Motherwell 4-1 Ross County: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 29 October 2016
Result
Motherwell 4-1 Ross County
Premiership · Saturday 29 October 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Motherwell 4-1 Ross County: match report
Motherwell won against Ross County 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 29 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.
S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Motherwell's goals came from S. McDonald (8'), an own goal by Kenny van der Weg (32'), Richard Tait (51') and Lionel Ainsworth (62'). Ross County scored through Alex Schalk (78').
Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; Ross County received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 11th on 9 points from 10 and Ross County 10th on 10 points from 11. Motherwell went on to finish that season 9th with 38 points, and Ross County 6th with 46.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 1 draw and 0 for Ross County.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read L-L-L-D-W and Ross County's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · S. McDonald
- 32'Own goal · Kenny van der Weg
- 39'Yellow card · Kenny van der Weg
- 49'Yellow card · Ben Heneghan
- 51'Goal · Richard Tait
- 53'Yellow card · Paul Quinn
- 62'Goal · Lionel Ainsworth
- 78'Goal · Alex Schalk
Head-to-head
Team news
Motherwell line-up
Craig Samson, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Richard Tait, Lee Lucas, Craig Clay, J. McMillan, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult, Scott McDonald
Ross County line-up
Scott Fox, Marcus Fraser, Andrew Davies, Kenny van der Weg, Paul Quinn, Michael Gardyne, Martin Woods, Ian McShane, C. Burke, Ryan Dow, Liam Boyce