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Inverness CT
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Cove Rangers
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Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Zak Delaney (20 years 199 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Mark Ridgers (31 years 356 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 23 years 245 days |
| Domestic Players: | 7 (63.64 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Ethan Cairns (17 years 222 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (33 years 282 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 23 years 266 days |
| Domestic Players: | 12 (63.16 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
Group G Sorted: Inverness played the first of five scheduled meetings with Cove Rangers today in the last of the group G qualifiers for the knock out stages of the League Cup. Inverness won the penalty shoot-out 5-3 after Fraser Fyvie saw his weak effort saved by Mark Ridgers. Inverness will now face an away tie at Motherwell in the knock-out stages.
Roddy MacGregor opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute when he headed a Nathan Shaw cross into the top corner of the net. Mitch Megginson was left unattended to level the game after twenty minutes and it stayed that way at the break. A relatively uneventful second half saw the game go to penalties to decide the bonus point but as it stood, Inverness topped the group G to enter the knock out stages.
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Our reward for qualifying is an away tie at Motherwell in midweek. Not the most romantic of games, however given their poor performance against Sligo Rovers, then anything is possible. This season is taking the same shape as thirteen years ago.
A bright afternoon saw George Oakley Zak Delaney and Nathan Shaw start for the hosts with Mark Ridgers back between the sticks.
Roddy MacGregor opened the scoring in the thirteenth minute when he headed a Nathan Shaw cross into the top corner of the net. Mitch Megginson was left unattended to level the game when he scooped the ball behind Ridgers after twenty minutes.
Just after the half hour Daniel Mackay turned and shot from the edge of the box, but the keeper saved low to deny Dan.
George Oakley was put through by Robbie Deas but Kyle Gourlay pulled off a good save just before the break.
HALF TIME: 1-1
After a slow start to the second half, Megginson headed over following a corner and at the other end Cammy Harper put a free kick just over and then Deas diverted a Leighton McIntosh effort wide of the target.
Billy Mckay went close to a winner but it went to penalties after ninety minutes and the Caley Jags prevailed 5-3 on penalties with Ridgers saving a weak spot kick from Fraser Fyvie
Match report written by tm4tj
