Ross County 3-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Tuesday 5 December 2023

Result

Ross County 3-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Tuesday 5 December 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Ross County 3-0 Motherwell: match report

Ross County beat Motherwell 3-0 in the Premiership on Tuesday 5 December 2023. The half-time score was 2-0.

Simon Murray opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Ross County's goals came from Simon Murray (2'), Yan Dhanda (18') and Ben Purrington (56'). Motherwell did not score.

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

Going into the game Ross County were 9th on 14 points from 14 and Motherwell 8th on 14 points from 15. Ross County went on to finish that season 11th with 35 points, and Motherwell 8th with 43.

Ross County lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Motherwell in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Baldwin of Ross County (8.4), ahead of Yan Dhanda (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Simon MurrayRoss County · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Yan DhandaRoss County · 2-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Blair SpittalMotherwell
  • 43'Yellow card · Jordan WhiteRoss County
  • 56'Goal · Ben PurringtonRoss County · 3-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Georgie GentMotherwell
  • 88'Yellow card · William NightingaleRoss County
  • 90+2'Second yellow · William NightingaleRoss County

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ben PatonRoss County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • R. CallachanRoss County · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)

Ross County line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ross Laidlaw, Will Nightingale, Jack Baldwin, Ryan Leak, James Brown, Connor Randall, S. Allardice, Ben Purrington, Yan Dhanda, Jordan White, Simon Murray

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

Liam Kelly, Dan Casey, Bevis Mugabi, Shane Blaney, Callum Slattery, Brodie Spencer, Conor Wilkinson, Blair Spittal, Stephen O'Donnell, Theo Bair, Mika Biereth