Motherwell 1-2 Ross County: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 16 May 2021

Result

Motherwell 1-2 Ross County

Premiership · Sunday 16 May 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Motherwell 1-2 Ross County: match report

Motherwell lost to Ross County 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 16 May 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sam Foley opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Sam Foley (7'). Ross County scored through I. Vigurs (49') and M. Gardyne (65').

Discipline: Motherwell received 3 yellow cards; Ross County received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 7th on 45 points from 37 and Ross County 10th on 36 points from 37. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Ross County 10th with 39.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Ross County in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Iain Vigurs of Ross County (7.8), ahead of Sam Foley (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 3 for Ross County.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · I. VigursRoss County
  • 3'Yellow card · Tyler MagloireMotherwell
  • 7'Goal · Sam FoleyMotherwell · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Carl TremarcoRoss County
  • 49'Goal · I. VigursRoss County · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · M. GardyneRoss County · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Devante ColeMotherwell
  • 79'Yellow card · Tony WattMotherwell
  • 86'Yellow card · Jordan TillsonRoss County

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 6, draws 1, Ross County 3.

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-3-2-1)

Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Tyler Magloire, Ricki Lamie, N. McGinley, Mark O'Hara, Robbie Crawford, Sam Foley, Jake Hastie, Christopher Long, Devante Cole

Ross County line-up (4-3-3)

Ross Laidlaw, Jason Naismith, Keith Watson, Coll Donaldson, Carl Tremarco, Jordan Tillson, Iain Vigurs, Stephen Kelly, Blair Spittal, Jordan White, Michael Gardyne