There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Motherwell leading Ross County by 13 points.
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
When playing at home in the Premiership, Motherwell have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games. The Motherwell manager S. Robinson might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Motherwell fans got no joy from their last match, a Premiership game also here at Fir Park: A 1-2 defeat against St. Mirren (placed 10th). Before that, Motherwell played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Hamilton Academical.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Motherwell matches with similar probabilities have ended with four wins, zero draws and zero defeats (from four games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Motherwell as they are travelling to their away game against Hearts in the Premiership. That match is three days after this one.
Motherwell has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (55) in Premiership, have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Premiership, after 2-5-8 (15 played).
Two travels in a row for Ross County, whose manager S. Kettlewell could celebrate last time after the Premiership win against Aberdeen. A draw for Ross County before that, at their own venue hosting St. Johnstone (1-1).
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ross County when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing two and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rangers in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Ross County as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. The Ross County manager S. Kettlewell has some worries about the defense as 33 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Ross County - Motherwell 1-2, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Motherwell victories, two draws and four Ross County wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
 L. Donnelly 7 goals |   B. McKay 7 goals |  C. Long 6 goals |
Motherwell missing players
Ross County missing players
| Motherwell | Ross County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 28 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| 36 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 28 |
| 36 | 22 | 4 | Conceded | C | 15 | 33 | 55 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 89% |
| 71% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 86% |
| 61% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 73% | 71% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 33% | 36% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 7% | 11% |
| 43% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 47% | 54% |
| 39% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 21% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 53% | 36% |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.9 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9.2 | 6.9 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 272 | 165 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 84 | 171 |
| 106 | 60 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 34 | 71 |
| 34% | 32% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 32% | 39% |
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motherwell is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (33) away
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (55)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals in the second half (32)
- Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-22) away
- Ross County has the the worst goal difference (-27)
- Ross County have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- 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.
| 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 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 65 | 76 |
| 2 | Rangers | 27 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 45 | 64 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Livingston | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -5 | 37 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 25 | -9 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 32 |
| 9 | Ross County | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -27 | 29 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 11 | Hearts | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -20 | 22 |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 21 |