Preview Inverness Caley Thistle
Saturday, 12th Aug 2017Ladbrokes Championship: Saturday 12th August 2017 kick off 3.00pm at East End Park
Dunfermline first home match in this season`s Championship kicks off on Saturday when Inverness Caley Thistle are welcomed to East End Park. The Highlanders have spent twelve of the last thirteen seasons in the top flight of Scottish football and won the Scottish Cup in 2014-2015. They took the drop after seven consecutive seasons in the Premier League and before the league season kicked off were quoted at odds of 5-1 to win the Championship.
They have certainly come a very long way since their first visit to East End in the First Division on 7th August 1999, a game Dunfermline won comfortably by four goals to nil. It is 13 games back now since Dunfermline last defeated Inverness Caley at East End Park that was over sixteen years ago in December 1999.
| Milestones v Inverness Caley Thistle (home). | |||
| Last League Victory | 18/12/99 | 1-0 | Division 1 |
| Last League Defeat | 18/01/12 | 1-3 | Division 1 |
| Best League Victory | 07/08/99 | 4-0 | Division 1 |
| Worst League Defeat | 18/01/12 | 1-3 | Division 1 |
Inverness have only lost five of the 30 matches between the sides.
Recent Form
So far this season Inverness have played five competitive matches and Dunfermline six.
DUNFERMLINE
Rangers (A) L 0-6
Livingston (A) D 1-1
Hearts (A) D 2-2
Peterhead (H) W 5-1
East Fife (A) D 0-0
Elgin City (H) W 6-0
INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE
Dundee United (A) L 0-1
Forfar (A) W 2-1
Falkirk (H) L 0-2
Stirling (A) D 0-0
Brechin City (H) W 3-0
Last Time at East End Park
Betfred Cup - Tuesday 26th July 2016
Dunfermline 1 Inverness Caley Thistle 5
Iain Vigurs 30 yard shot beat David Hutton to give the visitors a 16th minute lead but 12 minutes later Pars captain Andy Geggan met Kallum Higginbotham`s delivery to power a header past keeper Cammy Mackay.
Dunfermline then lost a goal from a free kick just three minutes from the interval. Billy King added to the Pars woes with a 54th minute goal off Williamson. Vigurs completed his hast trick in 66 minutes and Carl Tremarco netted a fifth Caley goal in the final minutes.
DUNFERMLINE: David Hutton: Ryan Williamson, Lee Ashcroft, Ben Richards-Everton, Jason Talbot: Rhys McCabe, Lewis Spence, Andy Geggan (c), Joe Cardle (James Thomas 89): Michael Moffat (Callum Smith 78), Kallum Higginbotham (Paul McMullan 73).
SUBS NOT USED: Lewis Martin, Michael Paton, Cammy Gill (GK)
INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE: Cammy Mackay, David Raven, Gary Warren (c), Kevin McNaughton, Carl Tremarco: Billy King, Liam Polwarth, Jake Mulraney (Ross Draper 59), Greg Tansey, Iain Vigurs (Ali Sutherland 85), Scott Boden (Alex Fisher 81).
SUBS NOT USED: Jason Brown, Lewis Horner, Owain Fon Williams (GK)
Last Time Out
DUNFERMLINE (v Rangers): Sean Murdoch: Ryan Williamson, Callum Morris (c) Lee Ashcroft, Lewis Martin: Kallum Higginbotham (Dean Shiels, 62), Michael Paton, Nat Wedderburn, Joe Cardle (Scott Lochhead 68): David Hopkirk (Jean Yves M`Voto 29), Declan McManus.
SUBS NOT USED: Callum Smith, Aaron Splaine, Jason Talbot, Cammy Gill (GK)
INVERNESS CT (v Dundee United): Mark Ridgers: David Raven, Joe Chalmers, Matthew Elsdon, Riccardo Calder (Jake Mulraney 56), Brad Mackay, Liam Polwarth, Ross Draper, Iain Vigurs, John Baird (Connor Bell 75), George Oakley (Felitciano Zschusschen 85)
SUBS NOT USED: Alex Cooper, Liam MacDonald, Ryan Esson (GK)
Referee will be Steven McLean.
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