Dundee host Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup on January 20th and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match.
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
COMPETITION: William Hill Scottish Cup 4th Round
DATE: Saturday 20th January 2018
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1994
STADIUM: Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
CAPACITY: 7,512
PITCH SIZE: 105m x 68m
MANAGER: John Robertson
CHAIRMAN: Kenny Cameron
NICKNAMES: Caley Jags. The Pride of the Highlands
MASCOTS: InverNessie
CLUB COLOURS: Royal Blue and Red
SHIRT SPONSOR: McEwan Fraser Legal
HONOURS: Scottish Cup winners: 2014/15
Scottish League First Division (2nd tier) champions: 2003/04,
2009/10
Scottish League Third Division (4th tier): 1996/97
Scottish League Challenge Cup winners: 2003/04
RECORD WIN: 8-1 v Annan Athletic, Scottish Cup, 24/1/1998
CLUB WEBSITE: www.ictfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dens Park for Sat-Nav is Dens Park, Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY
The city centre of Dundee can be reached easily by both road & rail. From Dundee City Centre you can use the no. 1A or no. 24 National Express Dundee bus service, both of which can be boarded at the Albert Square. For a taxi to the ground, call Tay Taxis on 01382450450.
Match Officials
REFEREE: Steven Finnie
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Gordon Crawford
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Ralph Gordon
Head to Head v Inverness Caledonian Thistle
LEAGUE: Won 2, Drawn 11, Lost 10
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 0
LEAGUE CUP: Won 1, Drawn 0, Lost 1
CHALLENGE CUP: Won 2, Drawn 0, Lost 0
TOTALS: Won 6, Drawn 11, Lost 11
Last Five Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Matches
17/5/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 2-0 | 5,574
4/2/2017 | Away | Premiership | Drew 2-2 | 2,606 | Haber, O’Dea
26/11/2016 | Home | Premiership | Won 2-1 | 5,094 | Wighton, Gadzhalov
24/9/2016 | Home | Premiership | Lost 3-1 | 2,884 | Low
14/5/2016 | Away | Premiership | Lost 4-0 | 3,794 |
Last Meeting
Dundee stumbled to a 2-0 defeat against bottom club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the final home match of last season. After The Dee’s place in this season’s Premiership was confirmed the night before, interim manager Neil McCann watched his team lose for the first time. The Dark Blues never recovered from gifting the visitors two early goals. Caley Thistle may have ridden their luck occasionally in the first half, but Dundee’s defence looked like conceding a goal every time Inverness attacked. In a poor second half Caley Thistle held onto their lead comfortably to take three well deserved points and ensure the relegation battle went to the final day.
Dundee FC: Bain, Kerr, Gomis (Higgins at half time), O’Dea (c), Holt, O’Hara, Ross, Vincent, El Bakhtaoui (Wighton 71), McGowan, Haber (Ojamaa 54)
Unused subs: Ferrie (gk), Williams, Dryden, Smith.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle: Esson, Brad McKay, Laing, Warren (c), Raven, Draper, Tansey, Polworth, Billy McKay (Anier 65), Vigurs (McCart 88), Fisher (McNaughton 84)
Unused subs: Hoban (gk), Mulraney, Ebbe, Cole.
Goals Billy McKay (1), Fisher (10).
Booked: Vigurs (foul on O’Hara), Anier (foul on Higgins).
Attendance: 5,574.
Referee: Kevin Clancy. Assistants: Frank Connor, Sean Carr. Fourth Official: Colin Steven.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle’s Season So Far
After relegation from the Premiership last season, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have struggled somewhat in the Championship and are well of the pace of the leaders and chasing down a play off spot.
Having dispensed with the services of Ritchie Foran in the summer, former Dee John Robertson returned for a second spell in charge at the Caley Stadium.
Despite being the top seeds Caley failed to get out their Betfred Cup group after beating Brechin and Forfar, picking up a penalty win bonus point against Stirling but crucially losing 2-0 at home to fellow Championship side Falkirk.
Their league campaign got off to the worst possible start when they lost 1-0 at home to Dundee United and followed that up with a 5-1 defeat to Dunfermline at East End Park.
Caley’s first league win came with 4-0 win at Brechin but they failed to win again until the middle of October when they finally got their promotion push on track with back to back wins over Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic.
In the Irn-Bru Cup Caley knocked out Aberdeen U20s, Peterhead and Falkirk and now face Irish side Crusaders in the semi-final next month.
They have been unable to replicate their Challenge Cup form in the league with defeats to St Mirren and Morton and draws with Livingston (twice) and Queen of the South but a double win over Brechin and victory over Dumbarton kept the Caley Jags in touch with the fourth place play off spot.
Caley will come to Dens in fine fettle as wins over Falkirk and Queen of the South in their last two games have pulled Thistle within three points of fourth place.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 8; El Bahktaoui, Leitch-Smith, O’Hara 5; Haber, McGowan, Hendry, Waddell 2
INVERNESS CALEDONIAN THISTLE: Bell 6; Oakley 5; Vigurs 4; Baird, Polworth, Warren 3
Ticketing Information
Prices for the Scottish Cup visit of Caley Thistle are as follows:
Adults £20,
Over 65s and Full Time Students £10,
Under 18s £5.
Tickets will be available in the Ticket Office until kick off. There will be cash turnstiles in operation in the Main Stand and Bobby Cox Stand.
Match Programme
Dundee’s 2017/18 match programme The Dee will be available to buy at the Inverness game in and around the ground and in the club shop. It is a full, colour 52 page edition packed with news, views, features and exclusive interviews which this week include:
A message from manager Neil McCann
A message from managing-director John Nelms
This Week in History
DFC in the Community update
Dundee FC Hall of Fame 2018 Nominations
Where are they now?
Profile on visitors Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Junior Dees News
Classic Match
Dundee Supporters Association news
The Dee, produced by our partners Curtis Sports will be available for just £3 and can also be ordered on the Curtis Sport website
How To Watch
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to subscribers of DEETV on Saturday evening while a shorter highlights package will be available to view on Sunday alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference can also be viewed on DEETV from the Thursday before the match.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button
