FM Preview: St. Mirren v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 30 Jan 2013

Last updated : 29 January 2013 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the St. Mirren v Inverness Caledonian Thistle fixture

Inverness Caledonian Thistle face a trip to St. Mirren at Greenhill Road on Wednesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 9 of the 20 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Greenhill Road was earlier this season, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in a Scottish Premier match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Wed 26 Dec Inverness CT 2 - 2 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2012/2013 Sat 04 Aug St. Mirren 2 - 2 Inverness CT Scottish Premier
2011/2012 Sat 05 May St. Mirren 0 - 1 Inverness CT Scottish Premier
2011/2012 Sat 28 Jan Inverness CT 0 - 0 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2011/2012 Sat 03 Dec St. Mirren 1 - 2 Inverness CT Scottish Premier
2011/2012 Sat 01 Oct Inverness CT 2 - 1 St. Mirren Scottish Premier
2010/2011 Sat 07 May Inverness CT 1 - 0 St. Mirren Scottish Premier

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Recent respective form guides

St. Mirren have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.

The Caley Thistle have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Caley Thistle, and 9 goals against.

St. Mirren are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 25 points from 23 matches.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle's total of 37 points from their 22 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
St. Mirren 6 3 2 1 13 13 11
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 6 2 4 0 14 8 10

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Caley Thistle's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with St. Mirren, believes the FootyMad team. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
St. Mirren No sequences of note
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Previous 3 away games have finished all-square.
Not won in previous 3 away matches.
12 games since last defeat.

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