Date	Saturday, 03 October 2015
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	5,473
Referee	Willie Collum
Comments	Match Report Report by Martin Dowden for the BBC. Ross County 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 Inverness continued their upsurge in form with first half strikes from Miles Storey and James Vincent securing a 2-1 Highland derby victory in Dingwall. Storey netted his fourth in five games when he calmly side-footed the opener. He then broke down the left with superb pace, earning a corner from which Vincent nodded home at the back post. County pressed in the second half and eventually broke through when Boyce headed home what proved to be a consolation in injury time. The absence of in-form Ryan Christie was a talking point pre-match but Storey picked up the mantle and was a key architect of this win. County started slightly better in an attacking sense and Michael Gardyne sent a great chance over from close-range after David Raven failed to deal with Boyce's centre. As half-time approached the visitors decisively took the initiative. Liam Polworth's accurate centre found Storey breaking beyond the defence and he didn't hesitate in stroking the ball home. Storey then turned superbly and skinned Scott Boyd to earn a corner. The ball was flicked into the path of Vincent at the back post and he nodded it in to give John Hughes' side a commanding lead. The second half involved a pattern of County trying new ways to break down the visiting defence, with Inverness attempting to release Storey to utilise his exceptional speed. Stewart Murdoch drove wide and headers from Boyce and Jackson Irvine didn't overly threaten. The afternoon got worse for Jim McIntyre when his goalkeeper Scott Fox landed awkwardly on his left leg and had to be stretchered off. Late hope arrived when Boyce once again marked his name on the scoresheet in injury time but it proved too late to mount serious pressure on the result. Inverness can now rightly claim they're showing similar form to that of last season. A first defeat since mid-August for County points to a good start they'll be keen to maintain. Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager John Hughes insists he is not urgently looking for contract talks with his chairman despite being in the final year of his deal. Hughes has been linked with the vacant Dundee United post and, after his sides's 2-1 win over Ross County, told BBC Scotland he does get frustrated at being unable to build a team. "I'm content up here right at this moment in time," he said. "I understand the way this club works." Hughes continued: "My only frustration at his club at times is coming up against teams like Aberdeen and Dundee United and they've got Billy McKays and Graham Shinnies. "You want to keep trying to build a team, that's my only frustration, but the part you play in Scottish football is if you produce then the bigger fish come calling and I'm delighted to give guys that stage." When asked if that applies to managers, he answered, "100%, I can only give you, you're flattered to be linked. "Until there's any contact with the chairman then I'll remain Inverness manager unless he sees different. If he says: 'come on, we'll sit down, get a contract worked out,' I'm easy. "I really enjoy it up here; I love working with these guys. I think I can make them better. "When you get a wee nugget like Miles Storey, maybe losing McKays and Shinnies, it makes it worthwhile." Hughes was delighted with goalscorer Storey, who netted his fourth goal in five games since joining on loan from Swindon Town. "Miles Storey is rapid quick," he said. "It's all credit to the chairman who came in with the name actually. "Everything that a loan deal is meant to do: come up play football, stay injury free, score goals and go and take the platform. It's working for him. "We were hanging in there for the last five minutes, but we've got that spirit. "That's six unbeaten now and, with the injuries that we've got, I take my hat off to these boys." County manager Jim McIntyre bemoaned a lack of concentration that cost his side the match as half-time approached. "We've switched off for the first goal and took ourselves out of position too easily and then not fended a corner, which is unlike us," he said. "You've got to look at the chance for Michael Gardyne after 18 minutes. "I thought second half the players gave everything. We just didn't have the final piece of quality." Goalkeeper Scott Fox was stretchered off after falling awkwardly with a clear diagnosis uncertain, but the suspicion is that he may have ankle ligament damage.
Ross County
Manager	Jim McIntyre
Starting 11	1: Scott Fox, 2: Marcus Fraser, 5: Scott Boyd, 6: Christopher Robertson, 7: Michael Gardyne, 9: Brian Graham, 10: Liam Boyce 1, 12: Richard Foster, 17: Jonathan Franks, 18: Stewart Murdoch 1, 36: Jackson Irvine
Bench	21: Gary Woods, 3: Jamie Reckord, 8: Ian McShane, 14: Darren Holden, 19: Tony Dingwall, 24: Raffaele De Vita
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Manager	John Hughes
Starting 11	Owain Fon Williams, David Raven 1, Josh Meekings, Danny Devine, Danny Williams, James Vincent 1, Ross Draper 1, Greg Tansey, Liam Polworth, Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo 1, Miles Storey 1
Bench	Ryan Esson, Carl Tremarco, Daniel Lopez Robles, Nathaniel Wedderburn, Lewis Horner, Iain Vigurs, Alisdair Sutherland