Dundee United 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 12 January 2011

Result

Dundee United 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 12 January 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Dundee United 2-0 Motherwell: match report

Dundee United defeated Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Wednesday 12 January 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Johnny Russell opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Dundee United's goals came from Johnny Russell (53') and David Goodwillie (90'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Dundee United received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Dundee United were 6th on 22 points from 16 and Motherwell 9th on 18 points from 18. Dundee United went on to finish that season 4th with 63 points, and Motherwell 10th with 35.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Dundee United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Motherwell.

Going into the match Dundee United's last five read D-D-D-D-L and Motherwell's D-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 51'Yellow card · P. DixonDundee United
  • 53'Goal · Johnny RussellDundee United · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · David GoodwillieDundee United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 4, draws 3, Motherwell 3.

Team news

Dundee United line-up

Dušan Perniš, Sean Dillon, Paul Dixon, Garry Kenneth, Keith Watson, Robertson, Prince Bauben, Morgaro Gomis, David Goodwillie, Johnny Russell, Jonathan Daly

Motherwell line-up

Darren Randolph, Steven Hammell, Mark Reynolds, Tom Hateley, Chris Humphrey, Connor Jennings, Keith Lasley, Ross Forbes, Jamie Murphy, Stephen Craigan, John Sutton