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    Hamilton 2-1 Inverness CT - Report

    Academicals teach us a lesson

     

    Accies did inflict the first reverse for Inverness, as the Caley Jags drowned at the fountain of youth, and they did it with ten men for over an hour after Reegan Mimnaugh was sent off for a second bookable offence. They opened the scoring when Lewis Smith thumped the ball into the net after only five minutes. Andy Ryan added a second as Inverness crumbled and failed to trouble the home keeper. 2-0 at the break and Inverness bossed possession after the interval but never made Fulton work for his money. Harper hit the bar as the pressure mounted and Michael Gardyne scored a late consolation in injury time, but it was too little too late. With Raith beating Killie and Arbroath drawing, no major damage was done with Raith and Partick the big winners this weekend.

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    With only one win this season, Accies were looking to topple leaders Caley Thistle at the Fountain of Youth and get their season started. Inverness were hoping to keep their great start to the season going and stay ahead of Kilmarnock and Arbroath after a battling win over Queen of the South last weekend.

    Billy Dodds kept his injuries close to his chest with Aaron Doran and David Carson ruled out and Wallace Duffy and Cameron Harper filling the full back berths. Danny Devine was also absent and we were down to only six on the bench with no defensive cover. Stuart Taylor had David Moyo returning on the bench after injury.

    Accies took an early lead through a thumping 12 yard shot from Lewis Smith with Mark Ridgers unable to react as the ball flashed past him.

    Lewis smith smashes the ball home

    They doubled their lead when Andy Ryan drilled a ball from the edge of the box past the outstretched arms of the keeper.

    Inverness were thrown a lifeline when Mimnaugh was red carded for a second booking with half an hour gone. It was all we had to grasp onto after an utterly abysmal first half where we created nothing.

    Half Time: 2-0

    Billy McKay replaced the inept Manny Duku at the break, in truth, more than Duku was struggling to perform. 

    As the second half progressed, it was apparent that Inverness were clueless and hapless when it came to creating chances, and with only fifteen minutes left this game was slipping away without troubling Fulton in the Accies goal.

    Cammy Harper smacked the crossbar from twelve yards in our best opportunity as we dominated possession, but Accies had the most important statistic, a two goal lead.

    Plenty of action in the final third, but little action in the penalty box, what there was ended up being wasted as our shot shy forwards fired blanks.

    That was until this happened...

    ImageMichael Gardyne scored a beauty of a curler after the ninety minutes but would it be too little too late as Inverness laid siege to the home goal. Alas, it was too little too late and Accies got the three points and Inverness got what they deserved, zilch.

    Gardyne was our most likely player with a decent cameo from MacGregor, but after that it was difficult to pick out anyone who shone above mediocrity.

     

    From CTO RIG:  Deserved win for Accies. We were rotten for too much of that game to deserve anything. Nice finishes for both of their goals but really poor defending from our point of view.

    After the sending off it was almost all ICT but we created pretty much nothing of note. Half hearted penalty appeals in the second half and a wonderful strike from Gardyne, easily our best player, were all we had to show for our possession.

    Accies defended well and easily coped with our timid attempts to get back into the game. We had to lose sometime but I am very disappointed at how poor we were today. 

    More match reaction from BBC Sport

    Inverness manager Billy Dodds: "We gave away really poor goals. We had a few chances, but we didn't do enough, we didn't bombard them. "When you see the results at full-time, it's disappointing. There was an opportunity that's spurned."

    Hamilton boss Stuart Taylor: "I'm really happy with the performance. It was tough going over an hour down to ten men, but I thought we defended extremely well." "I'm disappointed for them to lose the goal in the last couple of minutes, but I'm also delighted for them."

    Dodds trying to understand it all

     

     

        Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
    1. Inverness CT 8 6 1 1 10 4 6 19
    2. Kilmarnock 8 5 1 2 9 4 5 16
    3. Arbroath 8 4 3 1 16 6 10 15
    4. Raith Rovers 8 4 2 2 14 10 4 14
    5. Partick Thistle 8 4 0 4 17 13 4 12
    6. Queen of the South 8 3 0 5 9 12 -3 9
    7. Ayr United 8 2 2 4 7 12 -5 8
    8. Hamilton Academical 8 2 2 4 8 15 -7 8
    9. Morton 8 1 3 4 7 12 -5 6
    10. Dunfermline 8 0 4 4 4 13 -9 4

    Date: 02/10/21  Venue: New Douglas Park, Hamilton Attendance: 1088 Referee: Euan Anderson
     
    Hamilton Accies: 2

    • Manager: Stuart Taylor
    • Lineup:  Fulton; Virtanen, Popescu, Macdonald, Ryan (Moyo 76) Smith, Want (Easton 80),
    • Mullin, Mimnaugh, Matheson, Redfern (Hughes 69)
    • Subs (not used):  Hilton; Hamilton, Munro, McGowan
    • Scorers: Smith (5), Ryan (26)
    • Booked: Mimnaugh (7, 30), Redfern (20), Want (45+6), Fulton (79), Hughes (82),
    • Sent Off: Mimnaugh (30)

    Inverness CT: 1

    • Manager: Billy Dodds
    • Lineup:  Ridgers, Duffy (McDonald 66), Broadfoot, Deas, Harper, Gardyne, Welsh,
    • Allardice, Walsh (Sutherland 30), MacGregor, Duku (Mckay 45)
    • Subs (not used): C Mackay; Jamieson, McAlear
    • Scorers: Gardyne (90+2)
    • Booked: Duku (21) Welsh (32)
    • Sent Off: none

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