Motherwell 2-1 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Motherwell 2-1 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Motherwell · Hearts · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-1 Hearts: match report

Motherwell won against Hearts 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 August 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Kyle Lafferty opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Ryan Bowman (37') and Louis Moult (41'). Hearts scored through Kyle Lafferty (30').

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; Hearts received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 3 points from 3 and Hearts 7th on 4 points from 3. Motherwell went on to finish that season 7th with 48 points, and Hearts 6th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 5 for Hearts.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · R. GrzelakHearts
  • 30'Goal · Kyle LaffertyHearts · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Ryan BowmanMotherwell · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 2-1
  • 49'Yellow card · E. FrearMotherwell
  • 60'Yellow card · Connor RandallHearts
  • 71'Yellow card · C. KipréMotherwell
  • 77'Yellow card · Jamie WalkerHearts

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 4, draws 1, Hearts 5.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Trevor Carson, Ben Heneghan, Chris Cadden, Andrew Rose, Charles Dunne, Cédric Kipré, Richard Tait, Edi Murtado, Elliott Frear, L. Moult, R. Bowman

Hearts line-up

Jack Hamilton, Michael Smith, John Souttar, Christophe Berra, Connor Randall, Rafal Grzelak, Jamie Walker, Arnaud Djoum, D. Cowie, Kyle Lafferty, Cole Stockton