Motherwell 0-3 Aberdeen: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 19 October 2019

Result

Motherwell 0-3 Aberdeen

Premiership · Saturday 19 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Motherwell 0-3 Aberdeen: match report

Motherwell lost to Aberdeen 0-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 19 October 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Sam Cosgrove opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Motherwell did not score. Aberdeen scored through Sam Cosgrove (15'), Niall McGinn (53') and Zak Vyner (60').

Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; Aberdeen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 3rd on 16 points from 8 and Aberdeen 4th on 12 points from 8. Motherwell went on to finish that season 3rd with 46 points, and Aberdeen 4th with 45.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Aberdeen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Lewis of Aberdeen (8.5), ahead of Shaleum Logan (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 0 draws and 8 for Aberdeen.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Missed penalty · J. ScottMotherwell
  • 15'Goal · Sam CosgroveAberdeen · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Niall McGinnAberdeen · 0-2
  • 60'Goal · Zak VynerAberdeen · 0-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Zak VynerAberdeen
  • 90'Yellow card · L. GrimshawMotherwell
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Scott McKennaAberdeen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 2, draws 0, Aberdeen 8.

Team news

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

Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Declan Gallagher, Peter Hartley, Richard Tait, Barry Maguire, Liam Polworth, Allan Campbell, Sherwin Seedorf, Christopher Long, James Scott

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

Joe Lewis, Shaleum Logan, Michael Devlin, Scott McKenna, Andy Considine, Greg Leigh, Niall McGinn, Zak Vyner, Jon Gallagher, James Wilson, Sam Cosgrove