Ross County seemed much stronger in midfield and really it was no surprise that they took the lead when Lindsay scored with a fine shot, from Dundee's point of view he had too much space. Dundee did have a couple of efforts on goal but Fox denied Deacon and Holt.
At the start of the second half Jack Hendry replaced Kerr Waddell. Then Dundee suffered a blow when Moussa had to go off injured after falling awkward in the box. El Bakhtaoui came on and it was Dundee who had a wee spell attacking but sadly the final ball into the box was poor.
Ross County scored soon after when Routi headed home from a corner it was a big blow for the team, it was a poor goal to lose free header in the box, a problem which was a big one last season.
Paul McGowan came on for Wolters as Dundee had to go for it, they managed to pull one back when Jack Hendry headed home for a fine goal. Dundee did push forward in the last minutes plus 4 minutes of injury time, but The Staggies held on to take the full three points.
Overall Dundee were poor today with too many players not up to speed, Ross County were not great today but seemed much stronger in certain area's. Manager Neil McCann has some work to do before the Cup game on Wednesday.
Dundee: Bain, Kerr, Waddell (Hendry at half time), O’Dea (c), Holt, O’Hara, Kamara, Deacon, Allan, Wolters (McGowan 66), Moussa (EL Bakhtaoui 50). Unused Subs: Parish, Vincent, Williams, Spence.
Ref: Willie Collum
Att: 5,032
