Motherwell 3-1 Partick Thistle: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Motherwell 3-1 Partick Thistle

Premiership · Saturday 27 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Motherwell 3-1 Partick Thistle: match report

Motherwell defeated Partick Thistle 3-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Louis Moult opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Louis Moult (37', penalty), Louis Moult (52') and Marvin Johnson (69'). Partick Thistle scored through Callum Booth (76').

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Partick Thistle received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 10th on 30 points from 27 and Partick Thistle 9th on 31 points from 24. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Partick Thistle 10th with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 3 for Partick Thistle.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · A. NesbittPartick Thistle
  • 37'Penalty goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · Marvin JohnsonMotherwell · 3-0
  • 76'Goal · Callum BoothPartick Thistle · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 1, Partick Thistle 3.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Connor Ripley, Steven Hammell, Louis Laing, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Ben Hall, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Johnson, Keith Lasley, L. Moult, Scott McDonald

Partick Thistle line-up

Tomas Cerny, Gary Miller, Daniel Seaborne, Frederic Frans, Christie Elliot, Callum Booth, Abdul Osman, Stuart Bannigan, Steven Lawless, Kris Doolan, Aidan Nesbitt