Date	Saturday, 24 August 2013
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Ross County 3:0 Saint Mirren
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	3,142
Referee	Calum Murray
Comments	Match Report Report from the BBC. Ross County 3 Saint Mirren 0 Two Richard Brittain goals helped Ross County register their first Premiership win of the season with an easy win over St Mirren at Victoria Park. Stuart Kettlewell opened the scoring with an impressive 20-yard strike. A foul on County's Rocco Quinn brought a penalty and Brittain scored the rebound after St Mirren goalkeeper David Cornell had saved the spot-kick. Brittain fired in his second from the edge of the box to leave Saints still without a league win. Danny Lennon's side have played one Premieship game less than the majority of their rivals, but the ever-closer proximity of bottom-placed Hearts will be beginning to alarm the Buddies. Also a concern is the lack of goal-scoring opportunities, with Saints rarely troubling County goalkeeper Mark Brown in Dingwall - the signing of another forward must be one of Lennon's top priorities. It is a valuable three points for Derek Adams' men after a run of three defeats in which they conceded nine goals. Therefore, this clean-sheet in the Highlands will be an added bonus to a solid win. Kettlewell broke the deadlock after picking up the ball in midfield and running on to unleash a fizzer past St Mirren's Cornell. The hosts' lead was doubled at the second attempt by Brittain, who put in exactly the type of performance which made him a key part of County's fifth-place finish last season. Brown had the odd save to make, keeping out a Kenny McLean effort on one occasion, but it was mostly one-way traffic. And after the break Brittain received the ball following a corner and took a nice first touch to set-up his second touch - and goal - with a fine strike. Ross County manager Derek Adams says more than one top flight player could be on their way to the Dingwall club. He is keen to strengthen his side further after their first Premiership win of the season at home to St Mirren. "We've spoken to a number of players but we have to wait and see if that's going to be possible," Adams told BBC Radio Scotland. Stuart Kettlewell and a Richard Brittain provided County with the three goals that beat the Saints. It followed three consecutive defeats to Celtic, Partick Thistle and St Johnstone. "We pressed and passed the ball well and defended a lot better than we've done in our last two games," Adams said. "They've been hurting from the last two games and they showed what a good side they are. "It's a very tight league, win a game and you move up a couple of places. You don't want to draw too many games, you want to win." And Adams underlined his belief that success at County comes via a whole team effort rather than simply individual talent. "You see that when players move away from this football club, they struggle to get into other teams," he said. "Because it's not them that's been the ones that have done well, it's the collective unit."
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	1: Mark Brown, 2: Mihael Kovacevic, 3: Benjamin Gordon, 4: Stuart Kettlewell 1 1, 7: Ivan Sproule, 8: Richard Brittain 2 (1 pen), 10: Rocco Quinn, 12: Grant Munro, 19: Kevin Luckassen, 21: Brian McLean, 23: Graham Carey
Bench	20: Michael Fraser, 5: Scott Boyd, 6: Branislav Micic, 9: Orhan Mustafi, 11: Melvin De Leeuw, 14: Darren Maatsen, 17: Steven Ross
Saint Mirren
Manager	Danny Lennon
Starting 11	David Cornell, Marc McAusland, Jim Goodwin, Kenny McLean, Steven Thompson 1, Conor Newton, Gary Teale, Danny Grainger, Gary Harkins, Darren McGregor, Paul McGowan
Bench	Christophe Dilo, David Van Zanten, John McGinn, Thomas Reilly, Jason Naismith, Sean Kelly, Jon Robertson