Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 5

Sep 11, 2021 at 3pm UK

Fir Park Stadium

Motherwell
2 - 0
Aberdeen

van Veen (26'), Ojala (59')
van Veen (27'), Woolery (36'), O'Hara (44'), Grimshaw (72'), Watt (84')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ferguson (58'), McCrorie (90+1'), Brown (90+3')

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Graham Alexander, now in charge of Motherwell, pictured in September 2020

Graham Alexander hails 'great result' after Motherwell beat Aberdeen

Motherwell broke the deadlock in the 26th minute when Kaiyne Woolery's ball from the right was headed powerfully into the net by Kevin Van Veen.

Sep 11, 17:15

The Match

Match Report

Van Kevin van Veen scored and then provided the assist for Motherwell's second.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash between Motherwell and Aberdeen, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Aberdeen win with a probability of 36.33%. A win for Motherwell had a probability of 35.2% and a draw had a probability of 28.5%.

The most likely scoreline for an Aberdeen win was 0-1 with a probability of 11.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (7.67%) and 0-2 (6.77%). The likeliest Motherwell win was 1-0 (11.5%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.28%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood.

Result
Motherwell	Draw	Aberdeen
35.2%	28.47%	36.33%

Both teams to score 46.4%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

40.04%

59.96%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

19.79%

80.21%

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.76%

32.24%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.26%

68.74%

Aberdeen Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.48%

31.52%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.09%

67.91%

Score Analysis

Motherwell 35.2%

Aberdeen 36.33%

Draw 28.46%

Motherwell	Draw	Aberdeen
1-0 @ 11.5% 2-1 @ 7.52% 2-0 @ 6.51% 3-1 @ 2.84% 3-0 @ 2.46% 3-2 @ 1.64% Other @ 2.75% Total : 35.2%	1-1 @ 13.28% 0-0 @ 10.16% 2-2 @ 4.34% Other @ 0.68% Total : 28.46%	0-1 @ 11.73% 1-2 @ 7.67% 0-2 @ 6.77% 1-3 @ 2.95% 0-3 @ 2.61% 2-3 @ 1.67% Other @ 2.93% Total : 36.33%