Ross County’s place in the bottom six after the split was confirmed following a 1-0 defeat to Aberdeen in Dingwall.
Aberdeen started the match well and eventually capitalised on their strong start when Shayden Morris picked up the ball inside his own half, drove forward at pace and fired beyond Jordan Amissah.
The Staggies have struggled in front of goal in recent matches and they were suffering from the same symptoms yet again.
They enjoyed a lot of possession in midfield and outside of Aberdeen’s 18-yard box, but their final ball was so poor and they were severely lacking any sort of creativity or imagination to cause the visitors’ defence problems.
Noah Chilvers has been the creative spark in this County team so often this season. However, pre-match the news broke of Chilvers’ ACL injury, which will rule him out for the remainder of this season and a large part of next season too.
That news, as well as County’s lack of potency in front of goal in recent weeks, has arrived at the wrong time going into the split.
With St Johnstone, Dundee and Kilmarnock all winning this weekend, the results elsewhere couldn’t have been much worse for County.
The Staggies are only one point above the play-off spot, but with only four points separating the sides from seventh to 11th, several sides are going to be anxiously looking over their shoulder.
Don Cowie’s cool, calm and collected manner has been consistent during both the highs and the lows this season, so those characteristics will be vital as the pressure builds between now and the end of the season.
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