Luca Stephenson
One of Will Ferry's crosses had to come good eventually, and Stephenson finally gives one the finish it deserves.
It's a brilliant ball in from the left - and a brilliant diving header that plants the ball into the corner.
Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone
Hand ball from Andy Halliday...
Image source, SNSHibernian 0-2 St Mirren
Joe Newell is booked for leading with his elbow. The Hibs skipper needs to cool down or he could be walking on what is his 200th appearance for the club.
Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone
Absolutely remarkable. Motherwell ping a ball forward into the Saints box, and Tom Sparrow has time to take it down and get a shot away. Fortunately for Saints it's a poor one.
But Sparrow was standing right between centre-backs Kyle Cameron and Jack Sanders, who just stood and watched Sparrow take it down.
Calvin Miller
Cracking goal and a chicken dance to celebrate.
You just don't see that enough...
Lewis Smith
Dundee United 0-0 Ross County
Martin Dowden
BBC Sport Scotland at Tannadice
You can see the intent from Jim Goodwin's side since half-time to get in front and take the initiative. They've hemmed County in and that shot from David Babunski was so unlucky. He absolutely belted it off the far post.
County just can't get up the park right now as United pepper their box.
Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren
A triple change from Hibs at the interval.
Kwon Hyeok-Kyu, Nector Triantis, and Warren O'Hora are all off.
Replacing them are Nicky Cadden, Rocky Bushiri and Dylan Levitt.
Dundee United 0-0 Ross County
What a goal that would have been!
Ryan Strain's cross is deflected to David Babunski, who hits it sweetly on the bounce only for the ball to crash off the post.
HT: Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren
It's like a death spiral at Hibs. As a young manager David Gray is looking for leaders who just aren't there.
Is he the best person to get them out of this situation? Probably not.
Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone
St Johnstone have made two changes at the break. Lewis Neilson has come on to replace Matt Smith and Andre Raymond replaces Jason Holt.
Dundee United 0-0 Ross County
It's now been 292 minutes since Ross County conceded a Premiership goal.
For all that United's strike force has misfired, County's defence deserve credit.
Second half under way.
HT: Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren
Brian McLauchlin
BBC Sport Scotland at Easter Road
David Gray may just be having the most important half-time team talk in his short spell as manager. His players have been woeful and the fans certainly made their frustration heard as the whistle blew to end their pain.
Quite a few have had enough and left already.
HT: Hibernian 0-2 St Mirren
David Gray has had just one win as Hibernian manager since the beginning of August.
And it's not looking good for him this afternoon as his side trail 2-0 at the break at home to St Mirren.
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Edinburgh City 0-0 Clyde
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Stirling Albion 2-1 Peterhead
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Annan Athletic 1-1 Stenhousemuir
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Kelty Hearts 0-0 Dumbarton
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Conor McMenamin was the only change made by manager Stephen Robinson to the starting XI and he's bagged a first-half double for St Mirren.
There has been little in the way of attacking impetus from Hibs, other than an Elie Youan shot against the post.
A massive half-time team talk is needed from David Gray as an angry chorus of boos follows the home players down the tunnel.
Image source, SNSMcMenamin and his teammates celebrate his opener
Motherwell are firmly in control.
St Johnstone started really well and have knocked it about confidently, without hurting Motherwell enough in their box.
In stark contrast, Motherwell have looked so dangerous every time they come forward. Tawanda Maswanhise's header and Tom Sparrow's lovely strike have them on course for three points.
Image source, SNSNot a classic, by any means.
There have been chances, and some phases of nice, passing play by both sides.
Yet neither keeper has been forced into a save of note, with chances squandered from decent positions.
Hopefully better to come or else this is ending up last on Sportscene.
Image source, SNSWatch highlights as Dundee United win 3-0 against Ross County in the Scottish Premiership.
Dundee United's impressive return to the Scottish Premiership continues as they ease aside Ross County to maintain their fourth-place position.
