Motherwell 2-0 Aberdeen: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 11 September 2021
Result
Motherwell 2-0 Aberdeen
Premiership · Saturday 11 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Motherwell 2-0 Aberdeen: match report
Motherwell beat Aberdeen 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 11 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kevin van Veen opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Kevin van Veen (26') and Juhani Ojala (59'). Aberdeen did not score.
Discipline: Motherwell received 5 yellow cards; Aberdeen received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 7 points from 4 and Aberdeen 4th on 8 points from 4. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 46 points, and Aberdeen 9th with 41.
Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Aberdeen in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Kelly of Motherwell (8.4), ahead of J. Ojala (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 5 for Aberdeen.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-W-D-L and Aberdeen's D-D-W-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Jack MacKenzie
- 26'Goal · Kevin van Veen
- 27'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
- 28'Yellow card · Stephen Glass
- 36'Yellow card · K. Woolery
- 44'Yellow card · Mark O'Hara
- 58'Yellow card · Lewis Ferguson
- 59'Goal · Juhani Ojala
- 72'Yellow card · L. Grimshaw
- 83'Yellow card · Tony Watt
- 90+1'Yellow card · Ross McCrorie
- 90+3'Yellow card · Scott Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
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Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)
Liam Kelly, Bevis Mugabi, Sondre Solholm Johansen, J. Ojala, N. McGinley, Liam Grimshaw, Callum Slattery, Mark O'Hara, Kaiyne Woolery, Tony Watt, Kevin van Veen
Aberdeen line-up (4-3-3)
Joe Lewis, Calvin Ramsay, Declan Gallagher, Ross McCrorie, Jack MacKenzie, Lewis Ferguson, Scott Brown, Matty Longstaff, F. Ojo, Christian Ramirez, Marley Watkins