Open game expected at Fir Park: Motherwell vs Hibernian preview

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 05.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Motherwell have their presumed home advantage while Hibernian are ahead 11 points in the Premiership table.

Insights:
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Motherwell and Hibernian should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Motherwell form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Motherwell have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Fir Park.

The Motherwell crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to St. Johnstone here at Fir Park in a League Cup match. Preceding that game was the away draw at St. Johnstone that finished 1-1.

Motherwell has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 13 goals have been conceded.

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Hibernian form and stats

Hibernian's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Hibernian collect 16 points from their 8 away matches in the Premiership. 5 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

Hibernian won their last game, 1-0 versus Dundee played at home. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting St. Johnstone in the Premiership.

Hibernian find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Hibernian as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Hibernian - Motherwell 0-0, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Motherwell wins - draws - Hibernian wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

HibernianK. Nisbet
K. Nisbet
8 goals
MotherwellM. O'Hara
M. O'Hara
3 goals
HibernianM. Boyle
M. Boyle
3 goals

Motherwell missing players

Hibernian missing players

Motherwell Hibernian
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 2 Played P 3 8 15
4 2 0 Won W 3 5 7
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 5
6 4 2 Lost L 0 2 3
15 9 2 Scored S 3 10 21
18 13 9 Conceded C 0 6 16
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
62% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 60%
46% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 53%
31% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 33%
15% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 13%
31% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 12% 40%
38% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 62% 40%
38% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.8 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 12 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 12.2 11.8
2.5 3 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 3.8
45% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 34% 37%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers 15 13 2 0 41 3 8 8 0 0 28 0 7 5 2 0 13 3 38 41
2 Celtic 13 9 3 1 34 13 5 4 0 1 14 5 8 5 3 0 20 8 21 30
3 Aberdeen 14 8 3 3 20 16 8 5 1 2 14 11 6 3 2 1 6 5 4 27
4 Hibernian 15 7 5 3 21 16 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 5 1 2 10 6 5 26
5 Dundee United 15 5 5 5 12 18 8 3 2 3 8 8 7 2 3 2 4 10 -6 20
6 Kilmarnock 14 5 2 7 18 16 7 3 1 3 11 7 7 2 1 4 7 9 2 17
7 St. Johnstone 15 4 4 7 13 19 8 2 2 4 3 6 7 2 2 3 10 13 -6 16
8 Motherwell 13 4 3 6 15 18 7 2 1 4 9 13 6 2 2 2 6 5 -3 15
9 Ross County 15 3 4 8 10 26 7 1 3 3 5 13 8 2 1 5 5 13 -16 13
10 Livingston 15 3 3 9 14 24 8 2 1 5 6 12 7 1 2 4 8 12 -10 12
11 St. Mirren 12 3 2 7 7 15 6 1 2 3 3 7 6 2 0 4 4 8 -8 11
12 Hamilton Academical 14 2 2 10 15 36 6 0 2 4 5 11 8 2 0 6 10 25 -21 8

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.