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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Falkirk Stadium
  • Attendance: 5265
  • Referee: Thomson, C

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

88 mins

The referee has booked Patrick Cregg.

82 mins

Michael Higdon is replaced by Carl Finnigan.

68 mins

Scott Arfield is being taken off, Kenny Milne has come on in his place.

62 mins

Roy McBain is replaced by Graham Bayne.

62 mins

Inverness CT are replacing Don Cowie with Barry Wilson.

57 mins

Graham Barrett is being taken off, Russell Latapy has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

44 mins

The referee has booked Ian Black.

35 mins

Goal!! Falkirk have scored with Gerard Aafjes putting it in the back of the net.

Match Report

Four days after ending Motherwell's five-game winning run, Falkirk did the same thing to Inverness to join the Highlanders on 25 points in the race for a top-six spot.

The Bairns fully deserved to avenge their 4-2 defeat at the Caledonian Stadium in September, although it needed a first-ever goal for the club from Dutch defender Gerard Aafjes to give them their fifth win in eight matches.

Falkirk were on top from the start and striker Graham Barrett wasted two early chances, heading wide from a Jack Ross cross and then making a mess of a cut-back from Pedro Moutinho.

Caley Thistle were winning no possession in midfield but almost went ahead by taking the direct route as a long clearance from goalkeeper Michael Fraser caught the home defence napping and John Rankin fired inches over with a left-foot drive from the edge of the penalty box.

Rankin was involved again after 33 minutes but he failed to pick out Don Cowie with the defence badly exposed.

Falkirk then went straight up field to win a corner-kick from which Aafjes sent a glancing header high into the top corner of the net.

Inverness were hugely disappointing in the first half but looked a different proposition after the break and skipper Grant Munro soon tested keeper Tim Krul with an overhead kick.

Bairns boss John Hughes responded by bringing on veteran playmaker Russell Latapy and, as if by magic, Falkirk forced three successive corners.

Caley also made changes with Barry Wilson and Saturday's match-winner Graham Bayne coming on, but Falkirk were creating the better chances.

Michael Higdon fired wide from a difficult angle and Latapy hammered a low free-kick fractionally off-target.

The tireless Moutinho then saw his toe-poke blocked by Fraser and, from the corner kick, Higdon sent a free header over.

Inverness left acres of space at the back as they pressed for an equaliser and, with two minutes remaining, Moutinho shot straight at Fraser when it seemed easier to score, but fortunately for Falkirk it didn't matter.

Falkirk Team

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Team

Falkirk

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Corners

7 3

Fouls

15 14

Goal attempts

10 9

Shots off target

7 4

Offsides

4 0

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