Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1
Ayr United 1
League Play Off (Premiership Quarter Final Leg 2)
ICT |
1 - 1 |
Ayr United |
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League Play Off (Premiership Quarter Final Leg 2) |
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| Goalscorers | |
| Coll Donaldson (79) |
Luke McCowan (19) |
| Team Managers | |
| John Robertson |
Ian McCall |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
1. Mark Ridgers 29. Kevin McHattie 5. Coll Donaldson 22. Brad Mckay 6. Jamie McCart 24. Charlie Trafford 11. Tom Walsh 10. Aaron Doran 7. Liam Polworth 4. Joe Chalmers 19. Jordan White |
Ross Doohan .1 Liam Smith .27 Daniel Harvie .3 Michael Rose .5 Aaron Muirhead .30 Andy Murdoch .18 Luke McCowan .25 Robbie Crawford .8 Declan McDaid .11 Mark Kerr .4 Lawrence Shankland .17 |
| Bench | |
|
21. Cameron Mackay 2. Shaun Rooney 40. Cameron Harper 8. Darren McCauley 17. Anthony McDonald 35. Roddy MacGregor 9. Nathan Austin |
Ellis Hare Reid .19 Finn Ecrepont .22 Ross Docherty .23 Nicky Cadden .28 Calvin Miller .29 Alan Forrest .10 Michael Moffat .7 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Anthony McDonald for Tom Walsh (54) Shaun Rooney for Brad Mckay (63) |
Michael Moffat for Luke McCowan (65) Calvin Miller for Declan McDaid (77) Nicky Cadden for Mark Kerr (83) |
| Cautions | |
| Kevin McHattie (89) |
Aaron Muirhead (29) Liam Smith (45) Daniel Harvie (83) Lawrence Shankland (87) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Steven Mclean (Referee) |
Match Report
Inverness Caledonian Thistle are through to the semi-final of the Scottish Premiership play-offs after a 1-1 draw with Ayr secured a 4-2 aggregate win.
Luke McCowan opened the scoring for the visitors before Coll Donaldson headed Inverness level 11 minutes from time.
The Highland side will now host Dundee United in the first leg of the play-off semi-final on Tuesday.
The return leg is at Tannadice on Friday, 17 May.
Trailing 3-1 from the first leg, Ayr started brightly and 19-year-old McCowan's right-footed shot into the top right-hand corner after 19 minutes gave them the perfect start.
Chasing a second that would have forced extra-time, Ayr's Robbie Crawford failed to take two chances after the break.
Lawrence Shankland's efforts were also cleared by Donaldson and Jamie McCart for Inverness, while goalkeeper Mark Ridgers also denied Ayr's star striker.
But Donaldson's glancing header from Liam Polworth's free-kick ensured Inverness would be the side who are still in with a chance of playing Premiership football next season.
Match report written by BBC
Squad Statistics (as at May 11th, 2019)
| 2018-19 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
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| Ross Doohan (GK) | 20 |
|
47 | - | 47 | - |
| Liam Smith | 23 |
|
39 | 1 | 39 | 1 |
| Aaron Muirhead | 28 |
|
11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Michael Rose | 23 |
|
44 | 3 | 108 | 6 |
| Daniel Harvie | 20 |
|
44 | - | 44 | - |
| Andy Murdoch | 24 |
|
44 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| Mark Kerr | 37 |
|
30 | - | 44 | - |
| Declan McDaid | 23 |
|
45 | 4 | 97 | 18 |
| Robbie Crawford | 24 |
|
44 | - | 226 | 12 |
| Luke McCowan | 21 |
|
9 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Lawrence Shankland | 23 |
|
41 | 34 | 74 | 63 |
| Calvin Miller (sub) | 21 |
|
14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Nicky Cadden (sub) | 22 |
|
11 | - | 11 | - |
| Michael Moffat (sub) | 34 |
|
44 | 10 | 245 | 91 |
League Table (as at May 11th, 2019)
No league table has been added for this season.