Date	Saturday, 15 December 2012
Competition	Scottish Premier League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:1 Dundee
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	3,129
Referee	Alan Muir
Comments	Match Report Report by Charles Bannerman for the BBC. Ross County 1 Dundee 1 Gary Glen's equaliser gave Ross County a point and means Dundee lie five points adrift at the foot of the Scottish Premier League. Iain Davidson's first goal of the season boosted Dundee's chances of getting three points at Victoria Park. Near the end of a drab first half, the midfielder thundered a 30-yard swerving strike past County's Mark Brown. But substitute Glen lashed past Rab Douglas after Iain Vigurs and Richard Brittain had shots blocked. This bottom-of-the-table clash would have provided rich pickings for any winner but in the end the teams had to be content with a share of the spoils. County captain Brittain hit the post with what was literally the last kick of the game, leaving the Dingwall side, who are tenth, six points better off than the visitors. The 37 minutes until the opening goal was largely devoid of action and entertainment apart from a deflected shot from Alex Cooper, son of County assistant manager Neale who challenged Dundee keeper Douglas as the best player on the park. Then, completely out of the blue, the match sparked into life when the ball broke to Davidson who had all the space in the world to crash home a stunning shot. The strike tantalisingly took a late swerve beyond Brown into the top right corner. Nicky Riley missed a chance to extend Dundee's lead when his shot drifted past the post and Ross Tokely saw a header tipped over the bar by Douglas just before half time. In the second half the ever-present Douglas dealt with dangerous crosses from Cooper and Vigurs before Tokely saw an effort go narrowly by. The equaliser came after a period of intense County pressure when the ball seemed to ricochet about the Dundee box for an eternity before Glen crashed it into the net. Dundee might have gone back into the lead had Colin Nish done more justice to his service from Ryan Conway. Then the game reached a cliffhanging climax when Brittain's effort cannoned off the right post just as referee Alan Muir blew for full time. Ross County manager Derek Adams described his side's draw with Dundee as the Staggies' "worst performance" in the league so far this season. Iain Davidson's impressive first-half strike was cancelled out by Gary Glen's goal for County after the break. "I don't think we played well enough, passed the ball well enough," Adams told BBC Scotland. "We didn't work [goalkeeper] Rab Douglas enough. I still think we had the better opportunities to win." Adams felt Davidson's goal had come "out of the blue" and was disappointed County were unable to snatch a winner late on. "If there was going to be a winner on pressure, then it was always going to be us but Dundee were always capable on the counter-attack," he added.
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	25: Mark Brown, 3: Marc Fitzpatrick, 4: Grant Munro, 5: Scott Boyd, 6: Ross Tokely, 7: Stuart Kettlewell, 9: Colin McMenamin, 10: Richard Brittain, 11: Iain Vigurs 1, 21: Alex Cooper, 29: Mark Fotheringham 1
Bench	1: Michael Fraser, 2: Jonathan Bateson, 12: Rocco Quinn, 15: Mark Corcoran, 20: Gary Glen 1, 23: Archie Macphee, 27: Adam Porritt
Dundee
Manager	Barry Smith
Starting 11	Rab Douglas, Gary Irvine 1, Kyle Benedictus, Declan Gallagher 1, Matt Lockwood, Jim McAlister, Kevin McBride, Iain Davidson 1, Nicky Riley, John Baird, Colin Nish
Bench	Alex Baird, Neil McGregor, Ryan Conroy, Martin Boyle, Lewis Toshney, Mark Stewart, Jamie Reid