This looks to be quite the absorbing battle at Fir Park in the Premiership. Motherwell is in 7th place and receive Dundee in 9th position. Read all about the game here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Motherwell form and stats
0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Motherwell have to build on here at Fir Park in the Premiership.
A strong away win for Motherwell against Livingston the last match, as Tony Watt and Liam David Grimshaw were on target. Midfielder Callum Slattery was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.45 (out of ten) in that game. Slattery hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Heartbreak before that as Motherwell lost 0-1 at Dundee's place.This is expected to be a close game, with Motherwell perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Motherwell as a small favourite), we find eight games. Motherwell has won three of these, drawn one and lost four.
Motherwell has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Dundee form and stats
The visitors' first away game in the Premiership ended in defeat. Last season Dundee had these away match statistics: Played 14; won 4, drew 6 and lost 4.
Dundee's last game was the home draw against Hibernian (2-2). Attacker Jason Cummings got a player rating of 7.81 in the game. "Man of the match" Cummings scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total). As mentioned above, Dundee drew the match against Hibernian. Manager J. McPake brought on Paul McGowan to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Before that, Dundee secured a home win against Motherwell with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Dundee playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Dundee wins, zero draws and three defeats.
0 goals so far away for Dundee, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Motherwell won eight games, one match ended with a tie and Dundee have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  T. Watt 2 goals |   J. Cummings 2 goals |  L. Grimshaw 1 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Dundee missing players
| Motherwell | Dundee | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 11 | 9.3 |
| 2.7 | 5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.3 | 9 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Motherwell | Last season | Dundee | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 14 | 27 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 55 | 31 | Conceded | C | 23 | 40 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 71% | 68% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 89% | ||
| 47% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 63% | ||
| 24% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 44% | ||
| 11% | 16% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 19% | ||
| 42% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 70% | ||
| 32% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 26% | ||
| 34% | 37% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 7% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 10.3 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hibernian | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hearts | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Celtic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| 5 | Rangers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| 9 | Dundee | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 2 |
| 10 | Ross County | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 11 | St. Mirren | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -7 | 1 |
| 12 | Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hearts | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 39 | 57 |
| 2 | Dundee | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 45 |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 43 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 5 | Inverness CT | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 36 |
| 6 | Queen of the South | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 38 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -13 | 32 |
| 7 | Arbroath | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -6 | 30 |
| 8 | Ayr United | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 9 | Greenock Morton | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 29 |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 31 | -30 | 22 |