Defender Akil Wright is determined to help Ross County end TWO droughts against Hibernian on Saturday.
The centre-half wants to see the Dingwall team’s long winless streak in away league games, which stretches back to a 1-0 success at Kilmarnock in September last year, end.
County have also failed to score in five of their last six matches, and have not netted on their travels since drawing 1-1 at Hearts in late September.
The Staggies have just come through two tough games against the Old Firm, losing 5-0 away to Celtic, then 3-0 at home to Rangers on Sunday.
It leaves Don Cowie’s men eighth in the Premiership, just three points above 12th-placed Hibs – their hosts at Easter Road this Saturday.
Wright almost hauled County back into the game against Rangers, but was denied at the Global Energy Stadium by goalkeeper Jack Butland.
The 28-year-old summer signing has two goals to his name and he says there is a collective responsibility to find the net as County chase a rare away win, which would also open a six-point cushion over the Hibees.
Wright said: “Scoring goals from every area of the pitch will help the team going forward, from defence to up front.
“We’ve not scored an away goal in a while, so it would be great to chance that on Saturday, and hopefully end our drought of not winning away from home.
“If we could win, it would be massive – we want to increase the gap to six points.
“It’s a massive game and we need to turn our away form around.
“What a time it would be to do it.
“There’s a lot of pressure on both teams, but we’re looking forward to it.”
Chance to kick clear of hosts Hibs
County’s run of games before the new year are against Hibs, St Mirren, Dundee and Hearts.
Having played the Glasgow powerhouses in the past fortnight, Wright is now eager to add to their 12 points to climb the table.
He said: “Although Celtic and Rangers are big teams in the league, you still always fancy your chances, especially at home.
“We’re in the same league as them, so we always want to get three points. But it wasn’t to be in the last two games.
“We now have a run of games coming up and we’ve now got to get three points, starting against Hibs this week.”
Rangers goals ‘were avoidable’
On Sunday, Hamza Igmane’s deflected strike put Rangers in front early on against the Staggies, before Danilo cashed in on a slack Jack Hamilton clearance to make it 2-0 at half-time.
Wright’s effort from a corner was the closest County came to scoring before James Tavernier wrapped it up late on.
Former Stockport County defender Wright felt had his saved header gone in, they might have given themselves a chance to get a positive result.
He said: “It wasn’t the best first half. The goals were avoidable.
“It was a better second half, and we showed great character, and we could have nicked a goal from a corner.
“I should have scored, and it could have changed the game, but it wasn’t to be.
“I thought it was going in, but I think Jack Butland saved it.
“It was a good save, which was unfortunate.
“It was a great strike from James Tavernier to seal the win for Rangers.”
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