Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 30 April 2016
Result
Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell
Premiership · Saturday 30 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Aberdeen 4-1 Motherwell: match report
Aberdeen beat Motherwell 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 30 April 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Kenny McLean opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Aberdeen's goals came from Kenny McLean (6', penalty), Niall McGinn (26'), A. Rooney (54') and Jonny Hayes (78'). Motherwell scored through Chris Cadden (64').
Discipline: Aberdeen received 3 yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Aberdeen were 2nd on 61 points from 34 and Motherwell 4th on 49 points from 34. Aberdeen went on to finish that season 2nd with 67 points, and Motherwell 6th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aberdeen wins, 3 draws and 3 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Aberdeen's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Motherwell's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Penalty goal · Kenny McLean
- 21'Yellow card · Graeme Shinnie
- 26'Goal · Niall McGinn
- 45'Yellow card · Louis Laing
- 54'Goal · A. Rooney
- 64'Goal · Chris Cadden
- 65'Yellow card · Louis Moult
- 66'Yellow card · S. Logan
- 77'Yellow card · Kenny McLean
- 78'Goal · Jonny Hayes
- 88'Red card · Keith Lasley
Head-to-head
Team news
Aberdeen line-up
Adam Collin, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Willo Flood, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Simon Church
Motherwell line-up
Connor Ripley, Steven Hammell, Louis Laing, Stephen McManus, Kieran Kennedy, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Johnson, Keith Lasley, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult, Scott McDonald