Motherwell 4-2 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 17 September 2016

Result

Motherwell 4-2 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 17 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Motherwell 4-2 Hamilton Academical: match report

Motherwell won against Hamilton Academical 4-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Louis Moult opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Louis Moult (8'), Louis Moult (13'), Louis Moult (21') and Louis Moult (50', penalty). Hamilton Academical scored through Ali Crawford (36') and Ali Crawford (64').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Hamilton Academical received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 5 points from 5 and Hamilton Academical 9th on 4 points from 5. Motherwell went on to finish that season 9th with 38 points, and Hamilton Academical 11th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Motherwell win, 0 draws and 3 for Hamilton Academical.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 3-0
  • 23'Yellow card · M. DonatiHamilton Academical
  • 36'Goal · Ali CrawfordHamilton Academical · 3-1
  • 50'Penalty goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 4-1
  • 54'Yellow card · G. GillespieHamilton Academical
  • 64'Goal · Ali CrawfordHamilton Academical · 4-2
  • 75'Yellow card · D. ImrieHamilton Academical
  • 79'Yellow card · S. McManusMotherwell
  • 80'Yellow card · Michael DevlinHamilton Academical
  • 88'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 90'Yellow card · Craig ClayMotherwell

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Motherwell 1, draws 0, Hamilton Academical 3.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Craig Samson, Steven Hammell, Ben Heneghan, Stephen McManus, Chris Cadden, Richard Tait, Keith Lasley, Craig Clay, L. Moult, R. Bowman, Scott McDonald

Hamilton Academical line-up

Remi Matthews, Michael Devlin, Giorgos Sarris, Grant Gillespie, Ali Crawford, Darian Mackinnon, Massimo Donati, Darren Lyon, Dougie Imrie, Louis Longridge, Eamonn Brophy