Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4-0 St Mirren

Inverness Caledonian Thistle set up a Scottish Cup fifth round date with Partick Thistle after brushing St Mirren aside in this replay.

The sides drew 1-1 in Paisley but Caley dominated in the Highlands with Gary Warren nodding home the opener.

Greg Tansey made it 2-0 from the penalty spot after Jim Goodwin downed the excellent Marley Watkins.

Danny Williams added a third after the break and Graeme Shinnie made it 4-0 late on.

Inverness went into the game defending an unbeaten home record this season and before long they were bossing possession against a Saints outfit who looked every bit a team sitting second bottom of the Premiership.

John Hughes's charges hit the front through Warren's excellent near-post header from Tansey's delivery, but the visitors afforded the Caley man far too much space in the area.

Gary Warren nods Inverness Caledonian Thistle into the lead against St Mirren in the Highlands

Goodwin was back in the Buddies line-up following a three-match ban and, having given away the corner that led to the opener, his night got even worse as Caley doubled their lead minutes later.

The Irishman slipped after dithering on the ball in his own box and then downed Watkins to concede a penalty that Tansey fired home, sending Ridgers the wrong way.

With the visitors unable to contain their hosts now, Williams should have made it 3-0 after Watkins sent him clear, but his shot was easily saved by Ridgers.

St Mirren's goalkeeper then made another save from a James Vincent header but the Caley midfielder should have given the glove man no chance with what was a simple chance, following more fine play from Watkins.

The Paisley side made a better start to the second half and threatened to get back into the game, but their final ball was found wanting all too often.

Greg Tansey makes no mistake from the penalty spot to send Inverness into a 2-0 lead

And Inverness put the game to bed with a great break upfield.

Watkins ran from his own half and played a perfect pass infield for Billy McKay who blasted a shot off the bar, and when Sean Kelly fluffed his chance to clear it Williams was there to finish.

Warren then rattled the bar with an effort as the hosts looked like piling the pain on Tommy Craig's side.

Substitute Aaron Doran almost made it four with a dig from distance that dipped just over the bar.

Shinnie, however, did add even more gloss to the scoreline when the Buddies back line parted, allowing the full-back to help himself to a goal.

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Line-ups

Inverness CT

• 12Brill
• 2Raven
• 6Meekings
• 5Warren
• 3ShinnieBooked at 3mins
• 4Vincent
• 8Draper
• 16Tansey
• 19WilliamsSubstituted forDoranat 76'minutes
• 15WatkinsSubstituted forChristieat 74'minutes
• 7MckaySubstituted forRossat 84'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Esson
• 10Doran
• 11Ross
• 14Devine
• 18Tremarco
• 20Polworth
• 22Christie

St Mirren

• 12Ridgers
• 2Naismith
• 4McAuslandSubstituted forBrownat 63'minutes
• 22Tesselaar
• 3Kelly
• 6GoodwinBooked at 22mins
• 14ReillySubstituted forDruryat 53'minutes
• 13OsbourneSubstituted forBallat 73'minutes
• 8McLean
• 7McGinn
• 9Thompson

Substitutes

• 10Marwood
• 16Ball
• 17Drury
• 19Brown
• 21Teale
• 28Kello
• 29Caldwell

Referee:

Calum Murray

Attendance:

1,326

Match Stats

Home TeamInverness CTAway TeamSt Mirren

Possession

Home60%

Away40%

Shots

Home19

Away7

Shots on Target

Home9

Away3

Corners

Home10

Away2

Fouls

Home8

Away11

Live Text

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Match ends, Inverness CT 4, St. Mirren 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+2'

Second Half ends, Inverness CT 4, St. Mirren 0.

Goal!

Posted at 90'+2'

Goal! Inverness CT 4, St. Mirren 0. Graeme Shinnie (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Vincent.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt missed. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 90'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jim Goodwin.

Posted at 90'

Attempt blocked. Ryan Christie (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Aaron Doran (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 86'

Attempt missed. Steven Thompson (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Inverness CT. Nick Ross replaces Billy McKay.

Posted at 82'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jason Naismith.

Posted at 80'

Attempt saved. Aaron Doran (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 76'

Sean Kelly (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Greg Tansey (Inverness CT).

Substitution

Posted at 76'

Substitution, Inverness CT. Aaron Doran replaces Danny Williams.

Posted at 75'

Attempt missed. Sean Kelly (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Inverness CT. Ryan Christie replaces Marley Watkins.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, St. Mirren. Callum Ball replaces Isaac Osbourne.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Gary Warren (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 72'

Gary Warren (Inverness CT) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jim Goodwin.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jason Naismith.

Posted at 70'

Attempt missed. Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 69'

Attempt saved. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Goal!

Posted at 67'

Goal! Inverness CT 3, St. Mirren 0. Danny Williams (Inverness CT) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.

Posted at 67'

Billy McKay (Inverness CT) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Posted at 65'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Jason Naismith.

Posted at 65'

Attempt blocked. Graeme Shinnie (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, St. Mirren. Adam Brown replaces Marc McAusland because of an injury.

Posted at 60'

David Raven (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by John McGinn (St. Mirren).

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Josh Meekings (Inverness CT) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Inverness CT. Conceded by Marc McAusland.

Posted at 58'

Foul by James Vincent (Inverness CT).

Posted at 58'

John McGinn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 57'

Attempt missed. Steven Thompson (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 53'

Foul by Greg Tansey (Inverness CT).

Posted at 53'

John McGinn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 53'

Substitution, St. Mirren. Adam Drury replaces Thomas Reilly.

Posted at 51'

Danny Williams (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 51'

Foul by Isaac Osbourne (St. Mirren).

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