Ross County 4-1 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 16 January 2021

Result

Ross County 4-1 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 16 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Ross County 4-1 Aberdeen: match report

Ross County beat Aberdeen 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 January 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Oli Shaw opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Ross County's goals came from Oli Shaw (1'), Charlie Lakin (20'), Oli Shaw (84') and Jermaine Hylton (90+3'). Aberdeen scored through an own goal by Alex Iacovitti (45+1').

Discipline: Ross County received 3 yellow cards; Aberdeen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Ross County were 12th on 17 points from 23 and Aberdeen 3rd on 39 points from 21. Ross County went on to finish that season 10th with 39 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 56.

Ross County lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aberdeen in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Oli Shaw of Ross County (8.6), ahead of Jermaine Hylton (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Ross County wins, 0 draws and 2 for Aberdeen.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Oli ShawRoss County · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Charlie LakinRoss County · 2-0
  • 45+1'Own goal · Alex IacovittiAberdeen · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · C. MorrisRoss County
  • 59'Yellow card · Regan Charles-CookRoss County
  • 84'Goal · Oli ShawRoss County · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Oli ShawRoss County
  • 90+3'Goal · Jermaine HyltonRoss County · 4-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Ross County 0, draws 0, Aberdeen 2.

Team news

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Ross County line-up (4-3-3)

Ross Laidlaw, Jason Naismith, Callum Morris, Alex Iacovitti, Connor Randall, Harry Paton, Iain Vigurs, Charlie Lakin, Regan Charles-Cook, Oli Shaw, Jermaine Hylton

Aberdeen line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Lewis, Tommie Hoban, Ash Taylor, Andy Considine, Jonny Hayes, Ross McCrorie, Lewis Ferguson, Matty Kennedy, Scott Wright, Curtis Main, Sam Cosgrove