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    falkirkFalkirk come to the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium this evening (Tuesday 19th) in the 3rd round of the CIS Cup. In the previous round Caley Thistle saw off the challenge of Dumbarton (3-1) while Falkirk demolished Cowdenbeath 5-0. Andrew Fraser provides the match preview.

    Tickets: Pay at the gate is available. TV-info: Dunfermline v Rangers live on Wednesday on BBC TV. Highlights of Tuesday CIS Cup goals will be broadcast before, during or after the game.

     

    DETAILS Inverness CT v Falkirk Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Tuesday 19th September CIS Insurance Cup Third Round (match will be played to a conclusion on the evening with extra time and penalties if needed) Referee: Dougie McDonald Others: Jim Lyon, Steve Pullar (Assistants), Scott McDonald (4th official). FIXTURES Tuesday 19th September: Celtic v St Mirren Inverness CT v Falkirk Kilmarnock v Livingston St Johnstone v Dundee Utd (all 7.45pm kick-off) Wednesday 20th September: Alloa v Hearts Dunfermline v Rangers (BBC TV) Hibernian v Gretna Queens Park v Motherwell (all 7.45pm kick off) CIS CUP 2ND ROUND RESULTS Alloa 2-1 Ross County Ayr 0-0 Dunfermline (Dunfermline win on penalties) Brechin 0-3 Livingston Cowdenbeath 0-5 Falkirk Dundee Utd 1-0 Airdrie Utd (AET) Hibernian 4-0 Peterhead Motherwell 3-2 Partick (AET) Queen of the Sth 1-2 Kilmarnock (AET) Queens Park 0-0 Aberdeen (Queens Park win on penalties) St Johnstone 4-0 Elgin City St Mirren 3-1 Stenhousemuir Inverness CT 3-1 Dumbarton So we enter the 3rd round of the cup with 16 teams left. There are a few ties with the potential of a cup-upset. St Johnstone will be aiming to knock Brewster’s Utd out the cup after they struggled against Airdrie United. Alloa will be hoping the unthinkable will happen when they host Hearts. Gretna will find it hard away to Hibernian after the Edinburgh side just beat Rangers. Queens Park will be hoping to steal the show again. After dumping the Dons, they have another chance of an SPL scalp. And who’s to say they couldn’t snatch a win at home to Motherwell. Both teams have been on poor form and anything could happen. The old-firm both have potentially tricky ties and Inverness CT and Falkirk will hopefully produce an exciting cup tie. PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 24 times (24 League, 0 Cup) with 77 goals (37 Inverness CT, 40 Falkirk) between them. Inverness CT: 7 wins (7 League, 0 Cup) Draws: 6 (6 League, 0 Cup) Falkirk: 11 wins (11 League, 0 Cup) FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS • There have been 20 1st Division games and 4 SPL games between the teams. • There has never been a cup tie between the teams until now. • Falkirk haven’t beaten Inverness CT in the 2 meetings in 2006. • The biggest win in the fixture was when Inverness CT beat the Bairns 4-1 at the Falkirk Stadium on the 21/01/2006. Goals from Wilson, Wyness, Dargo and Tokely gave Caley Thistle a comfortable victory. Ireland scored a consolation for Falkirk. PLAYERS TO WATCH Stuart McCaffrey (Inverness CT): Stuart hasn’t enjoyed the best of the seasons since Inverness entered the SPL. He was a key part of the starting 11 as we started our SPL life until Dargo of Kilmarnock at the time got him sent off for a last man challenge. Then Dods came in and produced some quality displays and Stuart injured his back. Last season he spent most of the season on the bench and made some appearances. This season, Stuart played against St Mirren on the opening day and the Dumbarton game. We have great cover in Stuart and he is eager to get back into the first team after featuring heavily for the reserves and putting in some good performances. A reliable centre-back who can also play right-back. If Dods does leave in January or next summer, I am sure Stuart will be given his chance again. He could play against Falkirk on Tuesday. John Stewart (Falkirk): The ex-Aberdeen man almost signed for Inverness CT last month before Falkirk quickly made a move for him. Apparently, John signed for Falkirk for £50,000 and will have to produce the goals to keep the fans happy. The two games he has played in for the Bairns have both produced no goals for Falkirk. Time will tell if Falkirk have saved us wasting money or if Falkirk were right to jump in front of us and claim a bargain. Then again, we have Gary McSwegan. TEAM NEWS INVERNESS CT: Inverness will make a couple of changes with the choice of Stuart Golabek, Stuart McCaffrey, Alan Morgan, Russell Duncan, Liam Keogh and Richie Hart. At least two of these will feature. Dennis Wyness is still sidelined and Gary McSwegan may make his debut. FUTURE FIXTURES 21st Oct 2006 at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium 20th Dec 2006 at Falkirk Stadium 7th April 2007 at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (all SPL) Squad: Mark Brown, Jonathon Smith, Michael Fraser, Darren Dods, Stuart Soane, Ross Tokely, Guy Kerr, Richard Hastings, Stuart McCaffrey, Stuart Golabek, Grant Munro, John Rankin, Ian Black, Roy McBain, Zander Sutherland, Alan Morgan, Liam Keogh, Richie Hart, Barry Wilson, Russell Duncan, Craig Dargo, Rory McAllister, Graham Bayne Injured: Dennis Wyness (shoulder) Suspended: Nobody.




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