Date	Saturday, 01 October 2022
Competition	Scottish Premiership
Fixture/Score	Ross County 0:2 Hibernian
Venue	Global Energy Stadium at Victoria Park
Attendance	4,243
Referee	Alan Muir
Comments	Match Report Report by Jack Herrall for the BBC. Ross County 0 Hibernian 2 Hibernian recorded their third back-to-back win in the Scottish Premiership after defeating Ross County in an engrossing clash in Dingwall. Ryan Porteous continued his stellar Scotland form and Martin Boyle added a second as Hibs won just the third away game in their last 13 league attempts. Malky Mackay's home side often showed flashes of attacking intent but failed to find a cutting edge. County now sit just one point above the relegation play-off spot. Porteous, fresh from a Scotland debut in midweek against Ukraine, twice went close in the early stages as a free-kick whistled by the post and a dipping 30-yard shot was punched clear. The game hit a slight lull before Owura Edwards had the best chance of the first half. William Akio and Ross Callachan combined well to slip Edwards in. His shot really should have nestled in the bottom corner of the net, but goalkeeper David Marshall made himself big to block. The star of the first half, Porteous, followed up his impressive opening 45 display with a goal-scoring start to the second half. A long throw-in ping-ponged around in the County box before the 23-year-old centre-back reacted quickest to sweep it home with a left-footed strike. The away side should have doubled their advantage through Mykola Kukharevych, but his shot, at the second time of asking from a trademark Boyle cutback, didn't find the back of the net. With just 10 minutes left on the clock, though, Chris Cadden drove to the edge of the box and sent a low cross for Boyle to calmly convert. Porteous' contract runs out at the end of the season and that should have alarm bells ringing around Easter Road. Manager Lee Johnson wants his side to play attacking football with a clear emphasis on building from the back and Porteous is the player linking it all together right now. Neither side had a terribly profitable afternoon in front of goal, with a lack of cutting edge letting them both down at times. Hibs won't mind too much now with three points going back to Edinburgh though. County have had that problem all season with a handful of chances left unconverted again. A goalscorer is needed, and fast, for Mackay's side. Hibernian manager Lee Johnson: "I thought, in the first half, we had a lot of control without having a cutting edge. "I think in the second half, arguably, we could have scored more than two. We were solid behind the ball and counter-attacked really well. We had dangerous players and our subs can add more impetus too, which they did." Ross County manager Malky Mackay: "I was really pleased with the way we played in the first half. I thought we caused them plenty of problems down the left side. "We got Owura Edwards on the ball a lot and unfortunately never took our golden chance to go in 1-0 up at half-time. That sometimes can change the balance of it."
Ross County
Manager	Malcolm (Malky) Mackay
Starting 11	1: Ross Laidlaw, 3: Ben Purrington, 4: David Cancola 1, 5: Jack Baldwin, 6: Alexander Iacovitti, 7: Owura Edwards, 8: Ross Callachan, 12: Callum Johnson, 18: William Akio, 24: Benjamin Paton, 26: Jordan White
Bench	31: Jake Eastwood, 9: Dominic Samuel, 10: Yan Dhanda, 11: Joshua Sims, 14: Victor Loturi, 15: Keith Watson, 17: Kazeem Olaigbe, 19: Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila, 22: Jordon Tillson
Hibernian
Manager	Lee Johnson
Starting 11	David Marshall, Marijan Cabraja, Paul Hanlon, Ryan Porteous 1, Chris Cadden, Nohan Kenneh, Joe Newell, Thody Elie Youan, Josh Campbell, Martin Boyle 1, Mykola Kukharevych
Bench	Lewis Miller, Kyle Magennis, Jair Tavares, Ryan Schofield, Lewis Stevenson, Ewan Henderson, Harry McKirdy, Darren McGregor, William Fish