Inverness Caledonian Thistle miss opportunity to move out of relegation zone as they are held to draw by Montrose - They are now one point behind Annan Athletic who lost to Arbroath
Scottish League One
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1
Montrose 1
Scorers - ICT: Bray (80) Montrose: Sandilands (34)
Inverness Caledonian Thistle missed the chance to move out of the relegation zone as they were forced to share the points with Montrose at the Caledonian Stadium.
Callum Sandilands gave Montrose the lead in the first half but Keith Bray equalised with 10 minutes remaining. However, neither team could find a winner in a draw.
Inverness are now one point behind Annan Athletic in eighth who lost 3-0 to Arbroath.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle were unchanged from the team which beat Kelty Hearts 1-0 last week.
Caley Thistle’s first chance of the game came midway through the first half when Alfie Bavidge linked up well with Paul Allan to send him through on goal. But he fired wide of the right hand post.
Inverness continued to press forward with Adam MacKinnon sending through Bavidge into the box, but he fired wide of the left post.
Montrose went in front nine minutes before half time when Callum Sandilands won the ball in midfield and beat Remi Savage for pace as he charged towards goal and chipped over goalkeeper Musa Dibaga to put them in front.
Inverness suffered further misery when midfielder Luis Longstaff was taken off injured and was replaced by James Nolan.
Inverness tried to level before half time, first with Billy Mckay seeing his shot saved by Cameron Gill before Alfie Bavidge saw his shot from 25 yards hit the crossbar.
The hosts should have taken the lead five minutes into the second half. Alfie Stewart’s corner into the box found the head of Charlie Gilmour who found the head of Billy Mckay in the six-yard box. But unchallenged he nodded wide of the right post.
Inverness did equalise with 10 minutes remaining when a long ball from Remi Savage from midfield to the right wing was volleyed by Danny Devine into the box to find Keith Bray whose diving header found the net.
However, neither side could find a winner as Inverness had to settle for a draw.
Inverness: Dibaga, Savage, Devine, Gilmour, MacKinnon (Brannan 71), Mckay, Bavidge, Longstaff (Nolan 38), Bray, Stewart (Cairns 86), Allan.
Substitutes (Unused) Rebilas, Strachan, MacLeod, Thompson, Keogh, Ewan.
Montrose: Gill, Streeves, Quinn (Watson 75), Waddell (Dillon 65), Masson, Stirton, Lyons, Freeman, Sandilands, Martin (Webster 45), Wighton (Brown 65).
Substitutes (Unused): Matthews, Webster, MacIver-Redmond, McKenzie, Bertie,
Referee: Peter Stuart
Attendance 1653