Motherwell and Ross County draws a frantic match 3-3 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

MOTHERWELL. Motherwell and Ross County played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

October 29, 2023

MOTHERWELL. Motherwell and Ross County played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the Fir Park stadium in Motherwell on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Graham Grainger assisted by Gordon Crawford and Paul O’Neill. The 4th official was Chris Graham. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 11.46 degrees Celsius or 52.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.

Match Statistics

Motherwell

3 - 3

Ross County

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

13 Total 13
3 On Target 6
6 Off Target 6
4 Shots blocked 1

102 Attack 100
67 Dangerous attack 44
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
6 Corners 4
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

10 Total 9
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Motherwell was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Ross County that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Motherwell was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Motherwell to win the match.

Motherwell shot 13 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Ross County shot 13 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Motherwell received 3 yellow cards (Callum Slattery, Stuart Kettlewell and Brodie Spencer). On the other side, Ross County received 2 yellow cards (Victor Loturi and Scott Allardice).

Match Timeline

32'

Scott Allardice- Yellow

33'

Victor Loturi- Yellow

46'

61'

65'

Eamonn Brophy(goal)Kyle Turner

70'

73'

Simon Murray(goal)George Harmon

74'

Alex Samuel- sub ->Eamonn Brophy

74'

Jordan White- sub ->Simon Murray

75'

Georgie Gent- sub ->Brodie Spencer

75'

79'

83'

Victor Loturi(goal)

Callum Slattery - Yellow

85'

88'

89'

Dylan Smith- sub ->Connor Randall

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Motherwell will have 11 points like Dundee and Hearts to hold in the 6th place. On the other side, Ross County will have 9 points like Aberdeen to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premiership, Motherwell will host Hibernian on the 13th of April with a 22-17 head to head stats in favor of Hibernian (10 draws).

Ross County will host Rangers on the 13th of April with a 16-0 head to head in favor of Rangers (4 draws).

Motherwell – Formation

Motherwell

L. Kelly 1.Scotland

6.1

Stephen O'Donnell 2.Scotland

7.3

75'

Bevis Mugabi 5.Uganda

6.4

Dan Casey 15.Republic of Ireland

7.3

Paul McGinn 16.Scotland

6.4

Brodie Spencer 22.Northern Ireland

6.8

75'

70'

Blair Spittal 7.Scotland

7.0

Callum Slattery 8.England

6.7

85'

Harry Paton 12.Canada

7.3

T. Bair 14.Canada

7.0

61'

Oli Shaw 18.Scotland

6.7

87'

Substitutes

Aston Oxborough 13.England

Georgie Gent 3.England

6.6

75'

Shane Blaney 20.Republic of Ireland

Davor Zdravkovski 17.Macedonia

Calum Butcher 66.England

M. Biereth 24.Denmark

8.9

75'

79'

Conor Wilkinson 99.Republic of Ireland

7.3

61'

88'

Motherwell started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Stuart Kettlewell decided to play with the following team: Liam Kelly (6.1), Stephen O’Donnell (7.3), Paul McGinn (6.4), Bevis Mugabi (6.4), Dan Casey (7.3), Brodie Spencer (6.8), Callum Slattery (6.7), Harrison Paton (7.3), Blair Spittal (7.0), Oli Shaw (6.7) and Thelonius Bair (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Georgie Gent (6.6), Aston Oxborough, Davor Zdravkovski, Shane Blaney, Mika Biereth (8.9), Luca Ross (7.3), Calum Butcher, Conor Wilkinson (7.3) and Max Ross.

Substitutions

Motherwell made 3 changes: Thelonius Bair for Conor Wilkinson (61′), Stephen O’Donnell for Mika Biereth (75′) and Brodie Spencer for Georgie Gent (75′).

Best player: Mika Biereth

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Motherwell was Mika Biereth.

His rating is (8.9) with 1 goal, 1 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 75′.

Ross County – Formation

Ross County

Ross Laidlaw 1.Scotland

5.8

James Brown 4.Republic of Ireland

7.0

Jack Baldwin 5.England

7.5

George Harmon 16.England

6.8

Ryan Leak 42.Wales

6.6

Connor Randall 2.England

6.4

89'

Scott Allardice 6.Scotland

6.8

74'

32'

Yan Dhanda 10.England

7.0

46'

Victor Loturi 14.Canada

7.0

33'

83'

Simon Murray 15.Scotland

7.7

74'

73'

Eamonn Brophy 27.Scotland

7.3

74'

65'

Substitutes

Ross Munro 21.Scotland

Ben Purrington 3.England

Dylan Smith 30.Scotland

6.4

89'

K. Turner 7.Scotland

7.7

46'

Max Sheaf 12.England

Scott High 18.Scotland

6.3

74'

Alex Samuel 25.Wales

7.0

74'

Jordan White 26.Scotland

6.8

74'

Ross County started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Malky Mackay played with: Ross Laidlaw (5.8), James Brown (7.0), Jack Baldwin (7.5), Ryan Leak (6.6), George Harmon (6.8), Victor Loturi (7.0), Connor Randall (6.4), Scott Allardice (6.8), Yan Dhanda (7.0), Simon Murray (7.7) and Eamonn Brophy (7.3).

They had on the bench: Ben Purrington, Kyle Turner (7.7), Max Sheaf, Scott High (6.3), Ross Munro, Alex Samuel (7.0), Jordan White (6.8) and Dylan Smith (6.4).

Substitutions

Ross County made 5 changes: Yan Dhanda for Kyle Turner (46′), Simon Murray for Jordan White (74′), Eamonn Brophy for Alex Samuel (74′), Scott Allardice for Scott High (74′) and Connor Randall for Dylan Smith (89′).