Analysis: Kilmarnock take comfortable, if ugly, win over Ross County

Goals from Bruce Anderson and Liam Donnelly ease fears of automatic relegation

Kilmarnock took a big step toward securing Premiership safety with a 2-0 win over Ross County at Rugby Park.

A back post header from Bruce Anderson put Derek McInnes’ side ahead at the break after a scrappy first 45, and the hosts pressed home their advantage in the second.

Liam Donnelly grabbed the second with a composed touch and finish to pull Killie nine points clear of the bottom of the table.

Here’s how things went down at Rugby Park.

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Ross County would clearly have been happy to take a point - or a later winner on the break like last time out at Rugby Park, setting up in a 3-5-2/5-3-2 with three holding midfielders.

While the Killie formation looked a 4-4-2 on paper, as against Motherwell it was Fraser Murray who joined Bruce Anderson in pressing with Bobby Wales playing off the left in what was more of a 4-2-3-1 out of possession