Motherwell 1-0 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 23 April 2016

Result

Motherwell 1-0 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 23 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Motherwell · Hearts · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 1-0 Hearts: match report

Motherwell beat Hearts 1-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 April 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Lionel Ainsworth of Motherwell in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; Hearts received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 46 points from 33 and Hearts 3rd on 58 points from 33. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Hearts 3rd with 63.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Steven HammellMotherwell
  • 28'Goal · Lionel AinsworthMotherwell · 1-0
  • 62'Yellow card · Chris CaddenMotherwell
  • 68'Yellow card · Perry KitchenHearts
  • 70'Yellow card · Liam SmithHearts

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Craig Samson, Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Kieran Kennedy, Josh Law, Chris Cadden, Marvin Johnson, Keith Lasley, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult, Scott McDonald

Hearts line-up

Neil Alexander, Alim Öztürk, John Souttar, Liam Smith, Jamie Walker, Prince Bauben, Sam Nicholson, Arnaud Djoum, Perry Kitchen, Callum Paterson, Juanma Delgado