Ross County 1-1 Hibernian

Oli Shaw snatched a late point for Hibernian against a dogged Ross County side, who move a point clear of bottom spot in the Premiership.

Billy Mckay showed great persistence and composure to net the 28th-minute opener against the run of play.

The visitors' supremacy continued after the break, and they squandered a spree of chances before replacement Shaw's 90th-minute strike.

Darren McGregor almost won it for Hibs with the final act of the game.

The Hibs captain headed just wide from a corner, as his team extended their unbeaten Premiership run to nine matches.

The draw moves County a point ahead of bottom side Partick Thistle, who lost at home to Kilmarnock.

The visitors started strongly with Florian Kamberi seeing a header deflected wide and Efe Ambrose's inventive curling shot held by Scott Fox.

The drive, determination and commitment of the County players limited Hibs to few clear-cut chances even if it meant stifling their own creativity at times.

In fact they only really carved out one opportunity of their own in the opening period, but they certainly made the most of it.

Alex Schalk, who scored a hat-trick against Partick Thistle on Tuesday, did well to dig out a cross from the left, and striker partner Mckay gathered possession, shifted it onto his right foot, and drilled low beyond Ofir Marciano.

Paul Hanlon, who signed a new Hibs contract to 2022 this week, ought to have levelled before the break with a diving header, but sent his effort bouncing over the crossbar.

Easter Road boss Neil Lennon cut a frustrated figure in the technical area at that start of the second half as once again his side controlled possession, but could not convert the chances they created.

McGregor met a 47th-minute Scott Allan delivery, but his route to goal was blocked by a posse of County defenders.

Jamie Maclaren flashed a header wide, Fox denied Kamberi, and replacement Steven Whittaker's ambitious overhead kick sailed over the bar.

On a rare foray downfield, Schalk did flash an excellent left-foot volley across the face of goal from an acute angle.

Hibs perhaps feared it wasn't going to be their day but substitutes Danny Swanson and Shaw came to the rescue.

The former's incisive through-ball found Martin Boyle, who touched it into the path of Shaw, and the teenage striker fired home first-time to bag his fifth of the season.

Ross County interim co-manager Stuart Kettlewell: "We rode our luck at times today and Hibs are full of quality in all areas of the pitch and we understood that.

"We felt as if our players were really disciplined within our shape, we made it really difficult for them to create clear-cut chances.

"We're massively disappointed we concede the goal but we can't ask too much more of the players. We knew this was going to be a tough fixture and we thought our players stood up to the test really, really well.

"That's four points in the last two games for us and we've got to take huge positives from that. We made this a difficult place to come and play, and we've just got to make sure we're giving nothing away easily when teams come and play in Dingwall."

Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon: "It was total domination from the team, they showed great resilience and patience.

"We missed a lot of opportunities to score a lot earlier, even before County scored. And County scored with their one attack. I'm pleased with the character we showed and it could be an important point.

"I was disappointed with the chances we missed first-half. We should be taking them. We gave County encouragement by conceding the first goal. It made the afternoon a lot more difficult than it should have been.

"It's five cup finals now. No-one's given us a chance of finishing second, but we're only three points behind second place with five games to go. We've given ourselves a hell of a chance and we'll look forward to them."