Victory can have 'big impact' for County

Manager Don Cowie says beating St Mirren on Saturday can have a "huge effect" on Ross County's efforts to rise up a congested Premiership table.

Tenth-place County are just two points off the bottom and looking to end a run of three straight defeats.

However, if they can get back to winning ways in Dingwall the Staggies will move within three points of the Paisley side, who sit sixth.

"You can see the league table, you can see where we are in terms of not winning in the last three, but at the same time we move on from that and you have got to be positive and look forward," said Cowie.

"A victory on Saturday changes the league table, it can have a big impact and a huge effect in terms of how tight it is and that is what we will be striving for."

While County are well within touching distance of a number of the teams above them, Cowie was asked is about the character and fight his players will need to show in order to propel themselves away from danger.

He said: "I think those are the qualities you have to have when you play for Ross County, that is the challenge of the competitiveness of this league.

"We understand the challenges of what we are coming up against, both the stature of teams, the finances of other teams, so we have to roll our sleeves up, show character and be together."