Motherwell 3-1 Kilmarnock: result and report

Premiership · Tuesday 16 May 2017

Result

Motherwell 3-1 Kilmarnock

Premiership · Tuesday 16 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Motherwell · Kilmarnock · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 3-1 Kilmarnock: match report

Motherwell won against Kilmarnock 3-1 in the Premiership on Tuesday 16 May 2017. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Carl McHugh opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Motherwell's goals came from Carl McHugh (1'), Lionel Ainsworth (53') and E. Frear (78'). Kilmarnock scored through A. Frizzell (17').

Discipline: Motherwell received 5 yellow cards; Kilmarnock received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 10th on 35 points from 36 and Kilmarnock 8th on 40 points from 36. Motherwell went on to finish that season 9th with 38 points, and Kilmarnock 8th with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 2 for Kilmarnock.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Carl McHughMotherwell · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 17'Goal · A. FrizzellKilmarnock · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · D. FergusonMotherwell
  • 48'Yellow card · Craig ClayMotherwell
  • 49'Yellow card · Kristoffer AjerKilmarnock
  • 52'Yellow card · Greg TaylorKilmarnock
  • 53'Goal · Lionel AinsworthMotherwell · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Chris CaddenMotherwell
  • 78'Goal · E. FrearMotherwell · 3-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Louis MoultMotherwell
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Gary DickerKilmarnock

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 3, Kilmarnock 2.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Russell Griffiths, Steven Hammell, Ben Heneghan, Chris Cadden, David Ferguson, Edi Murtado, Keith Lasley, Elliott Frear, Craig Clay, L. Moult, Scott McDonald

Kilmarnock line-up

Jamie MacDonald, Steven Smith, Kristoffer Ajer, Greg Taylor, Dean Hawkshaw, G. Dicker, Greg Kiltie, Jordan Jones, Adam Frizzell, Iain Wilson, Conor Sammon