Motherwell 1-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 31 October 2009

Result

Motherwell 1-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 31 October 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Motherwell · Hearts · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 1-0 Hearts: match report

Motherwell won against Hearts 1-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 31 October 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ross Forbes of Motherwell in the 55th minute.

Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; Hearts received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 16 points from 9 and Hearts 8th on 11 points from 9. Motherwell went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Hearts 6th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 0 draws and 8 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Rubén PalazuelosHearts
  • 55'Goal · Ross ForbesMotherwell · 1-0
  • 71'Red card · Eggert Gunnthor JonssonHearts
  • 84'Yellow card · John SuttonMotherwell
  • 90'Yellow card · Arvydas NovikovasHearts

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 2, draws 0, Hearts 8.

Team news

Hearts expected line-up

János Balogh, David Obua, José Gonçalves, Andy Driver, Michael Stewart, Suso, Rubén Palazuelos, Craig Thomson, Ismaël Bouzid, Lee Wallace