Date	Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Competition	Scottish Premier League
Fixture/Score	Ross County 1:0 Hibernian
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	3,055
Referee	Bobby Madden
Comments	Match Report Report from the BBC. Ross County 1 Hibernian 0 Ross County overcame Hibernian to remain unbeaten in 2013 and consolidate their Scottish Premier League position. Ivan Sproule scored against his former club to give County the lead nine minutes before the break. The winger was a persistent threat to the Hibs defence, with Rocco Quinn also had a couple of strikes at goal. Hibs offered little in attack, with Leigh Griffiths restricted to long-range efforts on a frustrating evening for the visitors. County remain tenth but are now 14 points clear of bottom club Dundee, while fourth-place Hibs are now just a point above St Johnstone. The Leith men tried hard to keep the ball on the deck amid windy conditions and Griffiths' low shot tested Mark Brown just before the quarter-hour mark. The hosts gradually began to take control and Ross Quinn was unsuccessful with a drive over the bar before Sproule began to trouble his old team-mates. The winger had a couple of efforts blocked by Williams, the second after being sent through by Iain Vigurs' incisive pass. Hibs did not heed the warning of that combination and Sproule breached the defence again to round the goalkeeper and touch home. An effort by Quinn was gathered by Williams at the second attempt as County sought to double their lead at the start of the second half. A long-range shot by Gary Deegan which went straight into the arms of Brown typified the kind of night Hibs were having. Sproule was withdrawn midway through the second half with a hamstring strain and German forward Steffen Wolfarth made his Ross County debut as a substitute. But there was to be no more scoring at Victoria Park, with referee Bobby Madden seeing nothing amiss in the County penalty box as Griffiths tangled with Mihael Kovacevic in injury time. Ross County manager Derek Adams is hopeful Ivan Sproule will be fit to face Hearts on Saturday after his goal sealed victory against Hibernian. Sproule's third goal for County came against his former club but he was withdrawn late on in the match. "He has a problem with his hamstring but we're not ruling him out of Saturday yet as it doesn't look like it's a tear," said Adams. "When he pulled up I feared the worst as Ivan is a very quick player." The solitary-goal win moved the Dingwall side 14 points clear of the relegation zone and to within four points of the top six. "It's been an excellent start to the year with 28 points now and Ivan Sproule has played a big part in that with three goals and an assist in the three games he has played," added Adams. "He was desperate to play against Hibs as he wanted to show them what they were missing and he certainly did that with a composed finish from a great through-ball from Iain Vigurs. "It's another good win for us - it's good to keep the momentum going. "We are six points off Hibs with two games in hand and four points behind Aberdeen, so we are doing well."
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	25: Mark Brown, 4: Grant Munro, 5: Scott Boyd 1, 8: Paul Lawson, 10: Richard Brittain, 11: Iain Vigurs 1, 12: Rocco Quinn, 16: Ivan Sproule 1, 17: Samuel Morrow, 18: Evangelos Oikonomou, 22: Mihael Kovacevic
Bench	1: Michael Fraser, 13: Andre Hainault, 15: Steffen Wohifarth, 20: Gary Glen, 21: Alex Cooper, 23: Archie Macphee, 26: Tony Dingwall
Hibernian
Manager	Pat Fenlon
Starting 11	Ben Williams, Timothy Clancy, Paul Hanlon, James McPake, Gary Deegan 1, Jorge Claros, Lewis Stevenson, Scott Robertson, Leigh Griffiths, Eoin Doyle, Danny Handling
Bench	Sean Murdoch, Alan Maybury, Bradley Donaldson, David Wotherspoon, Thomas Taiwo, Ross Caldwell, Shefki Kuqi