LIVE UPDATES – ST JOHNSTONE V ROSS COUNTY
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St Johnstone 0
Ross County 0
73 minutes played
(66) Chance for Ross County – Keith Watson cross finds Coll Donaldson eight yards from goal but he blasted over.
(62) St Johnstone substitution –Chris Kane off Stevie May on.
(62) Ross County substitutions – Charlie Lakin and Billy McKay off. Michael Gardyne and Iain Vigurs on.
(56) Liam Craig has a low drive from the edge of the box that is well saved by Laidlaw.
(45) Half time St Johnstone 0 Ross County 0
(44) St Johnstone close again as Shaun Rooney's cross goes unchallenged to find Calum Booth but his low drive from 12 yards out easily saved by Laidlaw.
(43) Liam Gordon leaps like a salmon out of a river of Ross County defenders to connect with David Wotherspoon's free kick from eight yards out. But header goes inches over the crossbar.
(38) Play stopped as Ali McCann injured after clattering into his own right post while defending corner.
(33) St Johnstone take advantage of slack defending as Chris Kane goes clear through but Ross Laidlaw does well to block shot.
(23) Ross Laidlaw parries 20-yard low drive from Ali McCann out for a corner after David Wotherspoon was allowed to run through slack Staggies defence.
(18) First chance of the game for either side as dangerous free kick given to St Johnstone 20 yards out from goal as Keith Watson brings down Chris Kane. But David Wotherspoon blasts well over the bar.
Ross County have made one change to the team that was beat 2–1 by Hibernian going into today's match against St Johnstone.
Blair Spittal is out of the squad with Harry Paton set to replace him in the starting 11.
St Johnstone - Clark, Booth, Kerr, Gordon, McCart, Craig, Rooney, McCann, Kane (May 62), Wotherspoon, Melamed.
Subs – Parish, Brown, Tanser, Bryson, Gilmour, Middleton, Conway, O'Halloran.
Ross County – Laidlaw, Hjelde, McKay (Gardyne 62), Watson, Iacovitti, Lakin (Vigurs 62), Tillson, Naismith, Paton, Donaldson, White.
Subs –Hilton, Draper, Shaw , Hylton, Charles-Cook, Kelly, Wright.
Referee – Craig Napier
