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Inverness CT
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Stenhousemuir
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Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Ben Brannan (19 years 27 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Daniel Devine (33 years 175 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 23 years 224 days |
| Domestic Players: | 7 (63.64 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Ben Brannan (19 years 27 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (37 years 131 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 24 years 276 days |
| Domestic Players: | 12 (63.16 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
As you were
This top of the table clash at the Caledonian SarensPSG Stadium would hopefully show us who was most suited to gain promotion to the next level as we entered Matchday 26, with just ten or eleven fixtures left.
Inverness were unchanged but Stenhousemuir had on loan Dunfermline Athletic winger Ritchie-Hosler on from the start although January Player of the Month Matty Aitken was missing.
As it happened, we are none the wiser after a 1-1 draw which kept the status quo. Alfie Bavidge squared the game from close range after twenty minutes following an early strike by Olly Whyte. Ben Brannan was red carded and missed the final fifteen minutes but the game finished at a point apiece.
A poor clearance by Brannan was intercepted by Olly Whyte inside the Inverness half. He headed forward where Savage tussled for the ball with a Stenny player. It broke nicely for Whyte to stride onto and he had the run on the defence to step inside and slot into the bottom corner. Poor goal to give away so early in the game but at the same time it was well taken by Whyte who produced a good finish for the opener. A good response from the hosts and Liam Sole swung in an inviting cross but it was knocked high over by the incoming Alfie Bavidge. He would do better ten minutes later when Brannan took a throw in short for a change. He got the ball back from Sole before he drilled a great low cross into the six yard box where Bavidge met it perfectly to drill it through the keeper to level the game with just twenty minutes gone. Another good move down the right saw Bavidge stoop low to head the ball but it went wide of the post from six yards.
Into the second half and Alfie Stewart went agonisingly close with a great strike from around twenty-eight yards but it curled just wide of the top of the keepers left hand post. Ben Brannan showed a lack of restraint after a decision went against him. Having already been booked he rashly bounced the ball angrily and was promptly dismissed with around fifteen minutes remaining. A late chance for Bavidge running onto a long punt and head flick forward. He delayed slightly and was eventually bundled over inside the box. Many would have given a spot kick. Not this time according to the man in black and that was the final opportunity in a game of few clear cut chances.
HALF TIME:1-1
FULL TIME:1-1
A better point for the visitors than it was for the home side as the points were shared in the Highlands.
Nobody was overly keen on the match officiating which was bog standard for this League, however all seemed to agree that a point each was just about the right result.
Match report written by tm4tj
