Ross County v Caley Thistle preview: Key duo miss Highland derby through suspension

By Andrew Clark

October 2 2015, 7:37 pm

Jim McIntyre and John Hughes will lead their teams into Highland battle tomorrow

Ross County will tomorrow try to secure their first Highland derby victory since January 2014.

The Staggies go into the match five points ahead of their rivals from the Highland capital but both teams are missing key players.

Ross County team news

Skipper Andrew Davies misses out through suspension after he was sent off in last weekend’s 3-3 draw at Dundee.
Midfielder Martin Woods suffered a knock at Dens Park and remains unavailable.
Craig Curran (concussion) and midfielder Rocco Quinn (hamstring) also miss out.

Staggies captain Andrew Davies is sent off against Dundee

Caley Thistle team news

Playmaker Ryan Christie after being sent off against Aberdeen last week.
Gary Warren (broken leg), Aaron Doran (knee), Jordan Roberts (groin) and Dean Brill (knee) remain out for Caley Thistle, as is skipper Richie Foran.
Tobi Sho-Silva, Dani Lopez, Iain Vigurs and Carl Tremarco have all returned to training and could all feature.

Christie was man of the match on Saturday but was shown a red card late in the game for a second booking

Ross County provisional squad

Fox, Foster, Robertson, Boyd, Gardyne, Irvine, Fraser, Holden, De Vita, Boyce, Graham, McShane, Murdoch, Franks, Reckord, Dingwall, G Woods, Ferries.

Caley Thistle provisional squad

Fon Williams, Tremarco, Raven, Devine, Wedderburn, Draper, Christie, Tansey, Williams, Mutombo, Lopez, Horner, Polworth, Brown, Sutherland, Ferguson, Sho-Silva, Storey, Vincent, Meekings, Vigurs, Esson.