Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Arbroath
Arbroath suffered their first defeat on the road since the middle of November in Inverness last night.
Manager Dick Campbell kept faith in the starting XI that played so well on Saturday.
The first half didn’t really see either side create a clear cut chance but Arbroath probably edged the play with Lewis Banks having an angled drive saved and Thomas O’Brien heading wide from a Michael McKenna corner.
Half Time Stats – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Arbroath
Possession – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 47% – 53% Arbroath
Shots – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 3 Arbroath
Shots on Target – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 2 Arbroath
Shots Off Target – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 – 1 Arbroath
Blocked – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Arbroath
Corners – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 Arbroath
Fouls – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 – 6 Arbroath
The second half started much the same way with Arbroath having the bulk of possession but as Arbroath attacked they lost the ball and the home side played a counter attack with Jay Henderson finding space down the right before crossing which was met by Nathan Shaw who opened the scoring.
The goal lifted Inverness and Arbroath seemed to tire as the home side took a firm grip of the game.
Manager Dick Campbell made attacking substitutions but in the 77th minute Steven Hetherington was deemed to have fouled Henderson and Scott Allardice scored from the spot.
Just two minutes later and Henderson was shown a straight red card for a bad foul on Michael McKenna.
Inverness defended well and Arbroath just couldn’t find the space to play.
Full Time Stats – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 0 Arbroath
Possession – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 53% – 47% Arbroath
Shots – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 – 5 Arbroath
Shots on Target – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 3 Arbroath
Shots Off Target – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4 – 2 Arbroath
Blocked – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 0 Arbroath
Corners – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 5 – 3 Arbroath
Fouls – Inverness Caledonian Thistle 9 – 11 Arbroath
It was a big blow, especially after the team have been playing so well but with 4 games left our fate is very much still in our own hands.
Thank you to all the Arbroath supporters who made the long trip and we hope you have made it all home safe.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
1 – Mark Ridgers
3 – Cameron Harper
4 – Sean Welsh (c)
5 – Robbie Deas
8 – David Carson
9 – Billy Mckay (Woods 66)
18 – Scott Allardice
20 – Jay Henderson
22 – Nathan Shaw (Boyd 82)
23 – Zak Delaney
24 – Austin Samuels (Mackay 74)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Substitutes
6 – Danny Devine
10 – Aaron Doran
16 – Lewis Hyde
17 – Daniel Mackay – 24; 74th
28 – Ben Woods – 9; 66th
30 – Steven Boyd – 22; 82nd
33 – Lewis Nicholson
21 – Cammy Mackay (GK)
Goals – Shaw 54, Allardice pen 78
Yellow Card – Shaw 32
Red Card – Henderson 79
Arbroath
1 – Derek Gaston
2 – Lewis Banks
26 – Steven Hetherington
4 – Ricky Little
5 – Thomas O’Brien (c)
25 – João Baldé (Tait 45)
8 – Michael McKenna
7 – David Gold (Olusanya 65)
19 – Ryan Dow (El-Mhanni 65)
9 – Dale Hilson (Komolafe 82)
12 – Scott Stewart (Linn 65)
Arbroath Substitutes
10 – Keaghan Jacobs
11 – Bobby Linn – 12; 65th
14 – Paul Komolafe – 9; 82nd
15 – Dylan Tait – 25; 45th
17 – Toyosi Olusanya – 7; 65th
18 – Yasin Ben El-Mhanni – 19; 65th
23 – Scott Allan
24 – Sean Adarkwa
21 – Cammy Gill (GK)
Yellow Cards – Baldé 21, El-Mhanni 90+2
Attendance – 2038
Officials;
Referee – Gavin Duncan
Assistant Referee 1 – Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee 2 – Ian Hart
