Motherwell 2-0 Hearts: result and report
Premiership · Sunday 19 February 2023
Result
Motherwell 2-0 Hearts
Premiership · Sunday 19 February 2023, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Motherwell 2-0 Hearts: match report
Motherwell beat Hearts 2-0 in the Premiership on Sunday 19 February 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jonathan Obika opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Jonathan Obika (40') and Blair Spittal (46'). Hearts did not score.
Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; Hearts received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 23 points from 25 and Hearts 3rd on 42 points from 25. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and Hearts 4th with 54.
Motherwell lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Hearts in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonathan Obika of Motherwell (7.8), ahead of Sean Goss (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 4 for Hearts.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-L-L-L-D and Hearts's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 40'Goal · Jonathan Obika
- 46'Goal · Blair Spittal
- 71'Yellow card · J. Furlong
- 85'Yellow card · N. Atkinson
- 85'Yellow card · Kevin van Veen
Head-to-head
Team news
Motherwell line-up (3-4-1-2)
Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Calum Butcher, Dan Casey, Max Johnston, Dean Cornelius, Sean Goss, J. Furlong, Blair Spittal, Jonathan Obika, Kevin van Veen
Hearts line-up (3-4-2-1)
Zander Clark, James Hill, Toby Sibbick, Stephen Kingsley, Michael Smith, Cammy Devlin, Robert Snodgrass, Alex Cochrane, Stephen Humphrys, Barrie McKay, Lawrence Shankland