Motherwell 2-1 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 19 March 2016
Result
Motherwell 2-1 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 19 March 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Motherwell 2-1 Aberdeen: match report
Motherwell beat Aberdeen 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 19 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.
Kenny McLean opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Motherwell's goals came from S. McDonald (73') and Louis Moult (75'). Aberdeen scored through Kenny McLean (44', penalty).
Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Aberdeen received no yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Motherwell were 6th on 39 points from 30 and Aberdeen 2nd on 58 points from 30. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Aberdeen 2nd with 67.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 4 draws and 4 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Aberdeen's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · M. Gomis
- 44'Penalty goal · Kenny McLean
- 44'Yellow card · Kieran Kennedy
- 51'Yellow card · J. Leitch
- 73'Goal · S. McDonald
- 75'Goal · Louis Moult
- 79'Red card · B. Robson
Head-to-head
Team news
Motherwell line-up
Connor Ripley, Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Kieran Kennedy, Josh Law, Chris Cadden, Marvin Johnson, Morgaro Gomis, Jack Leitch, L. Moult, Scott McDonald
Aberdeen line-up
Scott Brown, Shaleum Logan, Andy Considine, Ash Taylor, Mark Reynolds, Graeme Shinnie, Kenny McLean, Niall McGinn, Jonny Hayes, Ryan Jack, Simon Church