Ross County 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

Ross County 2-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ross County 2-1 Aberdeen: match report

Ross County beat Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Liam Boyce opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Ross County's goals came from Liam Boyce (26') and R. Dow (88'). Aberdeen scored through Niall McGinn (68').

Discipline: Ross County received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ross County were 7th on 17 points from 17 and Aberdeen 3rd on 28 points from 16. Ross County went on to finish that season 6th with 46 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Ross County win, 0 draws and 4 for Aberdeen.

Going into the match Ross County's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Aberdeen's D-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Liam BoyceRoss County · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Andy ConsidineAberdeen
  • 39'Yellow card · Tim ChowRoss County
  • 68'Goal · Niall McGinnAberdeen · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Christopher RoutisRoss County
  • 82'Red card · Kenny van der WegRoss County
  • 87'Yellow card · Jonny HayesAberdeen
  • 88'Goal · R. DowRoss County · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Ross County 1, draws 0, Aberdeen 4.

Team news

Ross County line-up

Scott Fox, Marcus Fraser, Christopher Routis, Andrew Davies, Kenny van der Weg, Paul Quinn, Michael Gardyne, Tim Chow, Tony Dingwall, Liam Boyce, Craig Curran

Aberdeen line-up

Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Anthony O'Connor, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Wes Burns, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, James Maddison, Jayden Stockley