Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 8 January 2023

Result

Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian

Premiership · Sunday 8 January 2023, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Motherwell 2-3 Hibernian: match report

Motherwell lost to Hibernian 2-3 in the Premiership on Sunday 8 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Kevin Nisbet opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Stuart McKinstry (59') and R. Tierney (90+1'). Hibernian scored through Kevin Nisbet (16'), Kevin Nisbet (52') and Kevin Nisbet (74').

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; Hibernian received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 10th on 19 points from 19 and Hibernian 8th on 23 points from 20. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and Hibernian 5th with 52.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Hibernian in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Nisbet of Hibernian (8.9), ahead of Blair Spittal (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 3 draws and 3 for Hibernian.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Kevin NisbetHibernian · 0-1
  • 52'Goal · Kevin NisbetHibernian · 0-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Callum SlatteryMotherwell
  • 59'Goal · Stuart McKinstryMotherwell · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Kevin NisbetHibernian · 1-3
  • 85'Yellow card · Sondre JohansenMotherwell
  • 90'Yellow card · Joe NewellHibernian
  • 90+1'Goal · R. TierneyMotherwell · 2-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Motherwell 1, draws 3, Hibernian 3.

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Sondre Solholm Johansen, Ricki Lamie, Matt Penney, Dean Cornelius, Sean Goss, Callum Slattery, Connor Shields, Kevin van Veen, Blair Spittal

Hibernian line-up (4-3-3)

Txiki Acaz, Chris Cadden, Rocky Bushiri, Ryan Porteous, Lewis Stevenson, Kyle Magennis, Joe Newell, Josh Campbell, Élie Youan, Kevin Nisbet, Aiden McGeady