Ross County will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 14 points behind Motherwell.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
For Motherwell most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Ross County form and stats
Ross County, who have the most conceded goals (39) in Premiership, have collected 13 points from their Premiership home games so far after 4-1-4. Two home wins in a row for Ross County bring valid hopes of a third.
The fans are hoping that Ross County will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the Premiership game against Livingston (placed 6th). Before that, Ross County had a home game versus Kilmarnock which ended with a victory 1-0.
Ross County were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
There will be little rest for Ross County after this match as they are travelling to St. Johnstone for a Premiership game in only three days.
Ross County has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Ross County have conceded 19 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Motherwell form and stats
The visitors are W5-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership. Momentum is building for Motherwell in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Motherwell, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Kilmarnock (placed 5th) in the Premiership last time out. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Rangers.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hamilton Academical in just three days.
Motherwell have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Motherwell in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Motherwell - Ross County 1-2 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 4 wins for Ross County, 2 draws and 4 wins for Motherwell. Over 2,5 goals: 5 times; under 2,5 goals: 5 games.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Donnelly
5 goals
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B. Graham
4 goals
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C. Long
4 goals
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Ross County missing players
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| Ross County | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 20 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| 39 | 19 | 11 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 89% | 95% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 79% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 56% | 63% |
| 50% | 56% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 33% | 26% |
| 17% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 56% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 42% |
| 22% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 44% | 42% |
| 33% | 11% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 21% |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.2 | 6 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 121 | 66 | 7 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 78 | 199 |
| 51 | 31 | 5 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 31 | 78 |
| 39% | 42% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 42% | 38% |
- Ross County has the fewest matches under the total-line (3)
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (19) at home
- Ross County has the most conceded goals (39)
- Ross County has the most matches over the total-line (14)
- Ross County has the most points from losing position (9)
- Ross County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Ross County 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 | Celtic | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 42 | 49 |
| 2 | Rangers | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 44 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 34 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 23 |
| 6 | Livingston | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -7 | 22 |
| 8 | Ross County | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 20 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 16 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -19 | 16 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -14 | 15 |
| 12 | Hearts | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -15 | 12 |