Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC · Rugby Park, Kilmarnock · half-time 1-1

Kilmarnock · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

Kilmarnock 3-2 Motherwell: match report

Kilmarnock defeated Motherwell 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Rugby Park. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Greg Kiltie opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Kilmarnock's goals came from Greg Kiltie (2'), Tyreece John-Jules (58') and Greg Kiltie (69'). Motherwell scored through Alex Lowry (17') and S. Palmer-Houlden (56').

Discipline: Kilmarnock received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Kilmarnock were 12th on 5 points from 8 and Motherwell 9th on 8 points from 8. In the current table Kilmarnock are 11th on 9 points and Motherwell are 9th on 12 points.

Kilmarnock lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Greg Kiltie of Kilmarnock (8.4), ahead of Tyreece John-Jules (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Kilmarnock wins, 4 draws and 4 for Motherwell.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Greg KiltieKilmarnock · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Alex LowryMotherwell · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · George StangerKilmarnock
  • 56'Goal · S. Palmer-HouldenMotherwell · 1-2
  • 58'Goal · Tyreece John-JulesKilmarnock · 2-2
  • 69'Goal · Greg KiltieKilmarnock · 3-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Motherwell123361420-612LLLDW
11Kilmarnock122371328-159LWLLD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Kilmarnock 2, draws 4, Motherwell 4.

Team news

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

Calum Ferrie, MJ Kamson-Kamara, Cathal McCarthy, George Stanger, Michael Schjönning-Larsen, Bailey Rice, Tom Lowery, Erik Ring, Tyreece John-Jules, Greg Kiltie, Joe Hugill

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

Alex Paulsen, Tom Sparrow, Stephen O'Donnell, Martin Moormann, Emmanuel Longelo, Lukas Fadinger, Joe Hodge, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Alex Lowry, Ibrahim Said, S. Palmer-Houlden

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