Falkirk Ross County
Pos Name SL EL Ag Pos Name SL EL Ag
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GK Angus Gunn 30 8 n GK Logan Ross 30 10 n
SW Liam Henderson 18 8 n SW Ryan Leak 26 4 n
DF Steve Clarke 29 6 n DF Jack Baldwin 26 8 n
DF Tommy Gemmell 26 4 n DF Scott Allardice 20 10 n
DF Andrew Robertson 22 2 n DF Ben Purrington 20 3 n
DF Kieran Tierney 18 5 n MF Stephen Kelly 26 7 n
MF Lou Macari 20 6 n MF Jay Henderson 17 10 a
MF Lewis Ferguson 20 7 n WG Todd Cantwell 21 4 n
WG Jimmy Johnstone 34 5 n FW Eamon Brophy 30 5 a
WG Callumn Morrison 16 10 n FW Ronan Hale 26 5 a
FW David Speedie 16 8 n FW Victor Loturi 26 4 a
Min 0: Falkirk opens up with a 5-2-3 N while the Staggies will play a 4-2-4 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Bill Nichol (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 0: Tapani Olkku (GM) - I bet this is a close game
Min 1: Steve Clarke (FAL) starts marking Eamon Brophy (ROS).
Min 6: Lovely chip from Ronan Hale (ROS)...
...Jay Henderson was brave...
...and can't get it past the onrushing Angus Gunn.
Min 8: Callumn Morrison (FAL) escapes the offside flag...
...as a ball is played up to him...
...but Scott Allardice (ROS) muscles out the big striker before he can control.
Min 10: Ronan Hale (ROS) hooks the ball away from Steve Clarke ...
...and Scott Allardice dives in...
...and deflects off the side of his head and wide of Angus Gunn's net.
Min 13: Scott Allardice (ROS) bends his shot towards the goal...
...but Angus Gunn just gets a touch on it...
...excellent save!
Min 14: Ronan Hale (ROS) cooly sends Angus Gunn the wrong way...
...placing the ball into the left of the goal. GOAL!...
... a superb play and the early lead for the Staggies...
...score now: FAL 0 - ROS 1
Min 17: Lou Macari (FAL) rides a challenge in midfield...
...flicks the ball through the Ross County defense to Jimmy Johnstone ...
...who races towards goal...
...Logan Ross rushes off his line and Jimmy Johnstone slots the ball around him...
...off the post and back into the hands of Logan Ross!
Min 18: Scott Allardice breaks up the play in the middle of the park...
...and puts Stephen Kelly on the attack down the right...
...the Scotsman cuts inside, evades Steve Clarke 's challenge...
...and flights the ball past a static Angus Gunn and into the back of the net. GOAL!!!!...
...Ross County are looking strong now...
...score now: FAL 0 - ROS 2
Min 23: Jimmy Johnstone (FAL) finds Lewis Ferguson steaming through the middle...
...he gets into the area...
...but Jack Baldwin (ROS) is there to make a key tackle.
Min 27: Eamon Brophy's (ROS) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Liam Henderson (FAL)...
...and it loops up and into the hands of Angus Gunn.
Min 29: Scott Allardice crosses for the Staggies...
...Angus Gunn plucks that comfortably out of the air.
Min 31: David Speedie (FAL) turns the ball back into the box...
...Lewis Ferguson peels off to the back post...
...and connects with a great header but its collected by Logan Ross.
Min 33: Todd Cantwell finds some space in the middle of the pitch...
...hits an audacious 30-yard shot...
...Angus Gunn palms the shot onto the bar...
...it spins back to Jay Henderson who heads the ball...
...but Andrew Robertson (FAL) is there to knock it out of danger.
Min 36: Here comes Jack Baldwin (ROS)...
...getting onto Victor Loturi 's ball behind the defense...
...he slots it coolly towards Angus Gunn who just deflects it out of bounds.
Min 42: Eamon Brophy (ROS) crashes into Jimmy Johnstone and is yellow carded.
Min 45: Denis Law on for Victor Loturi (FW)...
...Denis Law will play FW.
Min 45: Ryan McGowan on for Ben Purrington(DF)...
...Ryan McGowan will play DF.
HALFTIME SCORE: Falkirk 0 - Ross County 2
Min 53: Jack Baldwin 's appalling clearance goes right to Lewis Ferguson (FAL)...
...who knocks the ball onto the head of David Speedie ...
...who heads it on goal but Logan Ross is there to collect it.
Min 60: David Speedie breaks up the play in the middle of the park...
...and puts Tommy Gemmell on the attack down the right...
...the Scotsman cuts inside, evades Jack Baldwin 's challenge...
...and flights the ball towards the goal but Logan Ross is there to punch the ball out of danger.
