Scott Boyd (19 mins)
Michael Gardyne (21 mins)
Adam Rooney (83 mins)
The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship First
, Nov 7, 2009
Ground: Victoria Park
, Kickoff: 14:00 , Att 5,506
Team news
County raring to end Caley Thistle rampage Derek Adams is confident his Ross County side will be able to cope with Inverness's new attacking formation when the two teams meet at Victoria Park.
Steven Watt is the only absentee as he begins a two-match suspension, with County looking to put an end to two-match winning run that has seen Saturday's visitors score nine times and concede just twice.
Speaking about Inverness's tactics, Adams said: "We will not adapt the system we play to cater for Caley Thistle. We will play as we always do and put the onus on the other team.
"We have the players to do it. We have used the system Caley Thistle have put in place ourselves many times in my tenure as manager." He added: "Training on Monday and Tuesday was exceptional. I had to stop training on Tuesday, we usually have a double session but I decided not to go ahead with it as the first session was so high tempo and I thought the players had worked hard enough.
"I am just trying to keep them at a peak for Saturday. We will work on the technical aspect of the game but in terms of motivation, when Saturday comes I am sure my team will be ready to play." Inverness boss Terry Butcher is certain there is still more to come from his free-scoring side.
He hopes to be at full strength for the trip across the Kessock Bridge and he looks set to stick with the same starting XI that brushed aside Morton 4-1 last Saturday.
Butcher said: "We're still in sixth place but we've made up some ground on the teams in front of us, so that's pleasing.
"We've now picked up 10 points out of our last 12 and it's also the first time this season that we've won successive league matches.
Ross County vs Inverness CT
Last modified 18:32 07/11/09
County take the derby-day honours Ross County won their second Highland derby of the season with a pulsating 2-1 defeat of Inverness at Victoria Park.
County took the lead in the 18th minute when Scott Morrison's rocket free kick cannoned in off the underside of the crossbar and Scott Boyd headed home the rebound.
The home side were 2-0 up a couple of minutes later when Morrison got down the left and his cross into the box was headed home by man-of-the-match Michael Gardyne.
Inverness almost got one back in the 57th minute when Richie Foran's shot was blocked on the line by Morrison.
| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Substitution | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Rating |
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| 1 | Michael McGovern |
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| 2 | Gary Miller(sub 61) |
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| 3 | Scott Morrison | ||||
| 4 | Stuart Kettlewell | ||||
| 15 | Scott Boyd |
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| 5 | Alexander Keddie | ||||
| 7 | Michael Gardyne |
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| 4 | Paul Lawson | ||||
| 12 | Paul Di Giacomo(sub 75) |
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| 10 | Richard Brittain | ||||
| 11 | Iain Vigurs |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 18 | Joe Malin | ||||
| 14 | Garry Wood(sub 75) |
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| 9 | Steven Craig(sub 61) |
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| 16 | Daniel Moore | ||||
| Graham Girvan | |||||
| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Substitution | Rating |
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| 1 | Ryan Esson | ||||
| Ross Tokely | |||||
| 3 | Nauris Bulvitis(sub 76) |
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| 4 | Grant Munro | ||||
| 5 | Stuart Golabek | ||||
| 2 | David Proctor | ||||
| 13 | Danni Sanchez(sub 46) |
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| 7 | Russell Duncan |
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| 9 | Richie Foran | ||||
| 12 | Adam Rooney |
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| Douglas Imrie(sub 69) |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 15 | Kyle Allison | ||||
| 10 | Lee Cox(sub 76) |
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| Eric Odhiambo(sub 69) |
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| 8 | Daniel Stratford | ||||
| 11 | Jonathan Hayes(sub 46) |
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| Team | Ross County | Inverness CT |
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