Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 1 August 2021
Result
Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian
Premiership · Sunday 1 August 2021, 15:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian: match report
Motherwell were beaten by Hibernian 2-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 1 August 2021. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Kevin van Veen opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Kevin van Veen (12') and Bevis Mugabi (29'). Hibernian scored through Kyle Magennis (17'), Christian Doidge (56') and Martin Boyle (70', penalty).
Discipline: Motherwell received 5 yellow cards; Hibernian received 3 yellow cards.
Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 46 points, and Hibernian 7th with 45.
Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Hibernian in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin van Veen of Motherwell (8.0), ahead of Jake Carroll (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 5 for Hibernian.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Kevin van Veen
- 17'Goal · Kyle Magennis
- 22'Yellow card · Jake Carroll
- 29'Goal · Bevis Mugabi
- 31'Yellow card · Callum Slattery
- 48'Yellow card · P. Hanlon
- 55'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
- 56'Goal · Christian Doidge
- 59'Yellow card · Lewis Stevenson
- 69'Yellow card · Stephen O'Donnell
- 70'Penalty goal · Martin Boyle
- 70'Yellow card · Liam Kelly
- 76'Yellow card · R. Porteous
Head-to-head
Team news
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Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)
Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, Ricki Lamie, Jake Carroll, Callum Slattery, Liam Donnelly, Barry Maguire, Kaiyne Woolery, Kevin van Veen, Tony Watt
Hibernian line-up (4-2-3-1)
Matt Macey, Paul McGinn, Ryan Porteous, Paul Hanlon, Lewis Stevenson, Joe Newell, Alex Gogic, Martin Boyle, Kyle Magennis, Jamie Murphy, Kevin Nisbet