Almost a year ago to the day, manager Stuart Kettlewell said a sobering 3-0 loss in Dingwall was the “sorest night” of his career.

It came amid a long winless run and felt like it could have been the end of his Well tenure, but his team have made huge progress since despite another defeat in the Highlands.

But there are still concerns about his side’s creativity in open play. Nine of their 16 goals this term – including Zach Robinson’s late header – have come from set plays.

In Dingwall, they had almost 60% of the ball but generated an expected goals (xG) tally of just 0.78.

In-form Tawanda Maswanhise was named on the bench because he returned late from international duty, but that meant the attack lacked the Zimbabwe forward’s raw pace and flair as fellow striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos was left isolated.