Accies leave Inverness stranded at the bottom

Inverness’ relegation fears deepened last night as they lost 3-0 to Ladbrokes Premiership drop-zone rivals Hamilton at the SuperSeal Stadium.

Richie Foran rushed returning frontman Billy McKay back into his Caley Thistle line-up but it failed to produce the spark his bottom side were looking for.

They now trail 11th-placed Accies by three points after Alex D’Acol, Grant Gillespie and Rakish Bingham struck to hand Martin Canning’s side their first win in 13 league games. The win moved Hamilton just two points behind 10th-placed Dundee.

Greg Tansey had the chance to level for the Highlanders while they were a goal down but Gary Woods pulled off a crucial save to stop his first-half penalty.

Caley Thistle have the leakiest defence in the top-flight and they showed why after 10 minutes as Accies grabbed the opener.

D’Acol’s darting run across the front post should have been easily picked up but he was allowed to run and glance home his seventh goal of the season from Ali Crawford’s corner.

Mikey Devlin’s push on Carl Tremarco gave Inverness a golden chance to square things up from the spot after 27 minutes, but Woods saved Tansey’s penalty.

And a calamitous evening got even worse for the basement boys as they conceded a shambolic second 90 seconds after the break.

Bingham’s cut-back fell to Gillespie 16 yards but even he was surprised to see the ball squirm through Owain Fon Williams’ hands into the net.

Brad McKay’s misjudgment on halfway was just as costly as Bingham wrapped up an emphatic win by scoring after 61 minutes when he surged 30 yards before smashing the ball into the top corner.