Date	Saturday, 08 August 2020
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Hamilton Academical 0:1 Ross County
Venue	Core Physio
Attendance
Referee	Bobby Madden
Comments	Match Report Report by Andy Campbell for the BBC. Played Behind Closed Doors Hamilton 0 Ross County 1 Stuart Kettlewell urged Ross County not to "sit back and relax" after they secured back-to-back wins in their opening two Scottish Premiership games. Saturday's 1-0 win at Hamilton Academical, courtesy of Billy Mckay's strike, followed a win by the same margin against Motherwell last Monday. County host Kilmarnock then Dundee United in their next two matches. "How far can you take it?" Kettlewell said on BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound after the win at New Douglas Park. "We know we've got two home games to come. This isn't the point where we sit back and relax. "This league doesn't let you rest on your laurels. It's important that we show the same characteristics, the same mentality and the same bit of quality when the opportunities come." Mckay scored at the second attempt after he and Michael Gardyne had been foiled in the wake of an error by goalkeeper Ryan Fulton, who missed Josh Mullin's cross. Ross Stewart had earlier fired against a post as Hamilton struggled to contain their visitors and Lee Erwin should have put County in front early on when his close-ranges shot was blocked by Fulton. Callum Smith had Accies' best efforts, testing keeper Ross Laidlaw twice before going off at half-time. And Laidlaw held a David Moyo header in the closing stages to make sure of the points. Hamilton lacked a spark and getting David Templeton fully fit again and new signing Justin Johnson bedded in will give opponents something different to think about. Accies also missed Marios Ogkmpoe's presence in attack with County's defence largely untroubled for long periods. County, on the other hand, go from strength to strength and the second-half introductions of Gardyne and Mullin gave the Staggies fresh attacking impetus just when they needed it. Hamilton head coach Brian Rice: "We lost a poor goal. It was a scrappy goal for us to lose. I always thought that the first goal would be very, very important and so it proved to be. "You've got to learn, you've got to learn by your mistakes. The young lads need to learn quickly. We defended our box better today but still loads and loads to learn." Ross County manager Stuart Kettlewell: "We had stages where we caught fire. Billy Mckay gets the type of goal that he tends to get over a season. "I'm delighted with the squad. It was a decent group performance. Looking at a young back four, or a new back four, it's great to see another clean sheet."
Ross County
Manager	Stuart (Ketts) Kettlewell
Starting 11	1: Ross Laidlaw, 2: Connor Randall, 9: Billy Mckay 1, 10: Lee Erwin, 11: Iain Vigurs 1, 16: Alexander Iacovitti, 22: Jordon Tillson, 24: Harrison Paton, 25: Coll Donaldson, 27: Ross Stewart, 43: Josh Reid
Bench	21: Ross Doohan, 5: Callum Morris, 6: Ross Draper, 7: Michael Gardyne, 8: Oliver Shaw, 14: Joshua Mullin, 15: Keith Watson, 17: Regan Charles-Cook, 18: Stephen Kelly
Hamilton Academical
Manager	Brian Rice
Starting 11	Ryan Fulton, Hakeem Odoffin, Scott McMann, Shaun Want, Markus Fjørtoft, Scott Martin, Lewis Smith, Callum Smith, Ross Callachan, Andy Winter, David Moyo
Bench	Kyle Gourlay, Ciaran McKenna, Jamie Hamilton, David Templeton, Charlie Trafford, Reegan Mimnaugh, Kyle Munro, Lateef Owolabi, Justin Johnson