Motherwell 2-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 30 October 2019

Result

Motherwell 2-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Wednesday 30 October 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Motherwell · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Motherwell defeated Kilmarnock 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 30 October 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Liam Donnelly opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Liam Donnelly (14') and Devante Cole (54'). Kilmarnock scored through D. Thomas (31').

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

Going into the game Motherwell were 4th on 16 points from 10 and Kilmarnock 3rd on 17 points from 10. Motherwell went on to finish that season 3rd with 46 points, and Kilmarnock 8th with 33.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kilmarnock in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Donnelly of Motherwell (8.3), ahead of Liam Polworth (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 4 for Kilmarnock.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Red card · Alex BruceKilmarnock
  • 14'Goal · Liam DonnellyMotherwell · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · D. ThomasKilmarnock · 1-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Gary DickerKilmarnock
  • 54'Goal · Devante ColeMotherwell · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · L. GrimshawMotherwell
  • 85'Yellow card · C. JohnsonKilmarnock

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 4, draws 2, Kilmarnock 4.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Declan Gallagher, Peter Hartley, Jake Carroll, Liam Donnelly, Allan Campbell, Liam Polworth, Jermaine Hylton, Christopher Long, Devante Cole

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

Laurențiu Brănescu, Stephen O'Donnell, Dario Del Fabro, Alex Bruce, Niko Hämäläinen, G. Dicker, Alan Power, Rory McKenzie, Mohamed El Makrini, Dominic Thomas, Simeon Jackson