Hamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Hamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 20 December 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Hamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell: match report

Hamilton Academical beat Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 December 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

James McCarthy opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Hamilton Academical's goals came from James McCarthy (44') and James McCarthy (67'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: Hamilton Academical received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hamilton Academical were 12th on 14 points from 18 and Motherwell 11th on 17 points from 17. Hamilton Academical went on to finish that season 9th with 41 points, and Motherwell 6th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Hamilton Academical wins, 0 draws and 1 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · James McCarthyHamilton Academical · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Maros KlimplMotherwell
  • 44'Yellow card · James McCarthyHamilton Academical
  • 44'Yellow card · Steven McGarryMotherwell
  • 44'Yellow card · Alex NeilHamilton Academical
  • 67'Goal · James McCarthyHamilton Academical · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · Paul QuinnMotherwell

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Hamilton Academical 0, draws 0, Motherwell 1.