Date	Saturday, 20 December 2014
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:1 Hamilton Academical
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	2,966
Referee	John Beaton
Comments	Match Report Report by Martin Dowden for the BBC. Ross County 0 Hamilton Academical 1 Hamilton Accies moved up to third in the Scottish Premiership to end a run of five successive away defeats by defeating Ross County in Dingwall. A blistering start was rewarded when Martin Canning leaped to meet Ali Crawford's corner and head home. County retain eleventh spot after St Mirren's loss but will rue late missed from Martin Woods and Paul Quinn. But Alex Neil's side held out for back-to-back wins that arrested a dip in form recently. County manager Jim McIntyre had emphasised the need for his side to keep a clean sheet, but that idea was blown apart after six minutes. Crawford stole in on the left to win a corner and it was his delivery that gave Canning the chance to rise and beautifully angle a header into the corner against his former side. Two minutes later, Crawford found space and unleashed a drive that was narrowly deflected wide. Hamilton continued to press and a second looked likely when Mickael Antoine-Curier broke into the box on the right-hand side. His beautifully weighted ball across the face of goal was inches away from being buried by Stephen Hendrie. County came close to getting back on level terms when Michael Gardyne was upended by Canning. Woods sent a wonderful curling effort from 25 yards only to be denied by an even more impressive save by Michael McGovern, who tipped the ball on to the post. The County midfielder should have done better when Cardle galloped towards the bye-line. His delivery found Woods in space in front of goal, but he snatched at it and winced as his effort flew well over. Straight from kick off in the second half, Anthony Andreu had a great sight of goal only to have his shot blocked. County grew into the game in terms of possession and had the chances to snatch a point. Joe Cardle blazed high over the bar when the net beckoned and Quinn seemed certain to score right at the death, only for his composure to desert him as he fired off target. It was another frustrating 90 minutes for County, but Hamilton demonstrated their resilience and status as a team to be reckoned with in the Premiership. County manager Jim McIntyre, whose team are second bottom of the league, said: "Yet again we've dropped our runner at the set play and they've punished us. "It's so disappointing. We've been giving the team a lot of praise but that first 45 was unacceptable, really poor. "We've got to show a bigger reaction when we lose a goal. We're at home and we need to give our punters a lift. "In the second half we had some good chances to score and couldn't take them. "Maybe with the situation we're in we're too desperate, not showing that bit of calmness when required. "It was a very disappointing afternoon for us. "You should be looking to pick up most of your points at home but for some reason we give ourselves mountains to climb here. The bottom line is that the quality wasn't there today."
Ross County
Manager	Jim McIntyre
Starting 11	1: Antonio Reguero Chapinal, 6: Steven Saunders, 7: Joseph Cardle, 8: Richard Brittain, 12: Jamie Reckord, 15: Yoann Arquin, 26: Martin Woods, 30: Tony Dingwall, 36: Jackson Irvine, 40: Michael Gardyne, 43: Paul Quinn
Bench	21: Mark Brown, 9: Jake Jervis, 10: Filip Kiss, 14: Darren Maatsen, 23: Graham Carey, 25: Lewis Toshney, 31: Terry Dunfield
Hamilton Academical
Manager	Alex Neil
Starting 11	Michael McGovern, Stephen Hendrie, Michael Devlin, Martin Canning 1 1, Grant Gillespie, Alex Neil, Ali Crawford, Anthony Andreu, Dougie Imrie, Darian MacKinnon, Mickael Antoine-Curier
Bench	Blair Currie, Craig Watson, Darren Lyon, Eamonn Brophy, Daniel Redmond, Jason Scotland, Louis Longridge