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.
With 47 matches recorded and 2.0 yellow cards per game, S. Murdoch was the man in the middle. 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')