Manager Jim Goodwin was rewarded with a contract extension this week and his players showed by with an accomplished victory.
After an even opening 45 minutes, United seized the initiative immediately after half-time. Vicko Sevelj signalled that with a thunderous shot off a post, but the opener arrived shortly after.
Will Ferry flashed in a wonderful cross from the left which found Luca Stephenson racing in and to plant a diving header beyond Ross Laidlaw.
United continued to search for a second and that intent was rewarded when Sam Dalby raced clear and showed real composure to jab the ball home.
County, who had been resolute defensively in the opening period, just couldn't create enough to find a route back into it, with goals becoming increasingly hard to come by for Don Cowie's side.
The seal on an impressive win for United was delivered when 17-year-old Owen Stirton came off the bench and nodded home from eight yards.
His celebrations were matched by those of a home support who are surely delighted with their start to the campaign.
When a side gain promotion, the priority has to be retaining their Premiership place. But United's ambitions may be growing after such a strong start.
Three points here, heading into an international break, gives an opportunity to reflect on a job very well done so far.
Goodwin's reward with an extended contract brings stability to him, the club and the squad.
Here, what seemed key was the intent they showed after the break. Until then, they had tried to create but were frustrated by a well-drilled County.
After that, they swarmed forward and didn't settle for one goal. That has to be encouraging.
The goals were of a high quality and the impact of Stirton was the cherry on top.
United are signalling what a club of their size should. They are showing they have Premiership presence.
At half-time, a 3-0 defeat did not seem on the cards. County looked fairly comfortable, well organised and defensively stout.
They just didn't find the required reaction after United upped their level.
It seems a slight conundrum right now, finding the balance between being solid and being a threat, particularly when wins are so important in this league and can quickly change your position so quickly.
Away form is concerning, though. It's been a long, long time since they've registered a league win on the road and that is proving very costly.
Overall, County seem to have improved since last campaign and will look to find more threat ahead of their home fixture against Motherwell next time out.
Dundee United manager Jim Goodwin: "We're really pleased with the performance. We started the game slow, but second-half performance was a really dominant one.
"We played good football, moved it about well, good tempo. We got numerous deliveries into the box and we scored three really good goals.
"It's our most complete performance of the season so far."
Ross County manager Don Cowie: "I always expect more, demand more. You concede goals - it's about how you react, deal with adversity and we didn't do that well enough.
"Our away form is an issue and it'll always be an issue until we we deal with it. Every away game is an opportunity to try and get that monkey off our back."
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
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| 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 28 |
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| 3 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
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| 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 19 |
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| 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 19 |
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| 6 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 15 |
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| 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -6 | 12 |
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| 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 12 |
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| 9 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 12 |
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| 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -11 | 10 |
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| 11 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 8 |
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Manager: Jim Goodwin
Formation: 3 - 4 - 3
Manager: Don Cowie
Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
Manager: Jim Goodwin
Formation: 3 - 4 - 3
Manager: Don Cowie
Formation: 3 - 4 - 1 - 2
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Dundee United have won seven of their last 10 top-flight home games against Ross County (L3), although lost their most recent in May 2023 (1-3).
Ross County are unbeaten in three league meetings with Dundee United (W2 D1), their longest ever such run over the Tangerines in the top-flight. The Staggies’ two wins in those last three fixtures are more than they managed in their previous 12 Scottish Premiership encounters beforehand (W1 D2 L9).
Dundee United have only kept one clean sheet in their last seven home league games, conceding 2+ goals in five of them (13 total).
Ross County have drawn eight of their last 14 league games (W2 D4), with both of their last two ending goalless. The last side to play out three straight 0-0s in the Scottish Premiership were Hibernian between February to March 2022.
Ross County’s Connor Randall has made more combined tackles (35) and interceptions (18) than any other player in the Scottish Premiership this season (53), while only four players have won possession more times than the Staggies captain (58) in the division this term.
