Motherwell 1-3 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2017

Result

Motherwell 1-3 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Motherwell 1-3 Hamilton Academical: match report

Motherwell lost to Hamilton Academical 1-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 30 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.

C. Tanner opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Motherwell's goal came from C. Tanner (3'). Hamilton Academical scored through D. Imrie (41', penalty), R. Bingham (53') and Greg Docherty (76').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 24 points from 20 and Hamilton Academical 9th on 20 points from 20. Motherwell went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Hamilton Academical 10th with 33.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hamilton Academical in a 3-5-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · C. TannerMotherwell · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Xavier TomasHamilton Academical
  • 41'Yellow card · Peter HartleyMotherwell
  • 41'Penalty goal · D. ImrieHamilton Academical · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · M. DonatiHamilton Academical
  • 53'Goal · R. BinghamHamilton Academical · 1-2
  • 76'Goal · Greg DochertyHamilton Academical · 1-3
  • 86'Yellow card · L. GrimshawMotherwell
  • 88'Yellow card · Steven HammellMotherwell

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)

Trevor Carson, Steven Hammell, Peter Hartley, Andrew Rose, Cédric Kipré, Richard Tait, Gaël Bigirimana, Allan Campbell, R. Bowman, George Newell, Craig Tanner

Hamilton Academical line-up (3-5-2)

Gary Woods, Scott McMann, Xavier Tomas, Alex Gogic, Greg Docherty, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Dougie Imrie, Rakish Bingham, David Templeton