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Inverness CT
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Stenhousemuir
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Liam Sole (92)
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Olly Whyte (36)
Euan O'Reilly (41)
Scott McGill (46)
Gregor Buchanan (53)
Matty Aitken (82) |
Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Kieron Willox (19 years 289 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (37 years 106 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 26 years 52 days |
| Domestic Players: | 8 (72.73 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Alfie Stewart (19 years 185 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Billy Mckay (37 years 106 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 25 years 136 days |
| Domestic Players: | 13 (65.00 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
The Caley Jags have got a semi:
This KDM quarter final match was more than just a Challenging knock-out tie. It offered the winners bragging rights and the psychological advantage in the race for promotion to the Championship as League1's top two sides squared off at the Caledonian Stadium. A bitterly cold night probably kept the crowd down to a minimum as a biting wind cut across the stadium. Not a night for brass monkeys to be honest. It has been a hectic January schedule for both sides and The Caley Jags in particular are recently off the back of seven away games on the bounce. With that seven in mind, the hosts made a number of changes, seven in fact. Robertson in for Devine, Chalmers in for Alonge and Allan for Stewart. Wholesale changes up front with Billy Mckay, Spoony, Longstaff, and Willox starting in place of Zimba, Bavidge, Sole, and MacKinnon. For the visitors, a couple of changes with Finlay Gray, Euan Reilly and Kelsey Ewen coming in and Dale Carrick and Nicky Jamieson on the bench and Mikey Anderson dropping out.
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So, looks like seven changes from the win over Alloa and just the three for the Warriors as the game got underway in Arctic tundra conditions. First moment of danger came from the visitors when Ross Meechan's header went awry off a cross into the box. The early posturing came from the Warriors and Finlay Gray's inviting ball just evaded Matty Aitken. In his first start, Kieron Willox was first to make a keeper work after linking up with Billy Mckay, but it was Jamieson that won this battle as he pulled off a one on one with the loanee from Stoke. At the other end Finlay Gray slalomed past three defenders with Ross Munro denying him with a reflex save. Willox looking interested in the early stages for the Caley Jags with Finlay Gray doing likewise for Stenhousemuir. Midway through the half Oscar MacIntyre was on the end of Longstaff's dangerous cross into the box but Jamieson was able to smother his effort. The visitors were totting up their corner corner count some ten minutes before the break, something we would do well to stop conceding as it can often be a cause for concern, Archie Graham heading narrowly wide from one such occasion when he could just as easily have opened the scoring. Half a dozen corners to Stenny, but in time added on, we won our first corner only for David Wotherspoon's header to be blocked and the half ended without a goal. A distinct lack of big chances in a frustrating first 45 with the visitors not afraid to put themselves about. All to play for in the next hour or so.
HALF TIME: 0-0
They reinforced the angry man attitude with birthday boy Scott McGill booked in the first minute after the break. Calum MacLeod ended a good burst forward with a disappointing effort that missed the target. Surprise surprise, Gregor Buchanan followed McGill into the book. Paul Allan headed a Willox cross over before Willox departed around the hour to be replaced by Alfie Bavidge. A goalline clearance by Finlay Gray kept the scores level. The substitutes flowed from the hour with Chanka Zimba and Dale Carrick amongst others entering the field. And it was substitute Alfie Bavidge that opened the scoring with seventeen minutes remaining after his first effort was deflected behind for a corner. Following the corner Alfie shot high into the net from inside the box to put the hosts ahead after the keeper made a hash of trying to clear Paul Allan's corner kick, the ball bouncing off a ruck of players allowing Alfie to spin and lash the ball high into the net from six yards. Into time added on Zimba held up for Jordan Alonge to get a shot away with keeper Jamieson saving well. With no further scoring Inverness move into the semi-finals to await the winner of St Johnstone v Ayr United which was postponed tonight.
FULL TIME: 1-0
Match report written by tm4tj
