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 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.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Jamie Murphy
- 22'Goal · Steve Lovell
- 23'Goal · Chris Porter
- 48'Goal · Graham Barrett
- 55'Goal · John Sutton
- 90'Yellow card · Michael Higdon
- 90'Yellow card · T. Scobbie