Motherwell 1-2 Hearts: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 11 November 2023

Result

Motherwell 1-2 Hearts

Premiership · Saturday 11 November 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Motherwell 1-2 Hearts: match report

Motherwell were beaten by Hearts 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 11 November 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Blair Spittal (78', penalty). Hearts scored through Lawrence Shankland (27') and Lawrence Shankland (71').

Discipline: Motherwell received 4 yellow cards; Hearts received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 12 points from 12 and Hearts 5th on 14 points from 11. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and Hearts 3rd with 68.

Motherwell lined up in a 3-4-3 and Hearts in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lawrence Shankland of Hearts (8.9), ahead of Blair Spittal (8.4).

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 D-L-L-D-L and Hearts's W-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 0-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Harry PatonMotherwell
  • 62'Yellow card · Callum SlatteryMotherwell
  • 71'Goal · Lawrence ShanklandHearts · 0-2
  • 78'Penalty goal · Blair SpittalMotherwell · 1-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Calum ButcherMotherwell
  • 86'Yellow card · Toby SibbickHearts
  • 89'Yellow card · Beni BaningimeHearts
  • 89'Yellow card · Georgie GentMotherwell

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (3-4-3)

Liam Kelly, Dan Casey, Calum Butcher, Shane Blaney, Stephen O'Donnell, Callum Slattery, Harry Paton, Blair Spittal, Conor Wilkinson, Mika Biereth, Theo Bair

Hearts line-up (3-5-2)

Zander Clark, Stephen Kingsley, Frankie Kent, Kye Rowles, Alan Forrest, Calem Nieuwenhof, Beni Baningime, Alex Lowry, Alex Cochrane, Lawrence Shankland, Liam Boyce