Motherwell 2-1 Dundee United: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 3 February 2021

Result

Motherwell 2-1 Dundee United

Premiership · Wednesday 3 February 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Motherwell 2-1 Dundee United: match report

Motherwell won against Dundee United 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 3 February 2021. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Motherwell's goals came from Devante Cole (23') and Chris Long (28'). Dundee United scored through Ryan Edwards (80').

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Dundee United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 10th on 22 points from 24 and Dundee United 7th on 28 points from 26. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Dundee United 9th with 44.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and Dundee United in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Devante Cole of Motherwell (8.3), ahead of Bevis Mugabi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 6 for Dundee United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Devante ColeMotherwell · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Chris LongMotherwell · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · Ian HarkesDundee United
  • 80'Goal · Ryan EdwardsDundee United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 3, draws 1, Dundee United 6.

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, Ricki Lamie, Jake Carroll, Allan Campbell, Robbie Crawford, Barry Maguire, Christopher Long, Devante Cole, Tony Watt

Dundee United line-up (3-5-2)

Benjamin Siegrist, Calum Butcher, Ryan Edwards, Jamie Robson, Liam Smith, Nicky Clark, Jeando Fuchs, Ian Harkes, Adrián Spörle, Marc McNulty, Lawrence Shankland