| Date | Saturday, 15 September 2018 |
|---|---|
| Competition | Scottish Championship |
| Fixture/Score | Queen of the South 0:0 Ross County |
| Venue | Palmerston Park |
| Attendance | 1,509 |
| Referee | Steven McLean |
| Comments | Match Report Report from the BBC. Queen of the South 0 Ross County 0 Ross County were knocked off the top of the Scottish Championship table by Highland rivals Inverness after an uninspiring goalless draw away to Queen of the South. Queen's striker Stephen Dobbie had scored 20 goals in all competitions already this season, and looked the most likely to find the net. The 35 year old cracked the crossbar eight minutes before half-time when clean through on goal. Dobbie had been the provider early on. He slipped the ball through to Lyndon Dykes only for the Australian's shot to be met with a good save from County keeper Scott Fox. Queens continued the pressure and Dykes was denied again by Fox on the half hour mark as Queen's sought reward for their dominance. County's best chance came in the second half from a cross, but Michael Gardyne headed over the crossbar. The Staggies surrendered the Championship lead while Queen's are now three without defeat. Queen of the South manager Gary Naysmith: "I thought it was two evenly matched teams, we probably shaded it the first half, definitely in terms of half chances. Lyndon has had a decent chance and Dobbie has hit the bar. "So we definitely deserved a point and I think maybe that was the right result" Ross County co-manager Stuart Kettlewell: "[I'm a] little bit disappointed in our performance today and I think the players are as well. We didn't feel as though we got going at all as an attacking threat, there was no flow to our game. "If we're being brutally honest I think a draw is maybe a fair result." |
| Ross County | |
| Manager | Steven Ferguson Stuart Kettlewell |
| Starting 11 | 1: Scott Fox, 4: Liam Fontaine, 5: Callum Morris, 6: Ross Draper, 7: Michael Gardyne, 8: Jamie Lindsay, 10: Declan Mcmanus, 11: Iain Vigurs 1, 14: Joshua Mullin, 19: Michael Gardyne, 26: Don Cowie (SNR) |
| Bench | 21: Ross Munro, 3: Sean Kelly, 9: Billy Mckay, 12: Stelios Demetriou, 17: Davis Keillor-Dunn, 22: Tony Dingwall, 27: Ross Stewart |
| Queen of the South | |
| Manager | Gary Naismith |
| Starting 11 | Alan Martin, Scott Mercer, Jordan Marshall, Michael Doyle, Callum Semple, Andy Stirling, Kyle Jacobs 1, Josh Todd, Gary Harkins, Stephen Dobbie, Lyndon Dykes |
| Bench | Jack Leighfield, Charlie Exley, Connor Murray, Owen Bell, Adam Frizzell, David Norman, Daniel Harvey |