekings 168 apps5 goals
Carl Tremarco 68 apps1 goal
Greg Tansey 141 apps24 goals
Ross Draper 153 apps10 goals
Iain Vigurs 57 apps11 goals
Liam Polworth 70 apps6 goals
Miles Storey 31 apps11 goals
Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo 26 apps2 goals
James Vincent (sub) 68 apps5 goals
Danny Williams (sub) 103 apps4 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Liam Polworth (21 years 185 days)
Oldest Player:Josh Meekings (2017 years 255 days)
Average Player Age:26 years 278 days
Domestic Players:5 (45.45 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Liam Polworth (21 years 185 days)
Oldest Player:Josh Meekings (2017 years 255 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 130 days
Domestic Players:11 (61.11 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Bottom Six It Is:

Inverness were confined to the lower half of the league despite an accomplished 2-0 win at Tannadice, a result that pushes Dundee United closer to the drop.

Goals in either half from Miles Storey and Iain Vigurs were enough to collect the points and this proved to be an important win with Kilmarnock and Hamilton both picking up vital points in an effort to stave off the dreaded relegation play-off. Only Partick Thistle failed to read the script that would have given Inverness the slim hope that a win against Hearts in midweek would put us into the top-six, alas, they lost in Dingwall, a result that means County make the elite. A rare occurrence, but hey ho.

A large home backing came out to see if United could perform the great escape, but like Steve McQueen the end product was just the same. Sadly for them it looks improbable now, but they live in hope. Billy Mckay would spearhead the United attack but there was no sign of Edward Ofere. For Inverness, Greg Tansey returned to the starting X1 with Liam Hughes on the bench and Andrea Mutombo the provider for our target man Miles Storey.

Gavin Gunning would provide the comedy show when he picked up the ball and left the field, only for him to return without the ball and collapse to the turf. Scenes. There's no truth in the rumour that he was muttering 'it's ma ball and I'm no playing ............

Match report written by tm4tj



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Celtic 33 23 7 3 78 25 53 76
2. Aberdeen 33 21 5 7 56 36 20 68
3. Hearts 32 17 8 7 54 33 21 59
4. Motherwell 33 13 5 15 41 49 -8 44
5. St. Johnstone 33 12 7 14 48 51 -3 43
6. Ross County 33 13 4 16 48 55 -7 43
7. Dundee 33 9 14 10 48 49 -1 41
8. Partick Thistle 33 11 8 14 32 39 -7 41
9. Inverness CT 32 10 9 13 40 43 -3 39
10. Hamilton Academical 33 9 9 15 36 55 -19 36
11. Kilmarnock 33 8 8 17 33 54 -21 32
12. Dundee Utd 33 6 6 21 33 58 -25 24

* - Table split into two divisions of six.