Inverness CT vs Arbroath: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Scotland Championship
Competition: Tue 11.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Carrying a 16 point lead in the league standings, Inverness CT club members aim to see their team earn full points from this fixture vs Arbroath.

Insights:
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Championship

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Inverness CT form and stats

All-inclusive Championship results playing at home this season for Inverness CT are 6-6-4 (wins-draws-losses). The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Mark Ridgers not having conceded a league goal in 201 minutes.

A nice win for Inverness last time playing, versus Arbroath. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Shaw and Allardice scoring for the victors.

Ahead of that match, Inverness CT won a home game hosting Raith Rovers (2-0).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Inverness CT have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 5 and lost 0.

The Inverness fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Inverness CT have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Arbroath form and stats

The visitors are W4-D7-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

Gold was the last player to score for the away team. Arbroath haven't scored a league goal in the last 210 minutes.

There might be some fixture complaints from Arbroath as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Inverness CT. Until that loss this club had won at least a draw from seven league fixtures in a row.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dundee.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Arbroath in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Arbroath, 4 draws and 2 defeats.

Low on goals? 8 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have seen two or less goals.

Arbroath find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Arbroath in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Inverness CT have avoided defeat in the last 8 fixtures (3-5-0) versus Arbroath.

These competitors have met before this season: Inverness - Arbroath 2-0. Henderson (Inverness CT) was sent off when these teams met earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Inverness CTB. McKay
B. McKay
11 goals
Inverness CTN. Shaw
N. Shaw
7 goals
ArbroathM. McKenna
M. McKenna
5 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Arbroath missing players

Inverness CT Arbroath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 6 Played P 4 16 32
13 6 3 Won W 2 4 6
9 6 1 Drew D 2 7 14
10 4 2 Lost L 0 5 12
46 23 13 Scored S 6 17 28
42 15 7 Conceded C 4 22 43
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 84%
72% 62% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 72%
50% 31% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 38% 31%
31% 25% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 19% 16%
19% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
56% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 56% 53%
28% 31% 17% Clean Sheets C S 25% 19% 25%
22% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 38% 38%
 
4.2 4.8 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 5.2 5.2
6.6 5.8 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.5 5.2
1.8 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.4 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 3 4
 
8 7.6 7.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 7.2 7.8
3.4 3.6 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.1
42% 40% 52% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 28%
 
9 6.6 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 8.7 9.2
4.2 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.8
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Arbroath have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the fewest scored goals in the second half (17) in Championship
  • Arbroath have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Championship
  • Inverness CT have the most points from losing position (15) in Championship
  • Inverness CT is in the best form (5-0-1) in Championship

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dundee 32 16 9 7 57 33 16 10 2 4 39 19 16 6 7 3 18 14 24 57
2 Queen's Park 32 16 6 10 58 45 16 9 4 3 28 17 16 7 2 7 30 28 13 54
3 Partick Thistle 32 15 6 11 58 40 16 9 3 4 36 19 16 6 3 7 22 21 18 51
4 Ayr United 32 14 8 10 57 41 16 6 6 4 27 17 16 8 2 6 30 24 16 50
5 Inverness CT 32 13 9 10 46 42 16 6 6 4 23 15 16 7 3 6 23 27 4 48
6 Greenock Morton 32 12 11 9 45 38 16 9 2 5 26 15 16 3 9 4 19 23 7 47
7 Raith Rovers 32 11 8 13 43 44 16 7 5 4 31 21 16 4 3 9 12 23 -1 41
8 Arbroath 32 6 14 12 28 43 16 2 7 7 11 21 16 4 7 5 17 22 -15 32
9 Hamilton Academical 32 7 8 17 28 58 16 3 5 8 15 26 16 4 3 9 13 32 -30 29
10 Cove Rangers 32 6 9 17 35 71 16 5 4 7 19 30 16 1 5 10 16 41 -36 27

Read more about Championship

The Scottish Championship is the second level of the Scottish Professional Football League. Ten teams play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures in a season from August to May. The winner in the league table promotes to the Premiership and a playoff can promote one more team.