Motherwell 1-2 Ross County: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Motherwell 1-2 Ross County

Premiership · Saturday 23 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Motherwell 1-2 Ross County: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Ross County 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 23 January 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Jackson Irvine opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Stephen Pearson (87'). Ross County scored through Jackson Irvine (20') and B. Graham (69').

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Ross County received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 26 points from 21 and Ross County 5th on 32 points from 23. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Ross County 7th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 2 for Ross County.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Jackson IrvineRoss County · 0-1
  • 69'Goal · B. GrahamRoss County · 0-2
  • 87'Goal · Stephen PearsonMotherwell · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · C. CurranRoss County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 3, Ross County 2.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

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

Ross County line-up

Scott Fox, Marcus Fraser, Scott Boyd, Richard Foster, Andrew Davies, Michael Gardyne, Ian McShane, Jackson Irvine, Brian Graham, Jonathan Franks, Alex Schalk