Motherwell 4-3 Partick Thistle: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 15 February 2014
Result
Motherwell 4-3 Partick Thistle
Premiership · Saturday 15 February 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Motherwell 4-3 Partick Thistle: match report
Motherwell won against Partick Thistle 4-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 15 February 2014. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Chris Erskine opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Keith Lasley (43'), Lionel Ainsworth (52'), John Sutton (85') and S. McManus (88'). Partick Thistle scored through Chris Erskine (36'), K. Higginbotham (66', penalty) and K. Higginbotham (72').
Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Partick Thistle received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 3rd on 44 points from 23 and Partick Thistle 11th on 22 points from 25. Motherwell went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and Partick Thistle 11th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 0 draws and 0 for Partick Thistle.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Partick Thistle's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Chris Erskine
- 43'Goal · Keith Lasley
- 52'Goal · Lionel Ainsworth
- 56'Yellow card · C. Balatoni
- 57'Yellow card · S. Carswell
- 65'Yellow card · Lionel Ainsworth
- 66'Penalty goal · K. Higginbotham
- 72'Goal · K. Higginbotham
- 82'Yellow card · S. Bannigan
- 85'Goal · John Sutton
- 88'Goal · S. McManus
- 90+2'Yellow card · Keith Lasley
Head-to-head
Team news
Motherwell expected line-up
Steven Hammell, Zaine Francis-Angol, Stephen McManus, Shaun Hutchinson, Simon Ramsden, Keith Lasley, Stewart Carswell, James McFadden, John Sutton
Partick Thistle expected line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Fox, Stephen O'Donnell, Conrad Balatoni, Aaron Muirhead, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Steven Lawless, Stuart Bannigan, Gary Fraser, Sean Welsh, James Craigen, Kris Doolan