Motherwell 3-2 Falkirk: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 5 October 2008

Result

Motherwell 3-2 Falkirk

Premiership · Sunday 5 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Motherwell · Falkirk · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 3-2 Falkirk: match report

Motherwell won against Falkirk 3-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 5 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Jamie Murphy opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Jamie Murphy (12'), Chris Porter (23') and John Sutton (55'). Falkirk scored through Steve Lovell (22') and Graham Barrett (48').

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Falkirk received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 11th on 7 points from 7 and Falkirk 10th on 7 points from 7. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 48 points, and Falkirk 10th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 2 for Falkirk.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Jamie MurphyMotherwell · 1-0
  • 22'Goal · Steve LovellFalkirk · 1-1
  • 23'Goal · Chris PorterMotherwell · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Graham BarrettFalkirk · 2-2
  • 55'Goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael HigdonFalkirk
  • 90'Yellow card · T. ScobbieFalkirk

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 3, Falkirk 2.