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Inverness Caley Thistle go top of the Scottish Championship despite being held to draw by Raith Rovers. But concern over Robbie Deas who is taken off injured.


By Will Clark

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Scottish Championship

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1

Raith Rovers 1

Scorers - Inverness: Deas (38) Raith: Stanton (14)

Robbie Deas.
Robbie Deas.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle are top of the Championship but only by one point after they were held to a draw by Raith Rovers at the Caledonian Stadium.

However, there is concern over defender Robbie Deas who had to be helped off the pitch in the closing minutes after suffering injury.

Inverness fell behind to a Sam Stanton strike but levelled before half time through a Deas header.

Neither team could find a winner in the second half, but Queen's Park 3-0 win at Partick Thistle means Inverness are in pole position in the title race.

The visitors took the lead after 14 minutes as Dylan Easton's low drive hit the left post and Sam Stanton was first to the rebound which hit the right post before ricocheting off Mark Ridgers' back into the net.

Inverness equalised seven minutes from half time when a beaut of a cross from the left wing from Zak Delaney found Robbie Deas.

He leapt like a salmon out of a river of Raith defender to bullet a header past Jamie MacDonald from 12 yards out into the top right corner.

Raith should have taken the lead five minutes into the second half when Kieran Ngwenya won the ball and charged clean through on goal.

His shot looked like finding the net but was parried out for a corner thanks to the fingers tips of goalkeeper Mark Ridgers.

Raith had the best chances in the second half, but neither team were able to find a winner.

Inverness: Ridgers, Harper, Deas (Strachan 88), Carson, Mckay, Oakley, Ram, Hyde (Welsh 76), Shaw, Delaney, Boyd (Doran 69).

Subs (Unused) MacKay, MacKay, Bray.

Raith: MacDonald, Dick, Millen, Spencer, Connolly (Matthews 77), O'Riordan, Ngwenya, Stanton, Connell (Coulson 90), Brown, Easton.

Subs (Unused) Thomson, McBride, Mahady, Coulson, Masson.

Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Attendance 2225.


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