There are scoreless draws that feel anonymous, and then there are scoreless draws that leave both sides wondering how the final ball never quite arrived. Inverness CT and Dunfermline Athletic produced the second kind. The Scottish Championship match finished 0-0 after a second half that featured late chances, a stoppage-time window of only two minutes and enough near-misses to suggest the point mattered more for damage limitation than satisfaction.
The late stages gave the game its clearest shape. Callumn Morrison had a right-footed shot from the right side of the box saved by Ross Munro, which was the sort of moment that can tilt a match if it is taken cleanly. Instead, it summed up Dunfermline Athletic's evening: pressure without a finishing touch, and enough entry into dangerous areas to ask questions without forcing an answer.
Inverness CT also had their moments as the game wound down, with blocked attempts, substitutions and a yellow card all arriving in a compressed finish. That is often how these matches stay alive even when the scoreline refuses to move. The rhythm became fragmented, the spaces tighter and the margins even smaller. Once the fourth official indicated two minutes of added time, the feeling was less of a game waiting to open up than one waiting to end.
For Dunfermline Athletic, the draw leaves a simple but important takeaway. A clean sheet away from home is useful, but the lack of a decisive moment in the final third meant their late pressure never turned into three points. For Inverness CT, the same logic applies in reverse: they avoided defeat, but the closing stages did not deliver the winner either side was chasing. In a league where fine margins matter, this was the kind of result that keeps both teams honest.
