Date	Sunday, 24 September 2023
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Aberdeen 4:0 Ross County
Venue	Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance	15,116
Referee	Don Robertson
Comments	Match Report Report by Sean McGill for the BBC. Aberdeen 4 Ross County 0 Aberdeen cantered to their first Scottish Premiership win of the season as they swept aside a ragged Ross County at Pittodrie. Bojan Miovski tapped home an incredible Richard Jensen overhead kick assist to start the charge, before Luis 'Duk' Lopes grabbed his first goal of the season just minutes before the interval. After the break, the visitors' bemused backline was caught sleeping again as Jamie McGrath rolled in, with Miovski rifling another to ease the nerves at Pittodrie on the back of a shaky start to the hosts' league campaign. Barry Robson's side stay 11th despite their rampant win, while Ross County remain in seventh. A fraught opening period needed a moment of quality, and it came from the unlikely source of Jensen, who unleashed an overhead kick while sat on the deck, which was promptly finished off by the prolific Miovski. The opening goal lifted the shackles off Aberdeen, and they could have quickly doubled their lead had Duk lifted the ball over the onrushing Ross Laidlaw. Duk then made up for it after a rampant counter attack allowed the forward to fire into the far corner. The second period brought much of the same, as more County chaos at the back saw Miovski roll the ball towards an unmanned McGrath for a simple finish. And another audacious assist would soon be on show as Aberdeen's frontmen combined again. While tumbling to ground, Duk managed a back-heel flick to Miovski, with the North Macedonian slamming beyond Laidlaw to seal red-hot Aberdeen a much-needed league triumph. Last season, so much of Aberdeen's success had been down to the lethal and graceful partnership of Miovski and Duk. While the former has been scoring at a rate incongruous with his side's stuttering start, the enigmatic Duk has had his head uncharacteristically bowed in the opening weeks of the campaign. On an afternoon of plentiful positives for Aberdeen, the Cape Verde international's return to the scoresheet may prove the most meaningful. Although Aberdeen should be commended for completely nullifying their opposition, the task proved much easier than Malky Mackay would have wished. The County manager has made a point of praising the attacking talent as his disposal this year, but when they aren't in the game, the whole team looks shackled. Even more concerning is the nature of the goals they conceded, with Aberdeen forwards streaming into promising positions whenever they fancied without reply. Aberdeen manager Barry Robson: "After the performance the other night, we managed to go today and score a few goals. We brought a lot of speed and passed the ball really well. It was a worthy win for us. "We don't get carried away. We won a game at home. We had a good performance, but we have a big game on Wednesday that we want to try to win." Ross County manager Malky Mackay: "We come out of here well beaten by Aberdeen with Wednesday night in mind, knowing we have to be better than that. "There will be nothing brushed under the carpet. We've not had too many days like that the last couple of years. We were playing against a good team. If you make basic errors a good players, you get punished."
Ross County
Manager	Malcolm (Malky) Mackay
Starting 11	1: Ross Laidlaw, 2: Connor Randall, 4: James Brown 1, 5: Jack Baldwin, 7: Kyle Turner, 10: Yan Dhanda 1, 15: Simon Murray, 26: Jordan White, 35: Will Nightingale 1, 42: Ryan Leak 1, 43: Josh Reid
Bench	22: Ross Munro, 3: Ben Purrington, 11: Joshua Sims, 14: Victor Loturi, 16: George Harmon, 17: Jay Henderson, 18: Scott High, 25: Alexander Samuel, 27: James Brown
Aberdeen
Manager	Barry Robson
Starting 11	Kelle Roos, Nicky Delvin, Graeme Shinnie, Richard Jensen, Stefan Gartenmann, Jamie McGrath 1, Connor Barron, Bojan Miovski 2, Luis Lopes (Duk) 1, James McGarry, Slobodan Rubezic
Bench	Ross Doohan, Jack MacKenzie, Leighton Clarkson, Pape Habib Gueye, Jonny Hayes, Ester Sokler, Dante Polvara, Ryan Duncan, Angus MacDonald