Dundee Utd 1 - 1 Inverness CT

League - Championship
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, 3:00 PM at Tannadice Park, Dundee
Attendance: 7,567
Referee: Chris Graham
Dundee Utd Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Louis Moult (55) Wallace Duffy (12)

Team Managers
Jim Goodwin Duncan Ferguson

Starting Eleven
Jack Walton
Liam Grimshaw
Declan Gallagher
Kevin Holt
Miller Thomson
Craig Sibbald
Ross Docherty
Kai Fotheringham
Glenn Middleton
Tony Watt
Alex Greive
Mark Ridgers
Cameron Harper
Cameron Kerr
Wallace Duffy
Morgan Boyes
James Carragher
Remi Savage
Max Anderson
Alex Samuel
Nathan Shaw
Aribim Pepple

Bench
Ross Graham
Louis Moult
Jack Newman
Jordan Tillson
Archie Meekison
Declan Glass
Chris Mochrie
Rory Macleod
Mathew Anim Cudjoe
Cameron Mackay
Nikola Ujdur
Daniel Devine
Samson Lawal
Aaron Doran
Austin Samuels
Adam Brooks
Billy Mckay

Substitutions
Ross Graham -> Kevin Holt (22)
Louis Moult -> Liam Grimshaw (45)
Mathew Anim Cudjoe -> Kai Fotheringham (59)
Chris Mochrie -> Alex Greive (75)
Samson Lawal for Nathan Shaw (29)
Billy Mckay for Aribim Pepple (71)
Adam Brooks for Alex Samuel (77)

Bookings
Glenn Middleton (44) Aribim Pepple (24)
James Carragher (56)
Cameron Kerr (78)

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Mark Ridgers (GK) 270 apps -
Cameron Harper 154 apps10 goals
Cameron Kerr 10 apps1 goal
Wallace Duffy 96 apps4 goals
Morgan Boyes 22 apps2 goals
James Carragher 11 apps -
Remi Savage 10 apps1 goal
Max Anderson 27 apps2 goals
Alex Samuel 9 apps4 goals
Nathan Shaw 79 apps14 goals
Aribim Pepple 9 apps -
Samson Lawal (sub) 3 apps -
Billy Mckay (sub) 283 apps111 goals
Adam Brooks (sub) 22 apps4 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Aribim Pepple (21 years 94 days)
Oldest Player:Mark Ridgers (33 years 235 days)
Average Player Age:24 years 275 days
Domestic Players:5 (45.45 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Samson Lawal (19 years 337 days)
Oldest Player:Billy Mckay (35 years 161 days)
Average Player Age:25 years 193 days
Domestic Players:7 (36.84 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Good Point for the 252



Hopes amongst the Caley Jags support were at rock bottom ahead of this one with the threat of relegation looming large. With all hands to the pumps, Shaw, Boyes and Ujdur were brought back into the squad whilst not really 100% fit. Shaw started as did Pepple and Boyes with Billy Mckay, Lawal and Danny Devine dropping to the bench. Cammy Harper was given the Captain's armband today. It's a daunting task going to the lions den to face title favourites but underdog is our preferred tag. Anyway, 252 of them turned up at Tannadice in eternal hope and Duffy heightened the intensity only for Louis Moult to level things up. That's how it ended, a result we would have bitten your hand off before kick off.

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Inverness got the game underway on a decent afternoon for a game in the City of Discovery. Alex Greive and Nathan Shaw exchanged efforts at either end of the ground, both going wide. Inverness took an early lead through Wallace Duffy after a cross into the box from Aribim Pepple was parried by the keeper out to Duffy who stroked a left footer into the empty net. Kevin Holt headed wide as United responded and Mark Ridgers pulled off a big save when he denied Ross Docherty and when the ball came back into the box Glenn Middleton headed wide. Ross Graham replaced the injured Holt after twenty-three minutes. The gamble to play Shaw failed and he was replaced by Samson Lawal before half an hour had been played. Ridgers pulled off another crucial save low down to keep our noses in front after Tony Watt ran through towards goal. The pressure on the visitors goal was mounting though and substitute Graham shot over from a Middleton cross two minutes later. Kai Fotheringham headed over after a corner ten minutes before the break. We forced a couple of corners five minutes before the interval. Just on half time Alex Samuel glanced a Cammy Kerr free kick wide and at the other end Ross Docherty saw his deflected shot held by Ridgers.

Half Time: 0-1

No changes at the interval for the visitors but striker Louis Moult replaced Liam Grimshaw for the hosts. Cammy Harper had no takers for his whipped cross and Fotheringham shot over as United burst forward and when Max Anderson countered Pepple saw an effort blocked as he went forward. Substitute Moult bounced a shot over Ridgers from just inside the Inverness half. Great vision from the United striker but Inverness will be disappointed with that one. Declan Gallagher hit the post with a half volley and Graham was denied in the follow-up by Ridgers as United threatened to take control of the game. With twenty minutes to go Ridgers saved a Docherty header as the hosts pushed for an advantage. Billy Mckay replaced Pepple for the final twenty minutes. Into the final ten minutes and Tony Watt shot over the bar. It was backs to the wall stuff for the majority of this game and the plan to take something from Tannadice hung by a thread going into the last few minutes. Our MotM saved from Chris Mochrie as the clock ticked down. A late flurry for Inverness almost gave us the win when James Carragher's shot was cleared away from the line by Docherty and Lawal's powerful drive was tipped behind for a corner, alas it ended all square with Inverness seeing out the game in United's half.

Full Time: 1-1

Hard earned point for the Caey Jags with Mark Ridgers a busy man this afternoon.

Gary Bollan was booked alongside James Carragher at United's goal as they firmly believed that Cammy Kerr was fouled in the build up to the strike. The video is not conclusive, but my best guess is that Kerr was fouled and Moult turned round and thumped the ball away fully expecting a free kick to be given. However, instead of a free kick, he got a goal. Sickener to be honest.

Match report written by tm4tj



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Dundee Utd 30 17 8 5 57 21 36 59
2. Raith Rovers 29 17 7 5 49 36 13 58
3. Partick Thistle 30 12 10 8 56 49 7 46
4. Airdrieonians 28 11 6 11 33 32 1 39
5. Dunfermline 30 10 8 12 34 39 -5 38
6. Morton 29 10 7 12 35 34 1 37
7. Queens Park 30 9 9 12 43 48 -5 36
8. Ayr United 29 10 5 14 41 53 -12 35
9. Inverness CT 30 7 11 12 34 35 -1 32
10. Arbroath 29 6 5 18 30 65 -35 23