Falkirk 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 May 2009

Result

Falkirk 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 2 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Falkirk · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

Falkirk 2-1 Motherwell: match report

Falkirk won against Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

C. Finnigan opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Falkirk's goals came from C. Finnigan (9') and T. Scobbie (56'). Motherwell scored through David Clarkson (70', penalty).

Discipline: Falkirk received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Motherwell received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Falkirk were 12th on 28 points from 33 and Motherwell 7th on 41 points from 33. Falkirk went on to finish that season 10th with 38 points, and Motherwell 6th with 48.

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · C. FinniganFalkirk · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · C. FinniganFalkirk
  • 44'Yellow card · Steven HammellMotherwell
  • 53'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 56'Goal · T. ScobbieFalkirk · 2-0
  • 70'Penalty goal · David ClarksonMotherwell · 2-1
  • 71'Red card · Gerard AafjesFalkirk
  • 77'Yellow card · Arnau RieraFalkirk
  • 82'Yellow card · M. ReynoldsMotherwell
  • 87'Yellow card · B. McLeanMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Falkirk 3, draws 3, Motherwell 4.