Hearts 5-1 Inverness CT: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Hearts 5-1 Inverness CT

Premiership · Saturday 20 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Hearts 5-1 Inverness CT: match report

Hearts beat Inverness CT 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 August 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Don Cowie opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Hearts's goals came from Don Cowie (7'), C. Sammon (18'), Don Cowie (47'), Sam Nicholson (78') and Sam Nicholson (79'). Inverness CT scored through R. Draper (87').

Discipline: Hearts received 1 yellow card; Inverness CT received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 10th on 1 point from 2 and Inverness CT 12th on 0 points from 2. Hearts went on to finish that season 5th with 46 points, and Inverness CT 12th with 34.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Don CowieHearts · 1-0
  • 10'Yellow card · Carl TremarcoInverness CT
  • 12'Yellow card · Jake MulraneyInverness CT
  • 18'Goal · C. SammonHearts · 2-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Perry KitchenHearts
  • 40'Yellow card · Liam PolworthInverness CT
  • 47'Goal · Don CowieHearts · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Lewis HornerInverness CT
  • 78'Goal · Sam NicholsonHearts · 4-0
  • 79'Goal · Sam NicholsonHearts · 5-0
  • 87'Goal · R. DraperInverness CT · 5-1

Team news

Hearts line-up

Jack Hamilton, Faycal Rherras, Igor Rossi, John Souttar, Perry Kitchen, Arnaud Djoum, Sam Nicholson, D. Cowie, Callum Paterson, Conor Sammon, Tony Watt

Inverness CT line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, David Raven, Carl Tremarco, Gary Warren, Josh Meekings, Liam Polworth, Ross Draper, Iain Vigurs, Jake Mulraney, Greg Tansey, Scott Boden