Inverness Caledonian Thistle head into Sunday's meeting with Glasgow Rangers as the SPLs current 'crisis' club.

A very poor run of results has seen strong vocal opposition to Craig Brewster from large sections of the Inverness support and the Supporters Trust has publicly called for a meeting with all shareholders to discuss the situation.

Rangers also enter into the match in a tumult; having lost to their Old Firm rivals Celtic in the Old Firm derby the Govan club trail by seven points in the title race. Sections of the Ibrox support have questioned their manager, Walter Smith, in terms of tactics and signing policy.

These circumstances will ensure a keen audience for Sunday lunchtime's televised game.

INVERNESS CT v RANGERS

Tulloch Caledonian Stadium

Sunday 4th January, 12:30pm

ICTCHRIS FILLS US IN AHEAD OF SUNDAYS MATCH

PAST MEETINGS

Inverness Caley Thistle have played Rangers fourteen times since 1994, with eight matches being won by Rangers, two by Caley Thistle and four draws. After the Inverness clubs promotion to the SPL they initially proved hardy adversaries for the Ibrox club - in their first three SPL seasons Caley Thistle never lost a game to Rangers by more than a single goal. Charlie Christie's side in 2006/07 went unbeaten against Rangers, notching up two memorable wins. On the 14th of October 2006 Graham Bayne pounced on a Lionel Leitzi error to give Caley their first ever victory at Ibrox. Two months later John Rankin cracked in a 25 yard sizzler to seal a last minute victory over Paul Le Guen's ill fated Ibrox side.

The trend of Caley Thistle offering stiff resistance to Rangers changed in the 2007/08 season when Rangers scored three victories over the Highland men. Charlie Christie's last home game in charge of the Inverness club was the opening match of the 2007/08 season which saw Rangers utterly dominate a poor ICT side and run out easy 3-0 winners. The pitiful nature of that display was matched earlier this season when Rangers annihilated ICT 5-0 at Ibrox, all the goals coming before half time.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Caley Thistle don't have their problems to seek heading into this match and they have to increase solidity at the back and sharpen their cutting edge up front to have any hope of a victory. David Proctor has been thrown into the side in the centre of defence, previously having been considered mainly a right-back. Proctor has given good performances in the centre of defence but given the recent poor defensive run is under pressure. If he is trusted above Jamie Duff and Phil McGuire on Sunday he will have to be at his best to combat Kris Boyd, probably the SPL's deadliest goal scorer.

Boyd will enter the match looking to recover from a poor week. He failed to convert his only chance in the Old Firm derby, Artur Boruc saving his shot at 0-0, and as a result his ability to perform in big games has again been questioned. Boyd is a pure goal scorer and will look to see off his critics with a scoring performance. Given that Boyd bagged a hat-trick in the last meeting of the sides, he will be confident that he can resume his scoring form.

PREDICTION

Given the uncertainty around ICT at the moment and the desperate run of form the side finds itself in, no observer could confidently predict anything other than a comfortable win for Rangers. Caley Thistle have a brittle defence and lack teeth up front. In the last five games Caley Thistle have conceded twelve goals and only scored three (all of which were scored when the opposition were comfortably in the lead). The side lacks confidence, direction, solidity and resilience. Most Caley fans will sadly reflect that the main concern will be avoiding a televised humiliation.