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Nisbet rolls in 98th-minute winner to give Aberdeen ninth win in ninth and put them top of Premiership
Hale & Rubezic efforts both disallowed for offside after VAR checks
Motherwell strike late at St Johnstone; Dundee & St Mirren share four goals
Falkirk, Thistle & Livingston win in Championship
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LINE-UPS from Dens Parkpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 31 August
Dundee v St Mirren (15:00 BST)
Dundee: McCracken, McGhee, Koumetio, Portales, Larkeche, Sylla, Braybrooke, Cameron, Tiffoney, Murray, Main.
Substitutes: Sharp, Carson, Ingram, Astley, Mulligan, Robertson, Palmer-Houlden, Graham, Vetro.
St Mirren: Balcombe, Taylor, Gogic, Fraser, Rooney, O'Hara, Phillips, Boyd-Munce, Tanser, Mandron, Olusanya.
Substitutes: Urminsky, Bwomono, Kenny, Iacovitti, Brown, Smyth, Adeniran, Idowu, Ayunga.
We go againpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 31 August
After the drama of transfer deadline day yesterday, it's back to the on-field action this afternoon - the stuff that really matters.
Dundee host St Mirren and Motherwell travel to St Johnstone in the two 15:00 kick-offs, before Aberdeen aim to go top of the table when they face Ross County in the later game.
We'll keep you right across all the action right here, so put your feet up, put the kettle on and let's get stuck in...
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Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Aberdeen	4	4	0	0	8	2	6	12	No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2	Celtic	3	3	0	0	9	0	9	9	No Result No Result No Result Result Win Result Win Result Win
3	Rangers	3	2	1	0	8	1	7	7	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Win
4	Motherwell	4	2	1	1	6	4	2	7	No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
5	Dundee	4	1	3	0	9	7	2	6	No Result No Result Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw
6	Dundee United	3	1	2	0	5	3	2	5	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
7	St. Mirren	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2	4	No Result No Result Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
8	St. Johnstone	4	1	0	3	5	6	-1	3	No Result No Result Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
9	Ross County	4	0	2	2	1	8	-7	2	No Result No Result Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
10	Hearts	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
11	Hibernian	3	0	1	2	2	7	-5	1	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
12	Kilmarnock	3	0	0	3	0	9	-9	0	No Result No Result No Result Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss

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Position 1 - 6 : Championship Round
Position 7 - 12 : Relegation Round

Last Updated 31st August 2024 at 19:50

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home team, Ross County

Manager: Don Cowie

Formation: 5 - 3 - 2

Number 1,
R. Laidlaw
Number 3,
R. Leak
Number 20,
K. Łopata , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for E. Campbell at 80 minutes
Number 4,
A. Wright
Number 16,
G. Harmon
Number 2,
J. Brown
Number 23,
J. Nisbet , substituted for J. Grieves at 81 minutes
Number 8,
C. Randall , Captain, Yellow Card at 7 minutes
Number 15,
A. Denholm , substituted for V. Loturi at 71 minutes
Number 9,
R. Hale , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 3, substituted for N. Chilvers at 80 minutes
Number 27,
E. Brophy , substituted for J. White at 61 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Ross County

Number 6,
S. Allardice
Number 10,
N. Chilvers
Number 14,
J. Grieves
Number 22,
J. Hamilton
Number 7,
V. Loturi
Number 43,
J. Reid
Number 21,
C. Telfer
Number 26,
J. White
Number 19,
E. Campbell

away team, Aberdeen

Manager: Jimmy Thelin

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
D. Mitov
Number 3,
J. MacKenzie , Yellow Card at 41 minutes
Number 21,
G. Molloy
Number 33,
S. Rubežić
Number 2,
N. Devlin , substituted for J. Milne at 100 minutes
Number 6,
S. Heltne Nilsen
Number 4,
G. Shinnie , Captain
Number 7,
J. McGrath , substituted for K. Nisbet at 35 minutes
Number 14,
P. Guèye , substituted for P. Ambrose at 72 minutes
Number 81,
T. Keskinen , substituted for S. Morris at 72 minutes
Number 19,
E. Sokler , substituted for V. Besuijen at 46 minutes

away team, Aberdeen

Number 32,
P. Ambrose
Number 17,
V. Besuijen , Yellow Card at 64 minutes
Number 31,
R. Doohan
Number 27,
A. MacDonald
Number 15,
J. McGarry
Number 22,
J. Milne
Number 20,
S. Morris
Number 9,
K. Nisbet
Number 18,
A. Palaversa

Ross County
Aberdeen

home team, Ross County

Manager: Don Cowie

Formation: 5 - 3 - 2

Number 1,
R. Laidlaw
Number 3,
R. Leak
Number 20,
K. Łopata , Yellow Card at 35 minutes, substituted for E. Campbell at 80 minutes
Number 4,
A. Wright
Number 16,
G. Harmon
Number 2,
J. Brown
Number 23,
J. Nisbet , substituted for J. Grieves at 81 minutes
Number 8,
C. Randall , Captain, Yellow Card at 7 minutes
Number 15,
A. Denholm , substituted for V. Loturi at 71 minutes
Number 9,
R. Hale , Yellow Card at 45 minutes plus 3, substituted for N. Chilvers at 80 minutes
Number 27,
E. Brophy , substituted for J. White at 61 minutes

Substitutes

Number 6,
S. Allardice
Number 10,
N. Chilvers
Number 14,
J. Grieves
Number 22,
J. Hamilton
Number 7,
V. Loturi
Number 43,
J. Reid
Number 21,
C. Telfer
Number 26,
J. White
Number 19,
E. Campbell

Referee:: Euan Anderson
Video Assistant Referee:: Kevin Clancy
Assistant Referee 1:: Frank Connor
Assistant Referee 2:: Sean Carr
Fourth Official:: Stewart Luke
Assistant VAR Official:: John McCrossan

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v Kilmarnock

2

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Match Facts

Ross County are winless in seven league meetings with Aberdeen (D3 L4) since winning 1-0 away from home in April 2022.
Aberdeen have only lost one of their last 10 league visits to Ross County (W6 D3), and are unbeaten in five (W2 D3) since a 4-1 defeat in January 2021.
Ross County are winless in six league games (D4 L2), while last time out against Rangers they suffered their joint-heaviest ever top-flight defeat (6-0, also 6-0 vs Celtic in October 2019).
Aberdeen, along with Celtic, are one of two sides to win all three of their Scottish Premiership games so far this season. The last club other than Celtic to win each of their opening four matches of a season in the division were Hearts in 2018-19 (first 5), while Aberdeen last did so in 2017-18 (first 4).
Aberdeen’s Jamie McGrath has more combined goals and assists (5 – 2 goals, 3 assists) than any player in the Scottish Premiership so far this season. His three assists are already his most ever in a single campaign in the competition.

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