Date	Saturday, 04 April 2015
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Dundee United 1:2 Ross County
Venue	Tannadice Park
Attendance	6,186
Referee	Steven McLean
Comments	Match Report Report by Cheri Burns for the BBC. Dundee United 1 Ross County 2 Ross County's Scottish Premiership revival continued as they came away with all three points from a close encounter with Dundee United. Nadir Ciftci's penalty levelled the match after Jackson Irvine's header had put the visitors ahead. But Raffaele De Vita's finish on the rebound was enough to secure victory for the Dingwall side. And the result was a disappointing one for Jackie McNamara in his 100th game in charge of United. The Tangerines also go nine games without a win while Jim McIntyre's County, who move 10 points clear of bottom side St Mirren and remain three ahead of Motherwell, extend their unbeaten run to seven. United started well and Ciftci got the first sight of goal after neatly evading defenders, eventually dragging his shot wide. The striker then forced the ball over the line only to be ruled offside. Ciftci clashed in the box with Jamie Reckord and claimed unsuccessfully for a penalty as the tide of attacks towards the visitors' goal continued. But, against the run of play, the Highlanders found the opener. Martin Woods sent in an inswinging corner, which Jackson Irvine connected to with a bullet header into the net. There was barely time to enjoy it, though, as, in a darting run, Aidan Connolly won a spot-kick for the hosts after being fouled by Marcus Fraser. Up stepped Ciftci, who calmly converted. Though pegged pack, County started the second half with confidence. Liam Boyce was pulled back by United left-back Paul Dixon, who received a booking amid shouts from the visitors that the offence merited a dismissal. Soon after, the visitors had the ball in the net again after Irvine headed in from another corner but his celebrations were cut short due to a foul on goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak. But McIntyre's men were not to be denied and took the lead again thanks to De Vita, who pounced following a fine save from Cierzniak to block another Irvine header. United pressure ensued but it was to be County's day. Jim McIntyre was keen to stress that Ross County still have work to do in their pursuit of Scottish Premiership safety. McIntyre's side beat Dundee United to move 10 points clear of Scottish Premiership bottom side St Mirren and remain three above Motherwell. "The working environment's a happy place," the County boss told BBC Scotland. "We're on a good positive run at the moment but there's a long way to go." Jackson Irvine headed County ahead at Tannadice only for Nadir Ciftci to level from the spot. Another Irvine header was kept out by goalkeeper Radoslaw Cierzniak but Raffaele De Vita netted the rebound to secure victory for the Dingwall side. "United came out the traps flying and had us under severe pressure and we had to cope with that," explained McIntyre, whose side are unbeaten in seven. "I thought we actually scored against the run of play with a well-worked corner and then we started to grow into the match. "Winning football matches makes you feel good about yourself. Even when we weren't getting results, they were still doing the right things and trying the right things. "Every point's a prisoner at the moment for us and we'll get ourselves ready for Tuesday night now against St Johnstone."
Ross County
Manager	Jim McIntyre
Starting 11	21: Mark Brown, 5: Scott Boyd, 10: Filip Kiss, 11: Craig Curran, 12: Jamie Reckord, 16: Liam Boyce, 24: Raffaele De Vita 1 1, 26: Martin Woods 1, 36: Jackson Irvine 1, 43: Paul Quinn 1, 44: Marcus Fraser
Bench	1: Antonio Reguero Chapinal, 7: Joseph Cardle, 9: Jake Jervis, 14: Abdoulaye Meite, 20: Darvydas Sernas, 22: Ruben Palazuelos Garcia, 30: Tony Dingwall
Dundee United
Manager	Jackie McNamara
Starting 11	Radoslaw Cierzniak, Sean Dillon, John Souttar, Jaroslaw Fojut, Paul Dixon 1, Paul Paton, John Rankin, Chris Erskine, Blair Spittal, Aidan Connolly, Nadir Cifti 1 (1 pen)
Bench	Michal Szromnik, Calum Butcher, Charlie Telfer, Euan Spark, Henri Anier, Robbie Muirhead, Scott Smith