- Scottish Premier League
- 4 August 2012, 3:00pm
- Victoria Park, Dingwall
- Attendance: 4,828
Ross County | v | Motherwell |
| 0 | 0 |
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Match ends, Ross County 0, Motherwell 0.
90+2 mins:Second Half ends, Ross County 0, Motherwell 0.
90+2 mins:Attempt missed. Richard Brittain (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
90+1 mins:Foul by Nicky Law (Motherwell).
90+1 mins:Iain Vigurs (Ross County) wins a free kick.
90 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
89 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
88 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
87 mins:Richard Brittain (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for dissent.
87 mins:Foul by Ross Tokely (Ross County).
87 mins:Robert McHugh (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
85 mins:Attempt missed. Colin McMenamin (Ross County) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the left.
82 mins:Substitution, Motherwell. Robert McHugh replaces Omar Daley.
80 mins:Foul by Colin McMenamin (Ross County).
80 mins:Henrik Ojamaa (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
79 mins:Corner, Ross County.
78 mins:Foul by Keith Lasley (Motherwell).
78 mins:Richard Brittain (Ross County) wins a free kick.
77 mins:Substitution, Ross County. Sam Morrow replaces Martin Scott.
76 mins:Attempt saved. Omar Daley (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
70 mins:Substitution, Motherwell. Henrik Ojamaa replaces Chris Humphrey.
68 mins:Substitution, Ross County. Mark Corcoran replaces Russell Duncan.
68 mins:Foul by Simon Ramsden (Motherwell).
68 mins:Iain Vigurs (Ross County) wins a free kick.
65 mins:Foul by Omar Daley (Motherwell).
65 mins:Paul Lawson (Ross County) wins a free kick.
64 mins:Foul by Grant Munro (Ross County).
64 mins:Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
63 mins:Corner, Ross County.
63 mins:Corner, Ross County.
62 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
61 mins:Foul by Nicky Law (Motherwell).
61 mins:Iain Vigurs (Ross County) wins a free kick.
60 mins:Attempt missed. Paul Lawson (Ross County) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
56 mins:Attempt missed. Scott Boyd (Ross County) header from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Iain Vigurs.
56 mins:Corner, Ross County.
54 mins:Foul by Ross Tokely (Ross County).
54 mins:Simon Ramsden (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
53 mins:Foul by Simon Ramsden (Motherwell).
53 mins:Colin McMenamin (Ross County) wins a free kick.
52 mins:Attempt missed. Steven Hammell (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
51 mins:Foul by Russell Duncan (Ross County).
51 mins:Keith Lasley (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
47 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
Second Half begins Ross County 0, Motherwell 0.
45+2 mins:First Half ends, Ross County 0, Motherwell 0.
45 mins:Corner, Ross County.
43 mins:Attempt missed. Simon Ramsden (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
41 mins:Attempt missed. Michael Higdon (Motherwell) header from a difficult angle on the left is too high. Assisted by Tom Hateley.
41 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
39 mins:Offside, Motherwell. Michael Higdon tries a through ball, but Michael Higdon is caught offside.
39 mins:Foul by Grant Munro (Ross County).
39 mins:Darren Randolph (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
38 mins:Foul by Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell).
38 mins:Colin McMenamin (Ross County) wins a free kick.
37 mins:Foul by Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell).
37 mins:Scott Boyd (Ross County) wins a free kick.
36 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
36 mins:Corner, Motherwell.
34 mins:Foul by Shaun Hutchinson (Motherwell).
34 mins:Colin McMenamin (Ross County) wins a free kick.
33 mins:Corner, Ross County.
33 mins:Attempt saved. Grant Munro (Ross County) header from a difficult angle on the left is saved. Assisted by Richard Brittain.
32 mins:Foul by Jamie Murphy (Motherwell).
32 mins:Russell Duncan (Ross County) wins a free kick.
29 mins:Foul by Russell Duncan (Ross County).
29 mins:Steven Hammell (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
29 mins:Foul by Keith Lasley (Motherwell).
