Dundee United 2-2 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 12 May 2021

Result

Dundee United 2-2 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 12 May 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Dundee United 2-2 Motherwell: match report

Dundee United drew with Motherwell 2-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 12 May 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Dundee United's goals came from Lawrence Shankland (13') and A. Meekison (34'). Motherwell scored through Chris Long (54') and Devante Cole (90+1').

Discipline: Dundee United received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Dundee United were 9th on 42 points from 36 and Motherwell 7th on 44 points from 36. Dundee United went on to finish that season 9th with 44 points, and Motherwell 8th with 45.

Dundee United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Motherwell in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Devante Cole of Motherwell (7.8), ahead of Logan Chalmers (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Dundee United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Motherwell.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandDundee United · 1-0
  • 20'Missed penalty · Lawrence ShanklandDundee United
  • 31'Yellow card · Chris LongMotherwell
  • 32'Yellow card · Graham AlexanderMotherwell
  • 34'Goal · A. MeekisonDundee United · 2-0
  • 54'Goal · Chris LongMotherwell · 2-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Devante ColeMotherwell
  • 85'Yellow card · Calum ButcherDundee United
  • 90+1'Goal · Devante ColeMotherwell · 2-2
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Ricki LamieMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Dundee United 5, draws 1, Motherwell 4.

Team news

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Dundee United line-up (4-3-3)

Ross Doohan, Liam Smith, Kerr Smith, Mark Connolly, Adrián Spörle, Peter Pawlett, Jeando Fuchs, Archie Meekison, Logan Chalmers, Lawrence Shankland, Louis Appéré

Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)

Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Tyler Magloire, Ricki Lamie, N. McGinley, Allan Campbell, Sam Foley, Jake Hastie, Steven Lawless, Christopher Long, Devante Cole