Ross CountyRoss County |
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St JohnstoneSt Johnstone |
League (Premiership) |
Goalscorers | |
Jake Jervis (55) |
Michael O'Halloran (31) Steven MacLean (48) |
Team Managers | |
Derek Adams |
Tommy Wright |
Starting Eleven | |
Antonio Reguero 2. Tim Dreesen 5. Scott Boyd 19. Jim Fenlon 3. Uros Celcer Richard Brittain 4. Rocco Quinn 23. Graham Carey 10. Filip Kiss 15. Yoann Arquin 9. Jake Jervis |
Alan Manus Dave McKay Tom Scobbie Frazer Wright Steven Anderson Chris Millar Garry McDonald Steven MacLean David Wotherspoon Scott Brown Michael O'Halloran |
Bench | |
21. Mark Brown 20. Jordi Balk Steven Saunders 14. Darren Maatsen 7. Joe Cardle 11. Melvin De Leeuw 16. Liam Boyce |
Steve Banks Liam Caddis Gary Miller Lee Croft Chris Kane Alastair Gilchrist Adam Morgan |
Substitutions | |
Melvin De Leeuw for Rocco Quinn (69) Joe Cardle for Filip Kiss (77) Liam Boyce for Jake Jervis (85) |
Liam Caddis for David Wotherspoon (73) Michael O'Halloran for Lee Croft (82) Steven MacLean for Chris Kane (90) |
Cautions | |
Tim Dreesen Yoann Arquin |
None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Kevin Clancy (Referee) |
Source unknown.
Ross County opened their Scottish Premiership campaign with a hard-fought defeat at the hands of St Johnstone at the Global Energy Stadium.
Saints, who sold Stevie May to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday, went ahead through Michael O'Halloran's strike.
And last season's Scottish Cup final goalscorer Steven MacLean headed the Perth side's second after the interval.
Debutant Jake Jervis nodded one back for County but Derek Adams' men were unable to find a leveller.
And with the three points, Saints made up for the disappointment of Europa League elimination at the hands of Spartak Trnava on Thursday.
County's line-up featured five new players after a busy summer of recruitment at Victoria Park.
And they threatened early on with Filip Kiss, Yoann Arquin and Tim Dreesen having shots charged down before Jervis was denied by goalkeeper Alan Mannus.
At the other end, David Wotherspoon's free-kick flew narrowly over,
However,before too long, the visitors had the lead as captain Dave Mackay's cross was swept home by O'Halloran.
Michael O'Halloran despatched the ball into the net to give Saints the lead
The hosts were almost level when Graham Carey ran at the Saints' defence and saw his shot brilliantly touched onto the crossbar by Alan Mannus.
The second half was barely minutes old when St Johnstone scored their second.
Scott Brown fired a ball into the penalty area and Steven MacLean was first to react with a diving header past Antonio Reguero.
County were thrown a lifeline when a deep cross from Yoann Arquin was met by Jervis, who climbed at the back post to head home.
Jervis then set up Filip Kiss for a shot that was far too high.
Claims for a Ross County penalty were turned away following Tam Scobbie's challenge on Jervis and the home side kept pushing in the closing stages.
2014/15 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Antonio Reguero (GK) | 32 |
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Uros Celcer | 25 |
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Jim Fenlon | 20 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Scott Boyd | 28 |
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1 | - | 254 | 12 |
Tim Dreesen | 27 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
Rocco Quinn | 27 |
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1 | - | 98 | 11 |
Richard Brittain | 30 |
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1 | - | 246 | 50 |
Filip Kiss | 23 |
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1 | - | 18 | 6 |
Graham Carey | 25 |
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1 | - | 39 | 3 |
Jake Jervis | 22 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Yoann Arquin | 26 |
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1 | - | 17 | 4 |
Joe Cardle (sub) | 27 |
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Melvin De Leeuw (sub) | 26 |
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1 | - | 36 | 9 |
Liam Boyce (sub) | 23 |
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1 | - | 1 | - |
No league table has been added for this season.