Caley Thistle have the chance to go third in the Premiership when they take on St Johnstone in Inverness this evening.
John Hughes’ men currently sit level on points with Dundee United but could pull into third place with a positive result this evening.
Caley Thistle team news
- Defender David Raven and midfielder Greg Tansey miss out through suspension.
- Marley Watkins and James Vincent are available after recovering from knocks.
St Johnstone team news
- Chris Millar and Murray Davidson miss out through injury.
- James McFadden is unavailable due to his suspension.
- Lee Croft may be included after recovering from injury.
Caley Thistle manager John Hughes said
“We have maybe lost the ability to look after the ball over the last month but we’re getting back to it.
“We’re getting back to that training philosophy of one and two-touch, pass-and-move.
“Hopefully, we can continue to take that on to the pitch. We’ll take it one game at a time and see where it takes us.”
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright said
“If you look at it, we’re four points better off than we were last season.
“We have 10 wins and we only had 14 wins before the split last year so our points total is higher than at this stage.
“We have found a different way to do it. We have been even tighter at the back this season and to score 19 goals and be in top six shows how good we can be.”
Did you know?
- Caley Thistle have won four of the last five matches between the teams
- Caley Thistle youngster Ryan Christie has scored twice in the last three matches between the teams
- St Johnstone have only won once in their last 11 visits to Inverness.
- Caley Thistle are going for a fourth home win in a row