Date	Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Competition	Scottish Premier League
Fixture/Score	Aberdeen 0:1 Ross County
Venue	Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance	6,394
Referee	Crawford Allan
Comments	Match Report Report by Kenny Crawford for the BBC. Aberdeen 0 Ross County 1 Gary Glen's late goal moved Ross County to third in the Scottish Premier League after beating Aberdeen at Pittodrie. A drab first half saw Ryan Jack go close for the hosts while County's Ivan Sproule tested Jamie Langfield. Sproule had the visitors' best chances of a similarly dull second half before Niall McGinn hit the side-netting. But substitute Gary Glen finished Steffen Wohlfarth's flick with 10 minutes to go to put County level on points with Inverness CT. Aberdeen were looking for their first ever competitive win over Ross County after drawing and losing the previous two meetings of 2012/13. Jonny Hayes returned to the home side's starting XI and within sixty seconds foraged forward menacingly before being brought to a halt by County's Mihael Kovacevic. With the game initially lacking fluidity, a decent Russell Anderson interception on 11 minutes eventually sparked an Aberdeen attack that ended with a Hayes cross which County keeper Mark Brown gathered at the second attempt. The Dons took the game to Derek Adams' men again in the 25th minute. A floated Hayes pass put Jack in behind County's Evangelos Ikonomou on the right side of the box and the Scotland under-21 international cut inside to send in a low left-footed shot wide of the goal. The visitors had rarely threatened but on 35 minutes Sproule suddenly supplied the game's best chance. Ikonomou found Sproule on the left channel and the Northern Irishman flashed in a low right-footed effort which Langfield had to divert wide for a corner. County sustained that pressure and a Kovacevic effort, after he dispossessed Hayes, gave Langfield more to do before half-time. Dons manager Craig Brown replaced Fallon with Peter Pawlett at the beginning of the second period but it was 'as you were' in terms of a spectacle. Aberdeen's Gavin Rae blazed over from Hayes' lay-off on the hour mark to prompt another groan from the Pittodrie crowd. On 64 minutes, Sproule received a long ball in the box with his back to goal and wriggled away from Dons captain Russell Anderson to shoot tamely. A minute later Sproule, looking for his sixth Ross County goal, worked Langfield again with a near-post drive but the home keeper was equal to it. The striker was substituted for Glen soon after, a swap Sproule did not look enthused about. With 15 minutes remaining, Langfield's long punt was misjudged by Scott Boyd in the County defence and McGinn hit a left-footer high into the side netting to remind the visitors of his presence. Aberdeen's Pawlett did well to drift past Grant Munro on 78 minutes but his left-foot shot was weak. Then, when a goal-less draw looked inevitable, County took the lead. Rocco Quinn's right-wing cross was flicked on nicely by Wohlfarth in the direction of Glen, who blasted high past Langfield at the near-post from eight yards. Aberdeen almost replied immediately as Rae latched onto Pawlett's pass in the box to force an excellent low save from Brown. However, County ground out the victory to remain undefeated against the Dons and go level on points with second-placed Highland neighbours Inverness CT. Ross County manager Derek Adams has set his sights on overtaking Inverness CT after beating Aberdeen at Pittodrie. County are now level on points with second-place Caley Thistle, who they play in Dingwall on Saturday. "We've had a lot of good games this season against Inverness," Adams told BBC Radio Scotland. "We felt a little bit hard done by in the Scottish Cup game, so if we can go and win the match and overtake them, that's what we'd like to do." Aberdeen have yet to win against Ross County, who are now nine matches unbeaten. "It was a difficult game for us and it was an important win, it keeps us going," Adams said. "[Aberdeen manager] Craig Brown said afterwards we deserved to win and that was nice. "The pitch was slow, it wasn't the best game and there were not a lot of chances created. "But it was a good finish from Gary Glen." Substitute Glen's third goal of the season came in the 81st minute when he thumped home Steffen Wohlfarth's flick from Rocco Quinn's cross. The striker had replaced Ivan Sproule, who was not too happy about being taken off, snapping angrily at Adams after getting a pat on the back on his way off. "Ivan was sick before the game," added Adams. "He wants to play in every match, obviously, but we've got an important game on Saturday and we want to have him ready for it."
Ross County
Manager	Derek Adams
Starting 11	25: Mark Brown, 4: Grant Munro, 5: Scott Boyd, 8: Paul Lawson, 10: Richard Brittain, 11: Iain Vigurs, 12: Rocco Quinn, 16: Ivan Sproule, 17: Samuel Morrow, 18: Evangelos Oikonomou, 22: Mihael Kovacevic
Bench	1: Michael Fraser, 13: Andre Hainault, 15: Steffen Wohifarth, 20: Gary Glen 1, 21: Alex Cooper, 23: Archie Macphee, 26: Tony Dingwall
Aberdeen
Manager	Craig Brown
Starting 11	James Langfield, Ryan Jack, Clark Robertson, Russell Anderson, Mark Reynolds, Gavin Rae, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Stephen Hughes, Rory Fallon, Josh Magennis
Bench	Dan Twardzik, Nicky Low, Gary Naysmith, Robert Milsom, Peter Pawlett, Scott Vernon, Declan McManus