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Inverness CT v Hibernian

Tulloch Caledonian Stadium Sunday 21st January at 3pm Referee: William Collum Others: Jim Lyon, Willie Conquer (Assistants), John McKendrick (4th official) Tickets: Cash gates in operation. TV-info: LIVE commentary on BBC Radio Scotland.

FIXTURES Saturday 20th January: Celtic v St Mirren Hearts v Falkirk Kilmarnock v Dundee Utd Motherwell v Aberdeen Sunday 21st January: Dunfermline v Rangers (Setanta, 2pm) Inverness CT v Hibernian SPL RESULTS Saturday 13th January: Aberdeen (Lovell) 1-1 Inverness CT (Rankin) Falkirk (Gow) 1-0 Dunfermline Rangers (Adam, Burke, Ferguson, Boyd 2) 5-0 Dundee Utd St Mirren P-P Motherwell Sunday 14th January: Hearts (Mikoliunas) 1-2 Celtic (Hesselink, Jarosik) Monday 15th January: Kilmarnock 0-2 Hibernian (Sproule, Fletcher) PAST MEETINGS The teams have played a total of 8 times (8 League, 0 Cup) with 18 goals (11 Inverness CT, 7 Hibernian) between them. Inverness CT: 4 wins (4 League, 0 Cup) Draws: 1 (1 League, 0 Cup) Hibernian: 3 wins (3 League, 0 Cup) A GAME TO REMEMBER For this weeks game to remember we take you back to the biggest win in this fixture. It took place at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in the SPL on the 02/03/2005. This was Inverness’ only second game in Inverness in the SPL after ground sharing with Aberdeen for the first half of the season. Inverness out played Hibs for the whole game and deserved their 3-0 victory. Goals came from Juanjo, Brewster and Wilson. The attendance was 4443. The teams were as follows: INVERNESS CT: Brown, Tokely, Munro, Dods, Golabek, Wilson, Hart, Duncan, McBain, Brewster, Juanjo. Subs- Proctor (for Hart), Bayne (for Brewster), Fatai (for Juanjo), Fraser, McCaffrey, Hastings, Prunty.

HIBERNIAN: Simon Brown, Whittaker, Caldwell, Smith, Murphy, Orman, Antonio Murray, Ian Murray, Scott Brown, O’Connor, Riordan. Subs- Shiels (for Orman), McDonald (for A.Murray), Sproule (for I.Murray), Brown, McCluskey, Morrow, Konte. The referee was John Underhill and there were three bookings on the day all for Hibernian: Antonio Murray, Murphy and Ian Murray. Eight of the Inverness players who started the match still play for the club. Only Craig Brewster, Juanjo and Mark Brown have left. FACTS BETWEEN THE TEAMS • All League meetings between the teams have taken place in the SPL. There have been no cup ties between the teams. • Inverness have won four out of the last six meetings. In the four wins, Hibernian had only scored once. • Barry Wilson is the top scorer in this fixture with 4 goals. • Hibernian and Inverness CT are both currently unbeaten in 2007. TOP SCORERS 4 goals: Barry Wilson (ICT) 3 goals: Derek Riordan (Hibs) 2 goals: Juanjo (ICT), Fletcher (Hibs) 1 goal: Brewster (ICT), Proctor (ICT), Wyness (ICT), Dargo (ICT), Dods (ICT), Beuzilin (Hibs), Killen (Hibs). PLAYERS TO WATCH

Michael Fraser (ICT): The Caley Thistle young goalkeeper has waited years for this moment, to see a man he has learned so much from leave the club. Fraser has waited patiently for this moment and now he has the chance to make the no.1 place his own. This is after Mark Brown’s shock move to Celtic just a few days ago. Fraser has started only 2 games for Inverness CT, and has come on as a sub 2 times as well. From what we have seen, he looks like he could have the potential to do well in the SPL consistently; however Christie will be looking to give him some competition for the goalkeeper’s jersey. I have every belief in Michael though to do well as Caley Thistle’s number 1. Good luck!

Benjelloun (Hibernian): The Hibernian midfielder made a vital contribution on Thursday night to help the Hibees progress to the 4th round of the Scottish Cup. He came on as a sub and scored 2 goals to secure his team victory. This season, Benjelloun has scored 7 goals: 3 in the SPL, 2 in the League Cup and his latest 2 in the Scottish Cup. Will probably start on Sunday after his performance on Thursday.FUTURE FIXTURES None arranged. Squad: 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, Markus Paatelainen, Craig Dargo, Gary McSwegan, Rory McAllister, Dennis Wyness, Graham Bayne Injured: Nobody. Suspended: Nobody