Inverness CT face a trip to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their excellent away record.
Previous trips to Rugby Park have been both good and bad. Last season we were unbeaten there however the first match, ending 2-2 also saw the end of Stuart McCaffrey's long run in the first team after being sent off for an alleged infringement on, now ICT forward, Craig Dargo.
The second trip there last seaon resulted in good 1-0 victory for ICT with Barry Wilson getting on the score sheet.
The clubs had only met "twice"before at Rugby Park, both being in the Scottish Cup. Well I say twice, the reality is that the first game was only 29 minutes long with the referee abandoning the game due to a frozen pitch! Really helps having under-soil heating doesn't it!! The re-run of that match resulted in a victory for Killie.
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Inverness CT | 2 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Inverness CT | 1 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 09 Apr | Kilmarnock | 0 - 1 | Inverness CT | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Inverness CT | 0 - 2 | Kilmarnock | SPL |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 23 Oct | Kilmarnock | 2 - 2 | Inverness CT | SPL |
Recent respective form guides
Kilmarnock have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 14 goals have been scored by the Killie in those games, with 10 conceded.
Inverness CT have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. The Caley Thistle's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Kilmarnock's 19 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 5th position. Inverness CT see themselves just below half way in the Bank of Scotland Scottish Premier, showing a record of 17 points from their 14 games played so far,
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Kilmarnock | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| Inverness CT | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Player news..
ICT have no fresh injury worries and it looks like fans favourite Juanjo could be set to come off the bench and make his first appearance since injuring his achillies tendon 7 months ago!
Killie welcome back David Lilley to the squad who has been sidelined with a groin injury. Gary Locke (knee) and Jamie Hamill (foot) both miss out.
Site prediction ...
Kilmarnock's great current form and ICT's excellent away recored, this game is shaping up to be a scoring draw, 1-1.