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Ben Purrington's goal put the icing on the cake for Ross CountyMotherwell's dreadful run of form continued, as a limp performance allowed Ross County to cruise to a comfortable Scottish Premiership win.
Simon Murray's header and Yan Dhanda's wonderful long-range effort put Derek Adams' side in control at the break, before Liam Kelly's error allowed Ben Purrington to tap in a third in the second half.
Will Nightingale was sent off for a second bookable offence late on, but the result was never in doubt for the Dingwall side.
It is now 12 games without a win for Motherwell, who fall below County to ninth in the league table.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Ross County
Formation 3-4-1-2
- 1Laidlaw
- 35NightingaleBooked at 90mins
- 5Baldwin
- 42Leak
- 4Brown
- 2RandallSubstituted forLoturiat 71'minutes
- 6Allardice
- 3Purrington
- 10DhandaSubstituted forTurnerat 76'minutes
- 26WhiteBooked at 43minsSubstituted forSimsat 76'minutes
- 15MurraySubstituted forSamuelat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Turner
- 11Sims
- 12Sheaf
- 14Loturi
- 16Harmon
- 21Munro
- 25Samuel
- 30Smith
- 43Reid
Motherwell
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 1Kelly
- 15Casey
- 5MugabiSubstituted forGentat 45'minutesBooked at 69mins
- 20BlaneySubstituted forZdravkovskiat 45'minutes
- 8Slattery
- 22Spencer
- 99WilkinsonSubstituted forButcherat 45'minutesSubstituted forShawat 71'minutes
- 7SpittalBooked at 20mins
- 2O'Donnell
- 14BairSubstituted forObikaat 59'minutes
- 24Biereth
Substitutes
- 3Gent
- 9Obika
- 13Oxborough
- 17Zdravkovski
- 18Shaw
- 37Wells
- 39Ross
- 42Ross
- 66Butcher
Referee:David Dickinson
Attendance:2,835
Live Text
Match ends, Ross County 3, Motherwell 0.
Second Half ends, Ross County 3, Motherwell 0.
Foul by Dan Casey (Motherwell).
Alex Samuel (Ross County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Callum Slattery (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Second yellow card to Will Nightingale (Ross County) for a bad foul.
Blair Spittal (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Will Nightingale (Ross County).
Foul by Brodie Spencer (Motherwell).
Scott Allardice (Ross County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Georgie Gent (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Will Nightingale (Ross County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Oli Shaw (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will Nightingale (Ross County).
Substitution, Ross County. Alex Samuel replaces Simon Murray.
Corner, Motherwell. Conceded by Will Nightingale.
Mika Biereth (Motherwell) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Scott Allardice (Ross County).
Attempt missed. Blair Spittal (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Callum Slattery.
Substitution, Ross County. Josh Sims replaces Jordan White.
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Ross County
Squad number1Player nameLaidlaw
Squad number35Player nameNightingale
Squad number5Player nameBaldwin
Squad number42Player nameLeak
Squad number4Player nameBrown
Squad number2Player nameRandall
Squad number6Player nameAllardice
Squad number3Player namePurrington
Squad number10Player nameDhanda
Squad number26Player nameWhite
Squad number15Player nameMurray
Squad number7Player nameTurner
Squad number11Player nameSims
Squad number14Player nameLoturi
Squad number25Player nameSamuel
Motherwell
Squad number1Player nameKelly
Squad number15Player nameCasey
Squad number5Player nameMugabi
Squad number20Player nameBlaney
Squad number8Player nameSlattery
Squad number22Player nameSpencer
Squad number99Player nameWilkinson
Squad number7Player nameSpittal
Squad number2Player nameO'Donnell
Squad number14Player nameBair
Squad number24Player nameBiereth
Squad number3Player nameGent
Squad number9Player nameObika
Squad number17Player nameZdravkovski
Squad number18Player nameShaw
Squad number66Player nameButcher
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