Hibernian 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 31 January 2018

Result

Hibernian 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 31 January 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Hibernian · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

Hibernian 2-1 Motherwell: match report

Hibernian defeated Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 31 January 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Florian Kamberi opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Hibernian's goals came from Florian Kamberi (28') and B. Barker (47'). Motherwell scored through Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (78').

Discipline: Hibernian received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hibernian were 4th on 38 points from 24 and Motherwell 6th on 28 points from 23. Hibernian went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Motherwell 7th with 48.

Hibernian lined up in a 4-5-1 and Motherwell in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hibernian win, 1 draw and 0 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Richard TaitMotherwell
  • 28'Goal · Florian KamberiHibernian · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Allan CampbellMotherwell
  • 47'Goal · B. BarkerHibernian · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiMotherwell · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Oleksandr ShovkovskyiMotherwell

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Hibernian 1, draws 1, Motherwell 0.

Team news

Hibernian line-up (4-5-1)

Ofir Marciano, Paul Hanlon, Lewis Stevenson, Darren McGregor, Efe Eric Ambrose, John McGinn, Vykintas Slivka, Dylan McGeouch, Martin Boyle, Brandon Barker, Florian Kamberi

Motherwell line-up (3-5-2)

Trevor Carson, Andrew Rose, Charles Dunne, Tom Aldred, Cédric Kipré, Richard Tait, Liam Grimshaw, Edi Murtado, Allan Campbell, Curtis Main, Craig Tanner