This is the Premiership Play-Offs season debut for these contenders, whom look forward to battling for points again. Will Arbroath or Inverness CT get that key first win?
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Arbroath and Inverness CT.
Arbroath form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Arbroath as they were promoted from Championship last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 14 draws and 5 losses from 36 games. The team scored 32 goals at home last season and conceded 14. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
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 Arbroath have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Inverness CT form and stats
A job perfectly done for Inverness CT last season as they secured promotion from Championship. With a grand total of 16 wins, 11 draws and 9 defeats the season objective was secured. Of these wins, 6 were in away matches.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Inverness CT in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Inverness, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Inverness CT - Arbroath 0-0 was the product when these sides last did battle, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Arbroath wins - draws - Inverness CT wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. McKenna 16 goals |  S. Sutherland 10 goals |  B. McKay 9 goals |
Arbroath missing players
Inverness CT missing players
| Arbroath | Inverness CT | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 3.5 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 5.5 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 43% |
| 6.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Arbroath | Last season | Inverness CT | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 8 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 54 | 32 | Scored | S | 23 | 53 | ||
| 28 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 34 | ||
| 83% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 61% | 61% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 39% | 47% | ||
| 22% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 22% | ||
| 8% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 42% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 53% | ||
| 50% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 25% | 22% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 19% | ||
| 6 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 9.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 41% | ||
| 8 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.2 | 7.5 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Kilmarnock | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 67 |
| 2 | Arbroath | 36 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 54 | 28 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 65 |
| 3 | Inverness CT | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 53 | 34 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 19 | 59 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 40 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -15 | 42 |
| 7 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 40 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 36 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 27 | -13 | 39 |
| 9 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 29 | -17 | 35 |
| 10 | Queen of the South | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | -18 | 33 |
