Ross County 1-2 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2019

Result

Ross County 1-2 Motherwell

Premiership · Thursday 26 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Ross County 1-2 Motherwell: match report

Ross County lost to Motherwell 1-2 in the Premiership on Thursday 26 December 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Blair Spittal opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Ross County's goal came from Blair Spittal (24'). Motherwell scored through R. MacIver (81') and Declan Gallagher (90+2').

Discipline: Ross County received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Ross County were 8th on 20 points from 18 and Motherwell 3rd on 34 points from 19. Ross County went on to finish that season 10th with 29 points, and Motherwell 3rd with 46.

Ross County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Motherwell in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Polworth of Motherwell (8.2), ahead of Blair Spittal (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ross County wins, 1 draw and 2 for Motherwell.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Blair SpittalRoss County · 1-0
  • 48'Yellow card · L. SpenceRoss County
  • 49'Yellow card · Declan GallagherMotherwell
  • 61'Red card · L. SpenceRoss County
  • 71'Yellow card · R. FosterRoss County
  • 81'Goal · R. MacIverMotherwell · 1-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Declan GallagherMotherwell · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · L. FontaineRoss County
  • 90+4'Yellow card · B. GrahamRoss County
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Peter HartleyMotherwell
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Liam PolworthMotherwell

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Ross County 2, draws 1, Motherwell 2.

Team news

Ross County line-up (4-3-1-2)

Nathan Baxter, Sean Kelly, Callum Morris, Liam Fontaine, Richard Foster, Joshua Mullin, Lewis Spence, Harry Paton, Blair Spittal, Ross Stewart, Billy McKay

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Gillespie, Richard Tait, Declan Gallagher, Peter Hartley, Jake Carroll, Allan Campbell, Liam Polworth, Mark O'Hara, Sherwin Seedorf, James Scott, Jermaine Hylton