Airdrie prepared for their tie against Motherwell in midweek with an outstanding performance against struggling Inverness CT. With Ross County beating Partick it now puts Airdrie three points clear at the top.

It took Airdrie just 14 minutes to open the scoring when Owen Coyle released Mark Roberts down the right and when he fired in a cross it was met by the head of Neil MacFarlane. Five minutes later, Owen Coyle scored a wonder goal when his curling right foot shot found the net. Airdrie were then awarded a penalty on the 26th minutes when Mark Roberts was brought down and Coyle stepped up to net his second of the game.

Airdrie were in full control at this point and it wasent suprising to see the fourth goal for the home side. This time it was Lee Gardner who found the net when his shot found it's way through a handful of bodies and into the bottom corner of the goal. Owen Coyle then grabbed his hat-trick when he raced onto a through ball and drove it home to make it 5-0.

After the interval Ian McCall brought on Stuart Taylor and Darren Beasley for Kevin James and Lee Gardner. He then introduced Colin McDonald for Coyle. With midweek's game coming up Airdrie had eased the pace but on the 85th minute Airdrie grabbed their sixth when Paul Armstrong found the net after finding himself with hundreds of space and fired home.

Overall it was an excellent performance by Ian McCall's men and a well deserved win.

Airdrie: Ferguson, Armstrong, McPherson, Stewart, McManus, James, Gardner, MacFarlane, Coyle, Roberts, Smith

Subs: Beesley, McDonald, Taylor, Dunn, Bennett