Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Ross County defender Alex Iacovitti could face absence following hamstring strain

Alex Iacovitti goes off injured against St Mirren.
Alex Iacovitti goes off injured against St Mirren.

Ross County manager Malky Mackay says defender Alex Iacovitti will be monitored in the coming days after suffering a hamstring strain.

Iacovitti pulled up with the injury during the first half of Wednesday’s 0-0 draw with St Mirren, and was immediately replaced by Keith Watson.

The 24-year-old has been a regular at the heart of the Staggies defence, starting all but one match since Mackay took charge in the summer.

Although the injury leaves him highly doubtful for Saturday’s trip to St Johnstone, Mackay says it is too early to put a firm timescale on the former Scotland under-21 international’s absence.

Alex Iacovitti.

Mackay said: “It looks like a hamstring strain, but it’s too early to say whether it’s two weeks or six weeks, or however long.

“We will assess that. He has been terrific for me. It’s just one of those things, he was powering back at a rate of knots to try and get back to the ball, and it went.

“We have not had many muscle injuries this year which is great testament to the physios and sports scientists. We will just need to deal with this one.”

Mackay has squad depth to pick from

Along with the option of bringing club captain Watson into the starting line-up, Mackay also has on-loan Arsenal defender Harry Clarke available again following suspension.

Mackay is pleased with the depth available to him, adding: “I have told them it’s a full group that has to show every day they train, they train well.

Malky Mackay

“There was a group training on Thursday who didn’t play against St Mirren, who got home on the bus at the same time as everybody else.

“But we got them in later in the day, training hard for 45 minutes to top them up so they are ready for Saturday.

“We will have injuries, we will have problems and situations and they have to be ready to go straight in and hit the ground running.

“They can’t take their time because they have been out for a while, we need this group to be ready to go.

“It’s good we have got people going in who are just at the same ability as what’s coming out. That’s a key thing.”

Mackay praised the contribution of left back Jake Vokins, who was handed his Premiership debut against St Mirren.

Vokins suffered a metatarsal fracture shortly after joining on loan from Southampton in the summer, with Mackay thrilled he came through the full match unscathed.

He added: “Jake came in on loan and had a dreadful start. We finally managed to get him back match fit to the way the rest of the group have got, as they have jumped up another level.

Jake Vokins.

“It was fantastic to get him on the pitch and I thought he was excellent.

“I was hoping we would get 60 to 75 minutes out of him, but with five minutes to go he was blocking a shot at one end and putting a cross in at the other end.”