Match Report
The table read 7th (Inverness CT, 43 pts) against 9th (Annan Athletic, 36 pts), 7 points apart. Inverness CT's recent output outran their position: 2nd on form over five rounds, 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Inverness CT were scoring 1.25 and conceding 1.06, Annan Athletic 1.14 and 1.89, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Annan Athletic arrived off four straight defeats. Inverness CT had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Annan Athletic, 3.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Inverness CT 3, draws 0, Annan Athletic 2, at 2 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 80% of the meetings.
The match was played at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in Inverness (capacity 7,819). Annan Athletic led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Annan Athletic: Paul Smith (3')