Hearts 1-2 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 March 2013

Result

Hearts 1-2 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 2 March 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Hearts 1-2 Motherwell: match report

Hearts lost to Motherwell 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 March 2013. The half-time score was 0-2.

Michael Higdon opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Hearts's goal came from John Sutton (59'). Motherwell scored through Michael Higdon (3') and an own goal by D. McGowan (8').

Discipline: Hearts received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hearts were 11th on 30 points from 28 and Motherwell 6th on 38 points from 28. Hearts went on to finish that season 9th with 44 points, and Motherwell 3rd with 56.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Hearts wins, 3 draws and 4 for Motherwell.

Going into the match Hearts's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Motherwell's D-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Michael HigdonMotherwell · 0-1
  • 8'Own goal · D. McGowanMotherwell · 0-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Henrik OjamaaMotherwell
  • 59'Goal · John SuttonHearts · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · James McFaddenMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hearts 3, draws 3, Motherwell 4.

Team news

Hearts line-up

Jamie MacDonald, Danny Wilson, Andy Webster, Kevin McHattie, Ryan Stevenson, Mehdi Taouil, Jamie Walker, Callum Tapping, Dylan McGowan, Michael Ngoo, John Sutton

Motherwell line-up

Darren Randolph, Steven Hammell, Shaun Hutchinson, James McFadden, Adam Cummins, Tom Hateley, Keith Lasley, Chris Humphrey, Henrik Ojamaa, Nicky Law, Michael Higdon