Motherwell 3-3 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 January 2016

Result

Motherwell 3-3 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Motherwell 3-3 Hamilton Academical: match report

Motherwell drew with Hamilton Academical 3-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 January 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Motherwell's goals came from S. McDonald (9'), S. McDonald (46') and Louis Moult (57'). Hamilton Academical scored through Lucas Tagliapietra (25'), Darian Mackinnon (28') and Ali Crawford (90+6', penalty).

Discipline: Motherwell received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 25 points from 19 and Hamilton Academical 9th on 25 points from 20. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Hamilton Academical 9th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 0 draws and 4 for Hamilton Academical.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · S. McDonaldMotherwell · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Lucas TagliapietraHamilton Academical · 1-1
  • 28'Goal · Darian MackinnonHamilton Academical · 1-2
  • 38'Yellow card · L. GrimshawMotherwell
  • 46'Goal · S. McDonaldMotherwell · 2-2
  • 49'Yellow card · J. LawMotherwell
  • 50'Yellow card · D. ImrieHamilton Academical
  • 52'Yellow card · Ali CrawfordHamilton Academical
  • 57'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 3-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 78'Yellow card · A. KurakinsHamilton Academical
  • 87'Yellow card · S. McManusMotherwell
  • 90+5'Second yellow · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Ali CrawfordHamilton Academical · 3-3

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Motherwell 1, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 4.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Connor Ripley, Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Josh Law, Ben Hall, Liam Grimshaw, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Johnson, Keith Lasley, L. Moult, Scott McDonald

Hamilton Academical line-up

Michael McGovern, Ziggy Gordon, Antons Kurakins, Lucas Tagliapietra, Grant Gillespie, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Greg Docherty, Dougie Imrie, Carlton Morris, Eamonn Brophy