Kieran Stewart -> Mark Nicolson (29)
Jamie Reid -> Christopher Dodd (64)
Craig Gunn -> Daniel Moore (73) |
Henri Anier for Scott Boden (76)
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Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Liam Polworth (22 years 107 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Larnell Cole (2018 years 177 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 27 years 271 days |
| Domestic Players: | 7 (63.64 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Alasdair Sutherland (20 years 129 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Greg Tansey (2018 years 177 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 27 years 72 days |
| Domestic Players: | 14 (77.78 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
| Carl Tremarco played his 100th major competitive game for the Club. |
PerthICT provides the concise report from Saturday's game at Elgin:
The game kicked off in beautiful sunshine, with ICT facing into a low, irritating sun. Caley Thistle started brightly, with a spell of reasonable pressure culminating in a decent strike from Tansey from the edge of the area which was well parried by the keeper. Elgin responded with some pressure of their own, which was ultimately rewarded with a goal. Vigurs picked up the ball in the deep, but dithered and got dispossessed. In trying to win it back, he made a clumsy challenge, resulting in a free kick on the edge of the box, right of centre. Nicholson hit the free kick low at the right end of the wall. From where I was standing, it went under the last man in the wall and OFW failed to keep it out, despite getting his hand to it. Caley Thistle responded almost immediately, with Doumbouya meeting a great cross to power into the net, but the goal was disallowed, presumably for a push. Undeterred, ICT continued to press and Cole burst into the box down the left, cut in and placed a beauty in the right corner to equalise. Further chances came ICT's way late in the half, with Doumbouya, Cole and Warren all going close.
HT 1-1.
The second half was altogether more comfortable for Caley Thistle, with long spells of possession, with Elgin restricted to hitting on the break. Cole was bossing things with pace and tricks aplenty - Elgin had no answer to him. Doumbouya spurned several good headed chances, one well saved, one off the bar and one glaring miss. Vigurs nearly atoned for his mistake, with a great free kick off the bar. Finally, Doumbouya connected with a great cross from Doran (I think) and squeezed it into the net, possibly courtesy of a deflection. While ICT continued to dominate possession after the goal, Elgin looked increasingly dangerous on the break. Anier came on for his debut, with the inneffectual Boden making way. Anier controlled a tricky ball well and hit a good effort straight at the keeper from the edge of the area. In the dying minutes, Elgin created several decent chances, but Warren in particular excelled in blocking close-range shots during the last minute stramash!
FT: 1-2!
Match report written by perthICT
