The manager J. Robertson looks to inspire Inverness CT win against Arbroath

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: Scotland Championship
Date: Sat 28.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caledonian Stadium (7750 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Caledonian Stadium clash with Arbroath, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Championship table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

W L W W W

Inverness CT form and stats

Inverness CT, who have the most clean sheets (10) in Championship, are steadily winning Championship games and points here at Caledonian Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Inverness CT here at Caledonian Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Inverness CT's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Dunfermline Athletic (placed 5th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Partick Thistle (1-3).

The Inverness CT fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded.

L L D D W

Arbroath form and stats

There's been little loot from Arbroath's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the Championship. Arbroath only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.

Arbroath aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 222 league minutes without a goal. M. McKenna was the last player to find the net.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Arbroath, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Queen of the South (placed 6th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Dundee United.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Arbroath have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Arbroath - Inverness CT 3-0 played earlier this season. Inverness CT-Arbroath H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Inverness CT 3 wins, Arbroath 1 win, 1 draw. 4 of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

ArbroathB. Linn
B. Linn
6 goals
Inverness CTA. Doran
A. Doran
4 goals
Inverness CTJ. White
J. White
4 goals

Inverness CT missing players

Arbroath missing players

Inverness CT Arbroath
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 9 18
10 6 1 Won W 0 2 6
2 1 1 Drew D 1 1 4
6 2 1 Lost L 1 6 8
27 17 8 Scored S 2 7 16
21 9 5 Conceded C 3 13 20
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 89% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 67%
50% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 33%
28% 33% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 11% 6%
11% 11% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 33% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 39%
56% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 28%
17% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 39%
 
6.2 7.7 9 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.3 5
5.7 4.3 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 5.1 4.9
1.6 1.3 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.6 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
 
231 126 52 Total Shots T S 6 60 151
98 55 23 Shots on Target S O 1 18 53
28% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 33% 28%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Arbroath has the fewest scored goals (16)
  • Arbroath has the most matches under the total-line (12)
  • Arbroath haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Inverness CT has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8)
  • Inverness CT has the most clean sheets (10)
  • Inverness CT have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Inverness CT have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Arbroath have scored away.
  • Inverness CT have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Inverness CT haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 United 18 15 0 3 42 14 9 9 0 0 30 5 9 6 0 3 12 9 28 45
2 Inverness CT 18 10 2 6 27 21 9 6 1 2 17 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 6 32
3 Ayr United 18 9 1 8 31 28 9 5 1 3 15 10 9 4 0 5 16 18 3 28
4 Dundee 18 8 4 6 25 25 9 5 1 3 13 12 9 3 3 3 12 13 0 28
5 Dunfermline Athletic 18 7 4 7 28 23 9 5 2 2 18 10 9 2 2 5 10 13 5 25
6 Queen of the South 17 6 4 7 18 19 9 4 2 3 13 8 8 2 2 4 5 11 -1 22
7 Arbroath 18 6 4 8 16 20 9 4 3 2 9 7 9 2 1 6 7 13 -4 22
8 Greenock Morton 17 6 1 10 22 34 8 5 1 2 15 10 9 1 0 8 7 24 -12 19
9 Partick Thistle 18 5 3 10 24 34 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 3 2 4 14 18 -10 18
10 Alloa Athletic 18 3 5 10 17 32 9 2 2 5 7 16 9 1 3 5 10 16 -15 14

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.