Dunfermline Athletic 2-4 Motherwell: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 27 August 2011
Result
Dunfermline Athletic 2-4 Motherwell
Premiership · Saturday 27 August 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Dunfermline Athletic 2-4 Motherwell: match report
Dunfermline Athletic were beaten by Motherwell 2-4 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 August 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Michael Higdon opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Dunfermline Athletic's goals came from J. Cardle (69') and J. Cardle (88'). Motherwell scored through Michael Higdon (11'), Jamie Murphy (26'), Chris Humphrey (55') and Michael Higdon (90').
Discipline: Dunfermline Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Dunfermline Athletic were 4th on 8 points from 4 and Motherwell 2nd on 10 points from 5. Dunfermline Athletic went on to finish that season 12th with 25 points, and Motherwell 3rd with 62.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Dunfermline Athletic win, 0 draws and 3 for Motherwell.
Going into the match Dunfermline Athletic's last five read W-W-D-D and Motherwell's L-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Michael Higdon
- 22'Yellow card · Paul Burns
- 26'Goal · Jamie Murphy
- 28'Yellow card · Alex Keddie
- 55'Goal · Chris Humphrey
- 64'Yellow card · S. Craigan
- 69'Goal · J. Cardle
- 88'Goal · J. Cardle
- 90'Goal · Michael Higdon
Head-to-head
Team news
Dunfermline Athletic line-up
Paul Gallacher, Jason Thomson, Henry McCann, Alex Keddie, Andy Dowie, Gary Mason, Martin Hardie, Paul Burns, Joe Cardle, Andy Barrowman, Andrew (Andy) Kirk
Motherwell line-up
Darren Randolph, Steven Hammell, Tom Hateley, Chris Humphrey, Connor Jennings, Keith Lasley, Jamie Murphy, Nicky Law, Stephen Craigan, Michael Higdon, Tim Clancy