Queens visit.
After dropping our first points of the season last weekend to bottom club Dunfermline, seventh place Queen of the South come calling on Saturday to the Caledonian Stadium, the game kicking off at 3:00pm.
We had Mark Ridgers to thank for earning us a point at East End Park as he pulled off two tremendous saves late in the game to deny the Pars their first win of the season. The draw was sufficient to keep Inverness top of the table but Kilmarnock and Arbroath gained some ground at the top end whilst the Pars stay rooted to the foot of the Championship.
Queens went down 2-0 at home to Arbroath as their indifferent start to the season continues, beating Raith away one week, losing at home to Arbroath the next. It would appear that their away form suits them better than playing at Palmerston at the moment.
Stat Attack
| First Competitive Meeting |
| Dec 17th, 1994 | Scottish Cup (Rd 1) | (H) | 1 - 2 |
| Most Recent Competitive Meeting |
| Apr 10th, 2021 | League (Championship) | (A) | 1 - 1 |
| Last 10 Competitive Meetings |
 1 - 1 (A) |
 0 - 1 (H) |
 3 - 0 (A) |
3 - 1 (H) |
2 - 0 (A) |
2 - 0 (H) |
2 - 0 (A) |
1 - 2 (H) |
3 - 3 (A) |
0 - 0 (H) |
| Venue - Head 2 Head | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Agst | + / - |
| Home | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 |
| Away | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 19 | +12 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 42 | +23 |
| Biggest Victories |
| Dec 4th, 2020 | League (Championship) | (A) | 3 - 0 |
| Apr 17th, 2004 | League | (H) | 4 - 1 |
| Dec 6th, 2003 | League | (H) | 4 - 1 |
| Aug 1st, 1998 | League Cup (Round 1) | (A) | 4 - 1 |
| Heaviest Defeats |
| Oct 10th, 2009 | League | (H) | 1 - 3 |
| Mar 21st, 1998 | League | (H) | 0 - 2 |
| Aug 13th, 1997 | Challenge Cup (Rd 1) | (H) | 0 - 2 |
| Highest Attendance |
| Oct 18th, 2003 | League | (A) | 3,547 |
| Highest Home Attendance |
| Oct 10th, 2009 | League | (H) | 3,011 |
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts | ||
| 1. | Inverness CT | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 |
| 2. | Kilmarnock | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 3. | Arbroath | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 13 |
| 4. | Partick Thistle | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 5. | Raith Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 6. | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 7. | Queen of the South | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 6 |
| 8. | Morton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 4 |
| 9. | Hamilton Academical | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 4 |
| 10. | Dunfermline | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 2 |
As the stats show, Inverness have the upper hand in this fixture but Queens won 0 - 1 in the last one at the Caledonian Stadium in February 2021 when Nortei Nortay scored the only goal of the game as the visitors burst forward around the hour to win in Inverness for the sixth time out of nineteen visits.
Other games this weekend
Arbroath 0-0 Kilmarnock (Friday 19:45) Will this one sort the men from the boys? Nope.
Ayr United v Morton (Saturday 15:00) Mid table supremacy?
Dunfermline v Hamilton (Sat 15:00) Relegation battle?
Raith Rovers v Partick (Sunday 15:00) - Raith Rovers v Dunfermline ***catch up game Wed 29th Sept 19:05
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Latest Team News
Michael Gardyne has missed the last couple of games but trained hard on Thursday. Aaron Doran and Shane Sutherland were injured at East End Park and Dodds will wait until Friday before finalising his team selection. This could open the door for Cameron Harper and Billy Mckay for a start and maybe Lewis Jamieson will be pushing for some game time.
Allan Johnston was disappointed with the result last week and despite plenty of possession and opportunities he felt they failed to make the most of their opportunities. Defensive lapses costing the Doonhamers and not clinical enough in front of goal. Queens are of course Dobbieless, and that has to be a bonus for the opposition.
He doesn't score many, but when he does...
Billy looking ahead
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