Struggling Ross County will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Aberdeen in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Ross County has the fewest scored goals (14) in Premiership
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Ross County form and stats
Ross County's results here at Global Energy Stadium in the Premiership have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 6 defeats. With ten home Premiership games in a row without a win, the County fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Motherwell game long ago, can be stopped today.
County faced defeat in their previous match, away at Livingston (1-3). Before that, Ross County drew at home versus St. Johnstone.
Ross County aren't scoring a lot here at Global Energy Stadium in the league, with only 6 goals from 11 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for County with 22 goals conceded in these matches.
Aberdeen form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premiership travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat.
Aberdeen failed to get anything from their last game, a Premiership home match vs Rangers (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 1-2. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Dundee United.
Aberdeen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 9 games (in the league). They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Aberdeen - County 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): County one win, zero draws and Aberdeen nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 8 goals |  R. Hedges 4 goals |   O. Shaw 3 goals |
Ross County missing players
Aberdeen missing players
| Ross County | Aberdeen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 28 |
| 42 | 22 | 9 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 96% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 86% |
| 78% | 82% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | 67% |
| 39% | 45% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 43% |
| 26% | 27% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 14% |
| 4% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 35% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 22% | 38% |
| 22% | 18% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 48% |
| 48% | 55% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.6 | 9 | 9.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10.4 | 10.1 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 26% | 39% |
- Ross County has the fewest points (7) at home in Premiership
- Ross County has the fewest scored goals (14) in Premiership
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (22) at home in Premiership
- Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (27) in Premiership
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-16) at home in Premiership
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-28) in Premiership
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 53 | 65 |
| 2 | Celtic | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 44 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 39 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 27 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 23 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Motherwell | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 21 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -26 | 18 |
| 12 | Ross County | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | -28 | 17 |
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