Motherwell 4-0 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Friday 20 March 2015

Result

Motherwell 4-0 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Friday 20 March 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Motherwell 4-0 Hamilton Academical: match report

Motherwell beat Hamilton Academical 4-0 in the Premiership on Friday 20 March 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Lionel Ainsworth opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Lionel Ainsworth (49'), Lionel Ainsworth (50'), John Sutton (80') and John Sutton (83', penalty). Hamilton Academical did not score.

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 11th on 24 points from 29 and Hamilton Academical 4th on 43 points from 30. Motherwell went on to finish that season 11th with 36 points, and Hamilton Academical 5th with 54.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hamilton Academical in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Motherwell wins, 0 draws and 2 for Hamilton Academical.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · D. ImrieHamilton Academical
  • 49'Goal · Lionel AinsworthMotherwell · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Lionel AinsworthMotherwell · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · García TenaHamilton Academical
  • 65'Red card · D. LyonHamilton Academical
  • 80'Goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Ziggy GordonHamilton Academical
  • 83'Penalty goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 4-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Motherwell 0, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 2.

Team news

Motherwell expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stephen McManus, Josh Law, Craig Reid, Fraser Kerr, Keith Lasley, Henrik Ojamaa

Hamilton Academical expected line-up (4-3-3)

Michael McGovern, Stephen Hendrie, García Tena, Martin Canning, Ziggy Gordon, Grant Gillespie, Ali Crawford, Anthony Andreu, Darian Mackinnon, Mickaël Antoine-Curier, Dougie Imrie