MOTHERWELL. Hearts overcome Motherwell to win 2-1. L. Shankland was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Hearts to strike first with a goal of Lawrence Shankland at the 27′. Then Lawrence Shankland scored again for Hearts in the 71′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Blair Spittal reduced the distance for Motherwell a penalty (78′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Hearts made the most of its better ball possession (60%).

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 David Munro with the support of Ross MacLeod and Colin Drummond. The 4th official was Colin Steven. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 7.45 degrees Celsius or 45.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Motherwell

1 - 2

Hearts

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 8 Total 14
  • 1 On Target 3
  • 6 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 6
  • 106 Attack 97
  • 47 Dangerous attack 66
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 10
Fouls
  • 13 Total 12
  • 4 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Hearts had a superior ball possession 60% while Motherwell was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Hearts was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hearts won the match.​

Motherwell shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Hearts shot 14 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Motherwell received 4 yellow cards (Callum Slattery, Georgie Gent, Calum Butcher and Harrison Paton). On the opposite side, Hearts received 2 yellow cards (Beni Baningime and Toby Sibbick).

Match Timeline

27'
L. Shankland(goal)Frankie Kent
32'
L. Boyce(VAR)
Harry Paton- Yellow
40'
46'
56'
Toby Sibbick- sub ->Alan Forrest
Callum Slattery - Yellow
62'
71'
L. Shankland(goal)Beni Baningime
Jonathan Obika- sub ->Conor Wilkinson
72'
Oli Shaw- sub ->Mika Biereth
72'
75'
Jorge Grant- sub ->Alex Lowry
Blair Spittal(penalty)
78'
Georgie Gent- sub ->Stephen O\'Donnell
78'
Calum Butcher- Yellow
80'
83'
K. Vargas- sub ->Liam Boyce
86'
Toby Sibbick- Yellow
89'
Beni Baningime- Yellow
Georgie Gent- Yellow
89'
Bevis Mugabi- sub ->Callum Slattery
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Celtic
78
33
Rangers
75
33
Hearts
62
33
Kilmarnock
55
3
St. Mirren
46
3
Dundee
41
3
Hibernian
39
33
Motherwell
37
33
Aberdeen
35
33
St. Johnstone
31
33
Ross County
30
33
Livingston
18
33

After this match, Motherwell will stay with 12 points like Aberdeen to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Hearts will have 17 points like Dundee to sit in the 4th 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).

Hearts will host Livingston on the 13th of April with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Hearts (6 draws).

Motherwell – Formation

Motherwell
G
L. Kelly 1.Scotland
6.6
D
Dan Casey 15.Republic of Ireland
7.5
D
Shane Blaney 20.Republic of Ireland
7.0
D
Calum Butcher 66.England
6.4
80'
M
Stephen O'Donnell 2.Scotland
6.4
78'
M
Blair Spittal 7.Scotland
8.4
78'
M
Callum Slattery 8.England
7.0
90' 62'
M
Harry Paton 12.Canada
6.4
40'
M
T. Bair 14.Canada
6.7
46'
F
M. Biereth 24.Denmark
6.4
72'
F
Conor Wilkinson 99.Republic of Ireland
7.0
72'
Substitutes
G
Aston Oxborough 13.England
D
Georgie Gent 3.England
7.3
78' 89'
D
Bevis Mugabi 5.Uganda
90'
D
Brodie Spencer 22.Northern Ireland
6.7
46'
M
Davor Zdravkovski 17.Macedonia
F
Jonathan Obika 9.England
6.4
72'
F
Oli Shaw 18.Scotland
6.4
72'

Motherwell started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Stuart Kettlewell decided to play with the following team: Liam Kelly (6.6), Dan Casey (7.5), Calum Butcher (6.4), Shane Blaney (7.0), Stephen O’Donnell (6.4), Callum Slattery (7.0), Harrison Paton (6.4), Blair Spittal (8.4), Conor Wilkinson (7.0), Mika Biereth (6.4) and Thelonius Bair (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Georgie Gent (7.3), Bevis Mugabi, Jonathan Obika (6.4), Aston Oxborough, Davor Zdravkovski, Oli Shaw (6.4), Brodie Spencer (6.7), Dylan Wells and Luca Ross.

Motherwell could not rely on the presence of Georgie Gent (injured).

Substitutions

Motherwell made 5 changes: Thelonius Bair for Brodie Spencer (46′), Stephen O’Donnell for Georgie Gent (78′), Conor Wilkinson for Jonathan Obika (72′), Mika Biereth for Oli Shaw (72′) and Callum Slattery for Bevis Mugabi (90′).

Best player: Blair Spittal​

The most impressive player for Motherwell was Blair Spittal.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 40 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 15. He performed 8 crosses.

Hearts – Formation

Hearts
G
Z. Clark 28.Scotland
6.6
D
Frankie Kent 2.England
7.9
D
Stephen Kingsley 3.Scotland
7.1
D
Kye Rowles 15.Australia
7.3
M
Beni Baningime 6.DR Congo
7.3
89'
M
C. Nieuwenhof 8.Australia
6.7
M
Alan Forrest 17.Scotland
6.4
56'
M
Alex Cochrane 19.England
6.3
M
Alex Lowry 51.Scotland
7.3
75'
F
L. Shankland 9.Scotland
8.9
27', 71'
F
L. Boyce 10.Northern Ireland
7.1
83'
Substitutes
G
Michael McGovern 12.Northern Ireland
D
Toby Sibbick 21.England
6.3
56' 86'
M
Peter Haring 5.Austria
M
Jorge Grant 7.England
6.7
75'
M
Cammy Devlin 14.Australia
M
Andy Halliday 16.Scotland
F
Y. Oda 11.Japan
F
Kyosuke Tagawa 30.Japan
F
K. Vargas 77.Costa Rica
6.4
83'

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

Steven Naismith played with: Zander Clark (6.6), Stephen Kingsley (7.1), Frankie Kent (7.9), Kye Rowles (7.3), Alan Forrest (6.4), Calem Nieuwenhof (6.7), Beni Baningime (7.3), Alex Lowry (7.3), Alex Cochrane  (6.3), Lawrence Shankland (8.9) and Liam Boyce (7.1).

They had on the bench: Peter Haring, Jorge Grant (6.7), Yutaro Oda, Michael McGovern, Cammy Devlin, Andy Halliday, Toby Sibbick (6.3), Kyosuke Tagawa and Kenneth Vargas (6.4).

Hearts could not rely on the presence of Kenneth Vargas (injured).

Substitutions

Hearts made 3 changes: Alex Lowry for Jorge Grant (75′), Alan Forrest for Toby Sibbick (56′) and Liam Boyce for Kenneth Vargas (83′).

Best player: Lawrence Shankland​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hearts was Lawrence Shankland.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premiership.​