Premiership preview: Can Motherwell edge out victory against Ross County?

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 28.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

Motherwell have won 10 points running out as the host team. Ross County have brought back 7 points using the away locker rooms. Should we expect a home win?

Insights:
  • Motherwell have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership

The visiting Ross County played their last game only four days ago, a Premiership match. That game, against Dundee, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Ross County.

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Motherwell form and stats

Motherwell, who have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership, have played 4 Premiership games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Motherwell lost their last game at Livingston (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline.

Ahead of that match, Motherwell lost 1-2 at home to Celtic.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Motherwell have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Motherwell, as the Premiership home game vs Aberdeen is only four days away.

The Motherwell fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Motherwell's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ross County form and stats

Things could have gone better for Ross County in their Premiership away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

The attacking players of Ross County have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 301 minutes.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Dundee (placed 10th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Goalkeeper Laidlaw made a total of nine saves, making him a hero against Dundee. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Laidlaw (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 9.23. Laidlaw topped it up with a clean sheet.

A loss against Hearts was the result prior to that, in a home game.

County are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 12 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Ross County now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at Hibernian is waiting in only three days.

County are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 3 goals in these matches.

Head 2 Head

Motherwell have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without losing (4-1-0) when facing Ross County.

Top Goalscorers

Ross CountyS. Murray
S. Murray
2 goals
MotherwellC. Slattery
C. Slattery
1 goals
MotherwellH. Paton
H. Paton
1 goals

Motherwell missing players

Ross County missing players

Motherwell Ross County
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 4 8
3 2 1 Won W 1 1 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 4
7 5 2 Scored S 1 3 6
9 5 1 Conceded C 4 8 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
62% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 62%
38% 75% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
50% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 25%
12% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 38%
38% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 50% 50%
 
5.2 4.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.8 5
5.6 4.2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 9.5 7.5 6.5
2.6 2.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 4.8 3.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 13.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 8 10.5
4.2 5.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 3.5
21% 24% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 21%
 
14 12.2 4 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.2 14.9
3.2 3.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 7.8 6.1
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Motherwell have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motherwell have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premiership
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Ross County have the most conceded goals in the first half (7) in Premiership

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 9 8 1 0 23 6 4 3 1 0 10 3 5 5 0 0 13 3 17 25
2 Rangers 9 6 0 3 17 5 5 3 0 2 10 4 4 3 0 1 7 1 12 18
3 St. Mirren 8 4 3 1 11 10 4 2 1 1 5 6 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 15
4 Hearts 9 3 2 4 8 9 5 1 2 2 5 7 4 2 0 2 3 2 -1 11
5 Kilmarnock 9 2 4 3 11 12 5 2 2 1 7 5 4 0 2 2 4 7 -1 10
6 Motherwell 8 3 1 4 7 9 4 2 0 2 5 5 4 1 1 2 2 4 -2 10
7 Livingston 9 2 4 3 9 15 4 1 2 1 3 4 5 1 2 2 6 11 -6 10
8 Aberdeen 8 2 3 3 10 10 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 9
9 Hibernian 9 2 3 4 13 16 4 1 1 2 6 6 5 1 2 2 7 10 -3 9
10 Dundee 7 1 4 2 7 10 3 1 2 0 4 3 4 0 2 2 3 7 -3 7
11 Ross County 7 2 1 4 6 12 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 3 8 -6 7
12 St. Johnstone 8 0 4 4 3 11 4 0 2 2 3 7 4 0 2 2 0 4 -8 4

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.