Motherwell vs Ross County betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sun 16.May
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

Ross County have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Motherwell. Prepare for the match with this Premiership preview!

Insights:
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither Motherwell nor Ross County as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Motherwell form and stats

Last season, Motherwell's league statistics were 14 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Premiership. Over these 30 matches they scored 41 goals and conceded 38. Playing at home last season Motherwell managed 7-1-7 (win-draw-lost) with 23 goals and 23 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Motherwell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won five, drawn one and lost four.

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Ross County form and stats

Let's have a look at how Ross County performed last season in the Premiership: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 8 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 29 and conceded 60 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 5 and lost 9 with 12/37 goals scored/conceded.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Ross County in our archives, and the results are: four wins for County, one draw and four defeats.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Ross County - Motherwell 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Motherwell won five games, one match ended with a draw and Ross County has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellD. Cole
D. Cole
11 goals
Ross CountyO. Shaw
O. Shaw
6 goals
MotherwellM. O'Hara
M. O'Hara
5 goals

Motherwell missing players

Ross County missing players

Motherwell Ross County
Total Home vs Statistics Stat vs Away Total
37 18 0 Played P 0 18 37
12 6 0 Won W 0 5 10
9 3 0 Drew D 0 2 6
16 9 0 Lost L 0 11 21
38 19 0 Scored S 0 14 33
53 29 0 Conceded C 0 30 65
92% 94% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 97%
70% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 72% 78%
46% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 39% 49%
24% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 30%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
41% 39% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
32% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 19%
35% 39% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 44% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.5 1.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.1 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
10.6 10.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.7 9
3 3.1 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.2 2.7
34% 35% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 33%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ross County have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Ross County haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

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.