Min 61: Jimmy Johnstone picks the ball up deep in his own half and hits a long-ball for Lou Macari to chase...
...it drops over Jack Baldwin 's shoulder and right into Lou Macari 's path...
...the Scotsman hits an early shot from just outside the box...
...that thunders past Logan Ross's outstretched arm...
...and just wide of the goal.
Min 67: Superb sliding block by Jack Baldwin (ROS) denies Lewis Ferguson a sure goal...
...after great work from Tommy Gemmell in the Ross County box.
Min 75: Denis Law (ROS) goes down in the box looking for the penalty...
...but instead he's given a yellow card for what was clearly a dive.
Min 75: FAL now playing Press
Min 78: Denis Law (ROS) collects the ball from Todd Cantwell on the corner of the penalty area...
...shrugs off a challenge...
...and fires in a bending shot that is barely collected by Angus Gunn for a big save!
Min 80: Stephen Kelly (ROS) puts the ball in the box from the left...
...and a half clearence falls to Jay Henderson at the back post...
...the Scotsman makes a hash of his volley and the chance is wasted.
Min 83: Steve Clarke 's appalling clearance goes right to Ronan Hale (ROS)...
...who knocks the ball onto the head of Jack Baldwin ...
...who heads it on goal but Angus Gunn is there to collect it.
Min 84: Lou Macari (FAL) puts in a cross...
...but Ryan Leak (ROS) clears with ease.
Min 84: Ronan Hale (ROS) does well on the left and crosses towards Scott Allardice...
...the Scotsman meets it with a neat header...
...punched to safety by Angus Gunn.
Min 88: Superb sliding block by Andrew Robertson (FAL) denies Ronan Hale a sure goal...
...after great work from Jay Henderson in the Falkirk box.
Min 88: Lewis Ferguson (FAL) yellow carded as Stephen Kelly is brought down.
FINAL SCORE: Falkirk 0 - Ross County 2
Man Of The Match: Logan Ross (ROS)
Falkirk
Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Angus Gunn 30 30 30 13 2 n 0 7 0 0 90 7
SW Liam Henderson 18 22 22 12 1 a 0 0 0 0 90 5
DF Andrew Robertson 22 22 22 19 -4 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
DF Tommy Gemmell 26 26 26 20 -2 n 0 0 0 1 90 5
DF Kieran Tierney 18 18 18 16 -1 n 0 0 0 0 90 5
DF Steve Clarke 29 29 0 23 0 n 0 0 0 0 90 5
MF Lou Macari 20 20 20 20 0 n 0 0 0 1 90 5
MF Lewis Ferguson 20 25 25 18 0 d 4 0 0 1 90 5
WG Jimmy Johnstone 34 34 34 30 -1 n 0 0 0 1 90 6
WG Callumn Morrison 16 20 20 14 3 a 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW David Speedie 16 20 20 16 1 d 0 0 0 1 90 6
Ross County
Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Logan Ross 30 30 30 13 4 n 0 4 0 0 90 7
SW Ryan Leak 26 26 26 18 -2 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
DF Scott Allardice 20 20 20 18 4 n 0 0 0 4 90 6
DF Ben Purrington 20 20 20 16 0 n 0 0 0 0 45 6
DF Jack Baldwin 26 26 26 20 2 n 0 0 0 2 90 6
DF Ryan McGowan 14 14 14 11 7 n 0 0 0 0 45 6
MF Stephen Kelly 26 26 26 23 1 n 0 0 1 1 90 6
MF Jay Henderson 17 21 21 15 2 a 0 0 0 2 90 6
WG Todd Cantwell 21 21 21 18 -2 n 0 0 0 0 90 6
FW Eamon Brophy 30 37 18 30 -3 a 4 0 0 0 90 6
FW Ronan Hale 26 32 32 26 -3 a 0 0 1 1 90 6
FW Victor Loturi 26 32 32 26 0 a 0 0 0 0 45 6
FW Denis Law 15 18 18 15 1 a 4 0 0 1 45 6
Statistics FAL ROS
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Halftime 0 2
Fulltime 0 2
Shots On Target 4 9
Shots 5 11
Saves 7 4
Offsides 0 0
Penalty Kicks 0 0
Yellow Cards 1 2
Red Cards 0 0
Avg SL% Used 62 64
Revenue 61 61
MIN TEAM MT GP DEF OFF
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1 FAL N 51.00 108.50 137.00
1 ROS N 59.00 119.96 168.66
46 ROS N 56.00 113.96 153.16
61 FAL N 55.00 115.00 150.35
76 FAL P 33.00 86.25 179.10
Trainer's Report
David Speedie (FAL) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Denis Law (ROS) was booked today, and now has 12 DP.
He'll miss 1 game (starting next session).
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