Colin McMenamin (28 mins)
Colin McMenamin (82 mins)
Sammy Morrow (88 mins)
The Irn-Bru Scottish Football League Championship First
, Jan 28, 2012
Ground: Victoria Park
, Kickoff: 15:00 , Att 2,514
Team news
Adams positive despite Lawson ban First Division leaders Ross County will be without suspended midfielder Paul Lawson as they look to end a run of three draws in the league by seeing off visitors Livingston.
Defenders Marc Fitzpatrick and Jonathan Flynn remain out with knocks but manager Derek Adams is delighted to be playing while the chasing duo of Falkirk and Dundee are without a game.
He said: "We have played three games less than the sides immediately below us and we do not want that situation to continue. Two years ago we ended up playing four league games in the final week of the season due to a backlog. We do not want a repeat of that.
"Livingston are a good side who are having a good season following promotion so we need to play well." Livingston welcome back midfielder Mark Fotheringham to the squad following a one-game ban for the trip to Ross County.
The Second Division champions are hoping to end County's unbeaten home record after the Dingwall men took theirs earlier in the season.
Lions boss Gary Bollan said: "Ross County are on a long unbeaten run and have not lost at Victoria Park all season. We had a 19-month unbeaten run at home ended by them in our last meeting and it would be nice to return the compliment as it were.
Ross County vs Livingston
Last modified 17:57 28/01/12
McMenamin at the double as County cruise Colin McMenamin scored a brace to help First Division leaders Ross County record a comfortable 3-0 win over Livingston.
Scott Boyd should have put the home side ahead after 22 minutes, but he headed a simple chance wide.
But County did take the lead six minutes later, McMenamin firing home Boyd's headed pass to open the scoring.
Livingston's best chances fell to Iain Russell. First, he shot wide after 52 minutes and 16 minutes later his powerful effort was well saved by Michael Fraser.
McMenamin scored his second with eight minutes to go, slotting home from close range after good work from Stuart Kettlewell.
| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Substitution | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Rating |
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| 1 | Michael Fraser | ||||
| 2 | Gary Miller | ||||
| 4 | Scott Boyd | ||||
| 5 | Grant Munro | ||||
| 3 | Scott Morrison | ||||
| 10 | Richard Brittain | ||||
| 8 | Stuart Kettlewell | ||||
| 6 | Rocco Quinn(sub 59) |
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| 11 | Iain Vigurs | ||||
| 7 | Michael Gardyne(sub 59) |
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| 9 | Colin McMenamin(sub 82) |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 18 | Joseph Malin | ||||
| 12 | Kurtis Byrne | ||||
| 14 | Steven Craig(sub 59) |
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| 15 | Mark Corcoran(sub 59) |
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| 16 | Sammy Morrow(sub 82) |
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| Player rating out of ten | Player name | Did they score? | Player's disciplinary record | Substitution | Rating |
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| 1 | Andrew McNeil | ||||
| 2 | Maurice Ross | ||||
| 5 | Craig Barr | ||||
| 6 | Paul Watson | ||||
| 3 | Jason Talbot(sub 33) |
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| 4 | Kyle Jacobs | ||||
| 7 | Liam Fox | ||||
| 8 | Keaghan Jacobs | ||||
| 11 | Stefan Scougall | ||||
| 9 | Rory Boulding(sub 69) |
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| 10 | Iain Russell(sub 75) |
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| Substitutes | |||||
| 18 | Darren Jamieson | ||||
| 12 | Kenny Deuchar(sub 69) |
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| 14 | Robert Barr(sub 33) |
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| 15 | Marc McNulty(sub 75) |
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| 16 | Callum Fordyce | ||||
| Team | Ross County | Livingston |
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