29 mins:Russell Duncan (Ross County) wins a free kick.
26 mins:Attempt missed. Paul Lawson (Ross County) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
25 mins:Foul by Russell Duncan (Ross County).
25 mins:Nicky Law (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
22 mins:Offside, Ross County. Colin McMenamin tries a through ball, but Colin McMenamin is caught offside.
17 mins:Foul by Keith Lasley (Motherwell).
17 mins:Martin Scott (Ross County) wins a free kick.
15 mins:Attempt saved. Michael Higdon (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
9 mins:Offside, Motherwell. Chris Humphrey tries a through ball, but Chris Humphrey is caught offside.
6 mins:Foul by Martin Scott (Ross County).
6 mins:Simon Ramsden (Motherwell) wins a free kick.
4 mins:Attempt missed. Jamie Murphy (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
3 mins:Foul by Simon Ramsden (Motherwell).
3 mins:Ross Tokely (Ross County) wins a free kick.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- Scottish Premier League
- 4 August 2012, 3:00pm
- Victoria Park, Dingwall
- Attendance: 4,828
| Ross County | v | Motherwell |
| 0 | 0 |
match report
Ross County extended their unbeaten league run into the top flight, as a 0-0 draw with Motherwell made it 35 games without defeat.
The Staggies produced a solid performance on their Scottish Premier League bow, and restricted Motherwell to very few chances at the revamped Global Energy Stadium in Dingwall.
Motherwell had the better of possession but last season's First Division champions looked a threat from set-pieces with some dangerous deliveries by Iain Vigurs and Richard Brittain offering opportunities to tall defenders such as Ross Tokely and Grant Munro.
As they had done during their 2-0 defeat by Panathinaikos in their Champions League qualifier on Tuesday, Motherwell lacked a cutting edge despite confidence on the ball.
Their best chance fell to Michael Higdon just before the interval but the striker headed over from close range.
While it was an unspectacular start to top-flight life for the former Highland League club, who were admitted to the Scottish Football League in 1994, they seemed happy with a point against last season's third-placed side.
County's renamed stadium underwent a £1.7million summer transformation to meet SPL criteria for 6,000 seats, but the former Victoria Park has retained much of its original character and the 4,828 crowd hailed the unfurling of the First Division title flag.
The Motherwell fans were also in party mood after County paid for their official supporters' association coaches.
Although the home side were SPL newcomers, each member of their starting line-up had previous top-flight experience, including former Inverness defender Tokely, who made the short trip north in the summer.
Manager Derek Adams modified his tactics by playing Colin McMenamin up front alone with Martin Scott, back on loan from Hibernian, supporting from a five-man midfield.
McMenamin got a weak header on target early on, but Motherwell quickly settled into a decent passing rhythm with the home side sitting deep.
The visitors were being restricted to long-range efforts although Jamie Murphy, playing up front with Omar Daley wide left almost opened the scoring on the half-hour mark, when his ball into the box curled just wide.
Motherwell soon put themselves under pressure by conceding some cheap free-kicks inside their own half.
One of those led to a chance for Munro, as he headed Brittain's delivery towards the roof of the net, to be denied by Darren Randolph.
Higdon had two chances before the break from Tom Hateley crosses. The full-back chipped a cross over goalkeeper Michael Fraser after some patient build-up play, but Tokely beat Higdon to the ball to head over.
Higdon had a better chance from the resulting corner but headed over from underneath the bar with his back to goal.
Motherwell continued to have the better of possession after half-time but were unable to carve out chances against an organised County side.
County remained a threat at set-pieces and Scott Boyd headed wide from an inswinging corner by Iain Vigurs.
Motherwell brought on Henrik Ojamaa with 20 minutes left and he livened up their strikeforce with some direct running, but there was no end product and they will need to sharpen up their attacking play if they are to pull off a shock in Athens on Wednesday.
The hosts continued to play on the break and they survived some late pressure to claim their first SPL point.
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