Inverness Caley Thistle reduced to 10 men in draw with Alloa Athletic as former Newcastle and Liverpool defender Remi Savage sent off
Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Alloa Athletic played out a 1-1 draw in the Highland capital.
Both sides will feel they could have scored more after hitting the woodwork, but Billy Mckay in particular may think he could have won it for his side after seeing a penalty kick saved.
The Caley Jags were also reduced to 10 men when Remi Savage was shown a red card late on, but ICT held on for a point.
Alloa suffered an early setback when Calum Waters was forced off with injury just minutes into the match, being replaced by Magnus MacKenzie.
Caley Thistle opened the scoring in the ninth minute, when a well-worked move on the edge of the visiting box saw Alfie Stewart fire into the bottom corner.
The visitors did try and respond later in the half, with Scott Taggart and Kurtis Roberts forcing saves out of Celtic loanee Aidan Rice.
Stewart would nearly hit a second in the 49th minute when the ball came through to him in space inside the Alloa half, but this time his effort cannoned back off the post.
However, shortly afterwards Taggart would head beyond Rice and into the corner to equalise.
Just after the hour mark, ICT earned a penalty when Keith Bray was taken down inside the box.
Billy Mckay stepped up, but Peter Morrison kept his spot kick out with a strong hand, and was then able to smother the follow up to keep the scores level.
Inverness would keep pushing, and Keith Bray hit the bar with just under 15 minutes left on the clock.
Late on the hosts would be hit with a blow as Remi Savage was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Conor Sammon.
Alloa would go in search of a winner themselves, with Cameron O’Donnell hitting the bar before getting to the follow up, which Rice did well to keep out.