Motherwell 0-3 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 4 February 2017

Result

Motherwell 0-3 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 4 February 2017, 12:15 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Motherwell 0-3 Hearts: match report

Motherwell lost to Hearts 0-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 4 February 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Alexandros Tziolis opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Motherwell did not score. Hearts scored through Alexandros Tziolis (59'), Esmaël Gonçalves (84') and Esmaël Gonçalves (88').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 6th on 24 points from 22 and Hearts 5th on 34 points from 23. Motherwell went on to finish that season 9th with 38 points, and Hearts 5th with 46.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hearts in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 4 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Richard TaitMotherwell
  • 28'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 33'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerHearts
  • 43'Yellow card · Malaury MartinHearts
  • 53'Red card · Carl McHughMotherwell
  • 59'Goal · Alexandros TziolisHearts · 0-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Ben HeneghanMotherwell
  • 84'Goal · Esmaël GonçalvesHearts · 0-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Esmaël GonçalvesHearts
  • 88'Goal · Esmaël GonçalvesHearts · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 1, Hearts 4.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig Samson, Steven Hammell, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Zak Jules, Richard Tait, Edi Murtado, Keith Lasley, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult

Hearts line-up (4-4-2)

Jack Hamilton, Aaron Hughes, Tasos Avlonitis, Andraž Struna, Lennard Sowah, Alexandros Tziolis, Jamie Walker, D. Cowie, Malaury Martin, Bjørn Johnsen, Esmaël Gonçalves