Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-1 Kilmarnock: Home side secure play-off place as visitors suffer title blow
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Logan Chalmers laid on the equaliser and scored the winner
Third-top Inverness Caledonian Thistle secured a promotion play-off place as they came from behind to beat Scottish Championship leaders Kilmarnock.
Derek McInnes' side remain four points clear of Arbroath, but Dick Campbell's team have played one game fewer.
A clever dink over goalkeeper Mark Ridgers by centre-half Ash Taylor had the visitors ahead on the hour.
But Billy Mckay bundled in a reply with 15 minutes remaining before Logan Chalmers' late low finish.
Chalmers' fourth goal in four games - he also laid on the equaliser for his fellow forward - stretches Caley Thistle's unbeaten run to five games as they move four points clear of Partick Thistle after sending Kilmarnock to a first defeat in seven.
They move to within six points of Arbroath, who host bottom side Queen of the South on Saturday before visiting Kilmarnock in a potential title decider next weekend.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Billy Dodds: "We've shown all season we're competitive. We had to show bottle tonight after going a goal down and target achieved, we're in the play-offs.
"Even on a bad run, we didn't let out heads go down. No-one's beaten us by more than one goal this season. It's good to beat the league leaders, but it's more important we're in the play-offs."
Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes: "I thought there wasn't a lot happening for either team in the first half, but I thought we started the second half well.
"In that period afterwards I thought Billy Dodds' changes helped and we allowed ourselves to lose a bit of concentration. We lost poor goals, it's a sore one tonight, but we remain positive."