Inverness escape drop zone with victory at Tannadice

Inverness won 2-0 at Dundee United to move out of the bottom two of the Ladbrokes Championship.

Caley Thistle threatened twice through John Baird early on before Iain Vigurs scored the opener with a deflected strike from the edge of the box.

Mark Ridgers immediately denied Scott McDonald an equaliser and was rewarded when Inverness took a two-goal half-time lead, Connor Bell tapping in after good work by the impressive Jake Mulraney.

United lost midfielder Fraser Fyvie to injury and had to rely on Harry Lewis for a great save to deny Carl Tremarco, while Ridgers tipped over James Keatings' free-kick.

Billy King's strike, deflected wide for a corner, was the closest United came to a consolation goal as the visitors comfortably closed out the win.