Motherwell 2
Dundee Utd 1
League (Premiership)
Motherwell |
2 - 1 |
Dundee Utd |
 |
League (Premiership) |
 |
| Goalscorers | |
|
Marvin Johnson (45) Louis Moult (65) |
Henri Anier (22) |
| Team Managers | |
| Mark McGhee |
Mixu Paatelainen |
| Starting Eleven | |
|
Connor Ripley Josh Law Ben Hall Stephen McManus Steven Hammell Chris Cadden Keith Lasley Stephen Pearson Marvin Johnson Scott McDonald Louis Moult |
Michal Szromnik .21 Coll Donaldson .28 Gavin Gunning .19 Callum Morris .5 Paul Dixon .3 Paul Paton .6 John Rankin .8 Blair Spittal .20 Ryan Dow .14 Billy Mckay .7 Henri Anier .26 |
| Bench | |
|
Craig Samson Lionel Ainsworth Wes Fletcher Kieran Kennedy Morgaro Gomis Dominic Thomas James McFadden |
Joe McGovern .31 Kyle Knoyle .12 Seán Dillon .2 Mark Durnan .17 Scott Fraser .22 Simon Murray .15 Edward Ofere .9 |
| Substitutions | |
|
Morgaro Gomis for Stephen Pearson (34) Dominic Thomas for Keith Lasley (63) Kieran Kennedy for Josh Law (87) |
Scott Fraser for Ryan Dow (76) Edward Ofere for Billy Mckay (76) |
| Cautions | |
| Keith Lasley (54) |
Coll Donaldson (42) Paul Dixon (72) Callum Morris (74) Paul Paton (90) |
| Red Cards | |
| None. | None. |
| Match Officials | |
|
Crawford Allan (Referee) |
Match Report
United made only two changes to the side that last weekend defeated Ross County in the Scottish Cup Quarter Final, Michal Szromnik entering the starting eleven for Luis Zwick, whilst Callum Morris returned to the heart of defence replacing Mark Durnan.
It was United who opened the scoring, the in-form Henri Anier receiving the ball outside the box before lashing an unstoppable strike into the top corner. Just when it looked as though United would be heading into the break in the lead, the home side equalised, Marvin Johnson looping home a header from Josh Law’s free-kick.
Shortly after the hour mark the home side took the lead when Dom Thomas on the left flank squared to Louis Moult who converted from close range. Despite throwing everything at it in the five additional minutes, it was Motherwell who held on for the three points.
Formation: 3-4-1-2
Captain: Paul Paton
Arab Archive 'Man of the Match': Henri Anier
Match Photos courtesy of Riki Grauer - More photos available at:
Dundee United Official Flickr Page
Match report written by Joe James
Squad Statistics (as at March 11th, 2016)
| 2015-16 | All Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Nat |  |
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|
|
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| Michal Szromnik (GK) | 23 |
|
10 | - | 14 | - |
| Paul Dixon | 29 |
|
23 | - | 186 | 5 |
| Coll Donaldson | 20 |
|
17 | - | 17 | - |
| Callum Morris | 26 |
|
9 | 1 | 39 | 3 |
| Gavin Gunning | 25 |
|
16 | - | 115 | 10 |
| John Rankin | 32 |
|
31 | 2 | 197 | 13 |
| Blair Spittal | 20 |
|
33 | 7 | 62 | 9 |
| Paul Paton | 28 |
|
11 | 2 | 88 | 6 |
| Billy Mckay | 27 |
|
26 | 11 | 26 | 11 |
| Ryan Dow | 24 |
|
14 | 1 | 105 | 12 |
| Henri Anier | 25 |
|
4 | 3 | 20 | 4 |
| Scott Fraser (sub) | 20 |
|
28 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
| Edward Ofere (sub) | 29 |
|
6 | - | 6 | - |
League Table (as at March 11th, 2016)
| Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Celtic | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 63 |
| 2. | Aberdeen | 29 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 62 |
| 3. | Hearts | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 53 |
| 4. | Ross County | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | -2 | 39 |
| 5. | St Johnstone | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 39 |
| 6. | Motherwell | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 38 |
| 7. | Dundee | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 36 |
| 8. | Partick Th | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | -7 | 34 |
| 9. | Inverness CT | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | -6 | 33 |
| 10. | Hamilton | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | -17 | 30 |
| 11. | Kilmarnock | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | -22 | 28 |
| 12. | Dundee Utd | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -23 | 17 |
* - Table split into two divisions of six.
| League results since United's last match |
|---|
| 5th March 2016 |
|---|
| Hamilton | 0-1 | Motherwell |
| Hearts | 1-0 | Partick Th |
| 8th March 2016 |
|---|
| Partick Th | 1-2 | Aberdeen |
| 9th March 2016 |
|---|
| St Johnstone | 1-0 | Inverness CT |
| 11th March 2016 |
|---|
| Motherwell | 2-1 | Dundee Utd |