| Date | Saturday, 11 August 2018 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Championship |
| Fixture/Score | Dunfermline Athletic 1:3 Ross County |
| Venue | East End Park |
| Attendance | 4,949 |
| Referee | Craig Thomson |
| Comments | Match Report Report by Jim Spence for the BBC. Dunfermline Athletic 1 Ross County 3 Ross County overcame Dunfermline Athletic to go top of the Championship. County's Josh Mullin raced on to a Declan McManus pass and lashed a 22-yard shot home before Louis Longridge levelled for the Pars. Michael Gardyne gave the visitors the lead again before half-time, running at the home defence and netting from the 18-yard line. And Keith Watson hooked in from Ross Draper's head-flick at a corner to seal the visitors' win in the second half. Dunfermline had plenty of possession and Aidan Connolly swept a free-kick just wide of goal with six minutes left, and Andy Ryan's low shot was held well by Scott Fox. But County always had pace and were dangerous on the break as they held firm to take the points. |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell |
| Starting 11 | 1: Scott Fox, 2: Marcus Fraser, 3: Sean Kelly, 5: Callum Morris, 6: Ross Draper, 7: Michael Gardyne 1, 8: Jamie Lindsay, 10: Declan Mcmanus, 11: Iain Vigurs, 14: Joshua Mullin 1, 15: Keith Watson 1 1 |
| Bench | 21: Ross Munro, 9: Billy Mckay, 12: Stelios Demetriou, 17: Davis Keillor-Dunn, 18: Ryan Dow, 19: Brian Graham, 27: Ross Stewart |
| Dunfermline Athletic | |
| Manager | Allan Johnston |
| Starting 11 | Lee Robinson, Lee Ashcroft 1, Mark Durnan, Jackson Longridge, Ryan Williamson, Joe Thomson, James Vincent 1, Louis Longridge 1, James Craigen, Faissal El Bakhtaoui, Myles Hippolyte |
| Bench | Kallum Higginbotham, Aidan Connolly, Andy Ryan, Callum Smith, Matthew Todd, Lewis McCann, Cammy Gill |