Motherwell |
3 - 1 |
Ross County |
League (Premiership) |
Goalscorers | |
John Sutton (54) John Sutton (68) Bob McHugh (77) |
Melvin De Leeuw (30) |
Team Managers | |
Stuart McCall |
Derek Adams |
Starting Eleven | |
Lee Hollis Steven Hammell Simon Ramsden Shaun Hutchinson Stephen McManus James McFadden John Sutton Keith Lasley Zaine Francis-Angol Stuart Carswell Henri Anier |
Mark Brown .1 Scott Boyd .5 Mihael Kovacevic Ben Gordon Brian McLean Rocco Quinn .10 Graham Carey .23 Steven Ross Richard Brittain Stuart Kettlewell .4 Melvin De Leeuw .11 |
Bench | |
Gunnar Nielsen (GK) Paul Lawson Iain Vigurs Adam Cummins Bob McHugh Fraser Kerr Lionel Ainsworth |
Michael Fraser Steven Saunders Branislav Micic Grant Munro Darren Maatsen .14 Gary Glen .15 Ivan Sproule |
Substitutions | |
Lionel Ainsworth for James McFadden (46) Iain Vigurs for Zaine Francis-Angol (74) Bob McHugh for Henri Anier (68) |
Grant Munro for Brian McLean (36) Ivan Sproule for Melvin De Leeuw (61) Gary Glen for Steven Ross (76) |
Cautions | |
None. | None. |
Red Cards | |
None. | None. |
Match Officials | |
Bobby Madden (Referee) |
Source unknown.
Motherwell leapfrogged Aberdeen into third place in the Scottish Premiership after a second-half John Sutton double helped secure a 3-1 victory over Ross County at Fir Park.
Sutton struck early in the second half to cancel out Melvin De Leeuw's 30th-minute opener before Rob McHugh put the result beyond the visitors late on.
The former Hearts striker tested visiting keeper Mark Brown early on and Scotland international James McFadden was a constant threat as Well took the game to the Highlanders in the opening stages.
However, they fell behind in the 30th minute when a shot from Melvin De Leeuw took a wicked deflection and flew in off the post beyond keeper Lee Hollis.
County, who had rarely threatened the home goal, had a great chance to double their lead before half time but De Leeuw failed to keep his effort down after fine work by captain Richard Brittain.
And he was made to pay when Sutton (54) headed home from a corner after Brown had pulled off a stunning save to beat the same player's free-kick round the post.
Hollis was called into action again to keep out a goalbound Brittain 25-yarder before Sutton (68) latched onto Henri Anier's pinpoint through ball to slip it beyond the reach of Brown.
And there was no way back for County when substitute McHugh headed home the killer third for Motherwell with 13 minutes remaining.
2013/14 | All Time | |||||
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Age | Nat | ![]() |
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Mark Brown (GK) | 32 |
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9 | - | 25 | - |
Mihael Kovacevic | 25 |
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8 | - | 41 | - |
Scott Boyd | 27 |
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4 | - | 228 | 11 |
Brian McLean | 28 |
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8 | - | 8 | - |
Ben Gordon | 22 |
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9 | - | 9 | - |
Rocco Quinn | 27 |
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9 | 1 | 75 | 10 |
Melvin De Leeuw | 25 |
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8 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Stuart Kettlewell | 29 |
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9 | 1 | 136 | 9 |
Richard Brittain | 30 |
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7 | 4 | 216 | 46 |
Steven Ross | 20 |
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5 | - | 17 | 1 |
Graham Carey | 24 |
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9 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Grant Munro (sub) | 33 |
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7 | - | 87 | 4 |
Gary Glen (sub) | 23 |
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3 | - | 31 | 3 |
Ivan Sproule (sub) | 32 |
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7 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
No league table has been added for this season.