Ross County welcome struggling Partick Thistle to the Highlands tomorrow as Jim McIntyre and his team look to continue their impressive start to the season.
The Staggies currently sit fourth in the Premiership after collecting three wins and two draws from the opening seven games.
Thistle find themselves rock bottom of the table and are still looking for their first win of the season.
Ross County team news
- Craig Curran will miss out as he continues to deal with a concussion.
- Rocco Quinn is also unavailable after suffering a hamstring tear last weekend which is likely to rule him out for six weeks.
Partick Thistle team news
- Partick boss Alan Archibald has no fresh injury worries ahead of their Ladbrokes Premiership game against Ross County.
- The trip to the Highlands is likely to come too soon for Gary Fraser (knock) and Mathias Pogba (hamstring).
- Long-term casualty Christie Elliott remains out of action with a spinal injury.
Match stats
- There hasn’t been much to separate the team in recent years – the last eight matches between the sides have produced three wins apiece and two draws.
- Thistle are still looking for their first win of the season. In fact, Thistle are without a victory in their last 11 matches.
- At this stage last season Ross County were yet to pick up their first point of the season. This time out the Staggies currently sit on 11 points.
Ross County boss Jim McIntyre says
“Partick’s current situation makes them very dangerous.
“You just need to look back to the last time we played them, which wasn’t too long ago, and they turned us over.
“It will be a difficult game. I watched their game from the weekend, a 1-0 defeat at home to Dundee, and they certainly should have taken something from it.
“I always say goals change games and getting the first one is crucial.
“They hit the woodwork three times and that seems to be the way it’s falling for them right now but that doesn’t mean to say they’re not a dangerous side.
“They have good players and I know big Archie (boss Alan Archibald) will have them ready and they will be a real handful.”
Provisional Ross County squad
Fox, Foster, Robertson, Davies, Dingwall, Boyd, Gardyne, Irvine, Fraser, Holden, De Vita, Boyce, Graham, McShane, Murdoch, Franks, Reckord, M Woods, G Woods.
Partick Thistle provisional squad
Cerny, Frans, Booth, Lindsay, Dumbuya, Osman, Stevenson, McDaid, Bannigan, Muirhead, Welsh, Lawless, Amoo, Doolan, Miller, Seaborne, Scully, Wilson.