There is added incentive for both sides tonight as weather could leave their closest rivals idle on Saturday.

As mentioned earlier, one match scheduled for Saturday, Annan Athletic against Elgin City in League 2, has already been postponed and five more face morning inspections.

Among them is leaders St Johnstone's visit to Glasgow to face Queen's Park.

Saints are five ahead of Thistle, while County are five behind the Spiders, so a win will have narrowed that gap to two over the weekend should that match be called off.

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Ross County: Carson, Randall, Smith, Iacovitti, O'Sullivan, Docherty, Henderson, Lindsay, Duncan, Phillips, White.

Substitutes: Foster, Cornelius, Fraser, Clark, Mackay-Steven, Wells-Morrison, Williamson, Thomson, Scott.

Partick Thistle: Clarke, McPherson, Ashcroft, O'Reilly, Reading, Stanway, Chalmers, Smyth, Letsosa, Watt, Samuel.

Substitutes: Budinauckas, Logan, Martin, Turner, Lawless, McBeth, Fitzpatrick, Falconer, Dolan.

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Stuart Kettlewell says he needs players who are "hungry and have an appetite for the fight" as the returning manager aims to help save County from a second successive relegation.

County are five points adrift at the bottom of the Championship as they prepare to take on promotion-chasing Thistle in Dingwall.

Kettlewell takes charge for the first time following a return to the club he managed to Championship promotion and Challenge Cup success back in 2019.

"In Championship terms, we have got a relatively strong squad," Kettlewell told BBC Scotland. "We have got experience, some talented younger players, but psychologically we need to change something."

Read more of the preview here.

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One game in Scotland has already fallen foul of the wintry weather this weekend, but not so in the frozen north as Ross County against Partick Thistle survives to be shown live on BBC Scotland.

It is County's first game since Stuart Kettlewell returned as manager as the side sitting bottom of the Scottish Championship host second-top Partick Thistle.

Stay with us for the build-up, live action and post-match reaction here online and on BBC Scotland.

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