| 7 | Motherwell | 35 | 13 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 45 |
| 8 | Hearts | 35 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 43 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 35 | 11 | 8 | 16 | -16 | 41 |
| 10 | Dundee | 35 | 10 | 7 | 18 | -21 | 37 |
| 11 | Ross County | 35 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -24 | 35 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 35 | 8 | 5 | 22 | -28 | 29 |
Filip Stuparevic has joined Greenock Morton on loan for the rest of the season.
The forward, who joined in the summer, scored his first Motherwell goal back in the group-stage of the Premier Sports Cup against Clyde.
With four Motherwell appearances to his name, the Serbian joins Dougie Imrie’s side on a loan deal until the end of the season, as he seeks regular minutes.
Good luck, Filip.
Marvin Kaleta reviews the transition from an Under 21 environment, to first-team football. The Wolves loanee made quite the impact in his last match against Dundee United, where he was delighted to give something back to the fans.
The right-back has taken plenty advice from senior pros so far, including Steve Seddon and Stephen O’Donnell.
Striker Mark Ferrie has joined League Two side Bonnyrigg Rose on loan until January.
The 18-year-old has made 12 appearances so far for the Steelmen.
Good luck, Mark.
Manager Stuart Kettlewell was ecstatic at the turnout on Friday night, and has hopes that non-regular supporters will attend the match this weekend against St Mirren.
Kettlewell provides a thorough update on our injured players, as well as discussing the recent departure of Steven Naismith.
The women of steel return to South Lanarkshire this weekend encouraged by their emphatic display over newly-promoted Queens Park, as they prepare for the first Lanarkshire derby of the 2024/25 SWPL campaign.
The women of steel cruised to a comfortable six-goal advantage over the Glasgow side, with deadline day addition Laura Berry finding the target four-times alongside a Bailley Collins double to complete a resoundingly positive performance at Ochilview last weekend.
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Motherwell return to competitive action following a convincing victory over the Spiders last weekend, as the women of steel prepare for their first matchday in the Sky Sports Cup in a second-round encounter against local rivals Hamilton in the first Lanarkshire derby since the Accies relegation to SWPL2 last season.
The women of steel will look to retain their derby day dominance when they take to the K-Park turf this Sunday after two assured performances over Hamilton last season, with Paul Brownlie’s side cruising to a 4-0 and 4-2 victory respectively.
Hamilton
The Accies have found a resurgence in form since adjusting to life in the Scottish second-tier, remaining unbeaten in their opening five league games, picking up five victories and one draw throughout that time.
Ticket information
Cash & card payments are also available for this fixture.
How to follow the action
Supporters can follow Sunday’s encounter on Twitter @motherwellwomen, with a full report of the action available post-match. Kick-off from K-Park at 4PM.
Manager Stuart Kettlewell has provided another fitness update ahead of Saturday’s match against St Mirren.
Stephen O’Donnell came off holding his shoulder early in the second-half against Dundee United, with Kettlewell confirming the injury is not as bad as first feared.
“Stephen hasn’t trained this week,” he said.
“We’re hopefully it isn’t too bad. It needs to be accessed over the next two day, but it’s not as bad as we first feared.”
With John Koutroumbis and Shane Blaney edging closer to their return, the manager also provided some detail on the duo, as well as some of our other injured players.
“Koutroumbis is back into full contact training,” the manager confirmed.
“Shane Blaney comes into full contact training today [Thursday], all the long-term injured players are making good progress.
“Sam Nicholson is making good progress. Callum Slattery is in a good place and is hitting all his milestones. Ross Callachan has the leg brace off after the operation he had.
“Harry Paton is a couple weeks out from getting into full contact training.”
We are now in a position where can provide an update on the pricing of semi-final tickets.
The club have been given an initial allocation of 7,500 tickets, with the potential of up to 14,000 depending on sales. Motherwell fans will be in sections of the South and East stands at Hampden Park.
The price of tickets can be viewed below:
We are expecting the delivery of physical tickets next week, and will look to go on sale thereafter. It will be physical tickets only for this match, however a link will be made available to buy online prior to the game. Collection and postage will be available.
The club will be running hospitality packages at Fir Park, bus to and from Hampden and returning to Fir Park.
We will also be running a number of coaches from the Cooper stand.
At our last semi-final match back in 2018, we sold 7,500 tickets. We would love to see if we can at least match that number this time round.
Further timelines, bus details and our sales plan will all be announced in due course.
St Mirren are the visitors to Fir Park on Saturday 28 September in the William Hill Premiership.
Kick off is 3pm.
12 noon – Cooper Bar will open for food and drinks before the match and one-hour post-match
12.30 – Beer Garden will open – drink only and open to home fans.
Hospitality
Availability in all areas.
Season ticket holders can upgrade to hospitality from as little as £49pp in the Centenary Suite or £79pp with an inclusive bar option in the 91 Lounge. To book, please call 01698 338003 or email hospitality@motherwellfc.co.uk
We will be wearing our home kit for this match.
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos made his return from injury on Friday night against Dundee United. Tony Watt is available for selection, after being ineligible for the Dundee United cup tie.
Jack Vale will be missing for at least 10 weeks with a calf injury. Stephen O’Donnell was substituted at the start of the second-half against Dundee United and will be a doubt for this match.
Shane Blaney and Johnny Koutroumbis edge closer to full fitness and are doubts for this game.
Callum Slattery, Harry Paton, Ross Callachan and Sam Nicholson remain out for this game.
It was a night to remember for Motherwell last week as they returned to winning ways against Dundee United, to reach the semi-final of the Premier Sports Cup.
Zach Robinson got off the mark with a sensational first-half strike, before Lennon Miller slotted home a stoppage-time penalty.
A narrow defeat against undefeated Aberdeen in the league two weeks ago ended Motherwell’s three game winning run.
St Mirren have also made a fast start to the league campaign. Joint second highest scorers in the league, with only Celtic ahead of them, they are fifth in the table on eight points, just one point ahead of the Steelmen.
They defeated Hearts 2-1 in their last match in Paisley. That was their first win in seven games in all competitions.
Toyosi Olusanya has hit the ground running this season. The forward has four goals in the league, scoring in each of the last three games. Netting twice in Europe, Olusanya is only one goal away from levelling his 2023/24 season tally.
Motherwell will face Ross County in round three of the SFA Youth Cup.
The tie will take place on Tuesday 1 October at Fir Park. Kick off is 3pm.
Entry to the match will be free, with all supporters being housed in the Phil O’Donnell Stand.
Jack Vale has picked up a calf injury and will be missing for 10 to 12 weeks.
The forward has now returned to his parent club Blackburn Rovers to begin his rehabilitation.
Speedy recovery, Jack.
