Scottish Premiership
Dundee United
MotherwellScotland · Scottish Premiership · 2026-2027
Motherwell
9th of 12 in the Scottish Premiership with 12 points from 12 games. Home ground: Fir Park.
9thin the table
12league points
24:28goals, all competitions
6clean sheets
Next match
Dundee United v Motherwell
Dundee UnitedMotherwellScottish Premiership · 2026-2027
Motherwell's season so far
Motherwell sit 9th of 12 in the Scottish Premiership (2026-2027) with 12 points from 12 games: 3 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats, 14 scored and 20 conceded (1.00 points a game). The gap to the leaders, Celtic, is 16 points.
At home they have won 2 of 6 league games (4–8 in goals); away, 1 of 6 (10–12). Their points come more easily at home: 1.17 a game against 0.83.
In all competitions (Conference League, Scottish Premiership) they have played 18 matches, scoring 1.33 goals a game and conceding 1.56, with 6 clean sheets and 5 games without a goal. Their biggest win: won 3–0 at home to Dundee United. Their heaviest defeat: lost 0–4 at home to Aberdeen.
Their last 5 results, newest first: won 1–0 at home to St Mirren; drew 2–2 away at St Johnstone; lost 0–2 at home to Heart of Midlothian; lost 2–3 away at Kilmarnock; lost 0–2 at home to Celtic.
The squad table below lists 26 players with minutes this season. Of them, Ibrahim Said has scored the most: 4 goals in 15 appearances. Alex Lowry has the most assists, 3. Alex Paulsen has played the most minutes (1,620).
Next: Dundee United away in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday 7 November at 15:00 UTC.
Results
This season
Conference League, Scottish Premiership
Sat 31 Oct
FTMotherwell1 – 0
St MirrenScottish Premiership
1 – 0St MirrenScottish PremiershipWed 28 Oct
FTSt Johnstone
2 – 2MotherwellScottish Premiership
2 – 2MotherwellScottish PremiershipSun 25 Oct
FTMotherwell0 – 2
Heart of MidlothianScottish Premiership
0 – 2Heart of MidlothianScottish PremiershipSat 17 Oct
FTKilmarnock
3 – 2MotherwellScottish Premiership
3 – 2MotherwellScottish PremiershipSun 11 Oct
FTMotherwell0 – 2
CelticScottish Premiership
0 – 2CelticScottish PremiershipSat 19 Sept
FTDundee
2 – 1MotherwellScottish Premiership
2 – 1MotherwellScottish PremiershipTue 15 Sept
FTMotherwell0 – 4
AberdeenScottish Premiership
0 – 4AberdeenScottish PremiershipSat 5 Sept
FTRangers
1 – 0MotherwellScottish Premiership
1 – 0MotherwellScottish PremiershipWed 2 Sept
FTMotherwell3 – 0Dundee UnitedScottish Premiership
3 – 0Dundee UnitedScottish PremiershipSun 30 Aug
FTSt Mirren3 – 3MotherwellScottish Premiership
3 – 3MotherwellScottish PremiershipThu 27 Aug
FTFreiburg
4 – 1MotherwellConference League
4 – 1MotherwellConference LeagueThu 20 Aug
FTMotherwell1 – 3FreiburgConference League
1 – 3FreiburgConference LeagueFixtures
Coming up
Sat 7 Nov
15:00Dundee UnitedvsMotherwellScottish Premiership
vsMotherwellScottish PremiershipSat 21 Nov
20:00MotherwellvsRangersScottish Premiership
vsRangersScottish PremiershipSat 28 Nov
17:45Motherwellvs
HibernianScottish Premiership
vsHibernianScottish PremiershipWed 2 Dec
19:45Falkirk
vsMotherwellScottish Premiership
vsMotherwellScottish PremiershipSat 5 Dec
15:00MotherwellvsKilmarnockScottish Premiership
vsKilmarnockScottish PremiershipSun 13 Dec
15:00Heart of MidlothianvsMotherwellScottish Premiership
vsMotherwellScottish PremiershipSat 19 Dec
15:00MotherwellvsDundeeScottish Premiership
vsDundeeScottish PremiershipSat 26 Dec
15:00CelticvsMotherwellScottish Premiership
vsMotherwellScottish PremiershipWed 30 Dec
19:45AberdeenvsMotherwellScottish Premiership
vsMotherwellScottish PremiershipSat 2 Jan
15:00MotherwellvsSt JohnstoneScottish Premiership
vsSt JohnstoneScottish PremiershipUpdated 1 Nov, 16:47 UTC
Standings
Where Motherwell stand
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | St Johnstone | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15:19 | -4 | 14 | DDLDW | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12:20 | -8 | 14 | LDWLL | |
| 9 | Motherwell | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14:20 | -6 | 12 | WDLLL | |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12:14 | -2 | 11 | LLWLD | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13:28 | -15 | 9 | DLLWL |
League record
Home and away
12 Scottish Premiership games.
At home2W 1D 3L · 4:8
Away1W 2D 3L · 10:12
All competitions6W 4D 8L · 24:28
Failed to score in 5 of 18 matches; kept a clean sheet in 6.
Points path
Motherwell against the leaders
League points game by game, next to Celtic.
Squad
Player numbers this season
Every player with minutes, most used first.
| Player | Apps | Starts | Min | G | A | YC | RC | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alex PaulsenGK · New Zealand | 18 | 18 | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
 Martin MoormannDF · Austria | 17 | 17 | 1419 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.58 |
 Emmanuel LongeloDF · England | 17 | 16 | 1398 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.70 |
 Lukas FadingerMF · Austria | 17 | 16 | 1398 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.72 |
 Tom SparrowMF · United Kingdom | 16 | 15 | 1285 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6.54 |
 Jake Girdwood-ReichMF · Australia | 17 | 13 | 1176 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.44 |
 Ibrahim SaidMF · Nigeria | 15 | 14 | 1169 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.87 |
 Tawanda MaswanhiseFW · Zimbabwe | 16 | 14 | 1109 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.70 |
| Joe HodgeMF · Ireland | 12 | 12 | 977 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.34 |
| Alex LowryMF · Scotland | 13 | 11 | 900 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.85 |
| Sebastian Palmer-HouldenMF · England | 12 | 8 | 707 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.66 |
| Regan Charles-CookFW · Grenada | 14 | 8 | 630 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.91 |
| Oscar Moncrieff PriestmanMF · Australia | 7 | 6 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Jamie Knight-LebelDF · Canada | 10 | 5 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.58 |
| Dylan WilliamsDF · England | 7 | 3 | 333 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.90 |
| Dylan LevittMF · Wales | 7 | 3 | 291 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.37 |
| Willy VogtMF · Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.60 |
| Stephen O'DonnellDF · Scotland | 7 | 2 | 261 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 |
| Ewan WilsonDF · Scotland | 7 | 2 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Eyþór Vigerust BjörgólfssonFW · Norway | 9 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| John KoutroumbisDF · Australia | 4 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.20 |
| Jordan McGheeDF · Scotland | 2 | 2 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.40 |
| Mikey BoothMF · Scotland | 1 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Luca RossFW · Scotland | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Callum HendryFW · Scotland | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Paul McGinnDF · Scotland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Scottish Premiership