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Ross County striker Simon Murray has scored seven goals in his last nine games, while Raith Rovers' Lewis Vaughan has four in fiveOne club desperate to end a painful 27-year absence from the Scottish top flight, the other trying to cling on to Premiership survival for a sixth successive season.
The 41-year-old former Scotland midfielder had stepped into the hotseat to become County's third team boss this season after Derek Adams' third spell as manager lasted only 12 games following Malky Mackay's earlier dismissal. Cowie gave his players Monday off so they could return "fresh" for the latest challenge and centre-half Will Nightingale suggested: "The gaffer's been brilliant at pushing that reset button."
"We are playing a team that has been at a higher level than us for a couple of years, so I would say there probably has to be a gulf somewhere, but that doesn't mean to say that we can't do it," he said. "There is a chance to write history and to make this happen for all the Rovers fans it would mean my life," he added.Keith Watson and County goalkeeper Ross Laidlaw celebrated last season's play-off win together, but the defender is now with Rovers
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