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Our cinch Premiership match with Aberdeen will go ahead.

Following a 10am pitch inspection at Fir Park, the match official has ruled the surface is playable.

Kick-off is at 3pm.

The Motherwell boss discusses the changes at our cinch Premiership opponents, and how the team need to focus on what they excel at before worrying about a difference in style from the Dons.

Bevis Mugabi has signed a new deal with the club.

The defender has extended his stay at Motherwell until the summer of 2024.

“We’re delighted that Bevis has committed himself to us for the next two seasons,” Motherwell boss Graham Alexander said.

“He’s been a constant in our team, and even though we have seen a great improvement from him over the last 12 months, we still believe there’s more to come from him.

“He’s a great character to have at our club and he wants to win.”

The popular Ugandan defender first joined the club in September 2019, initially on a short-term deal.

Establishing himself as a key figure, he has since gone on make 62 appearances in claret and amber, and become a regular at international level.

Enjoying a regular run in the first team and earning himself a new contract, Barry Maguire feared the worst when he suffered injury against Hearts recently.

Buckling in a challenge, he immediately worried that he had suffered a serious knee injury, precisely at the time he was making his spot in the side his own.

Thankfully, his injury wasn’t as severe as feared, and the youth academy graduate is on the road back to recovery in the gym at Fir Park.

Graham Alexander has been given a two-game touchline ban.

Our manager has been issued with a suspension by the Scottish FA after being sent off in our recent match with Hibernian.

An additional one-match ban has been suspended until the end of the current season.

Alexander will be absent from the touchline now for our next two cinch Premiership matches with Aberdeen and Rangers.

We’ll face Hibernian in the quarter-final of the 2021/22 Scottish Cup.

The match will be played at Fir Park on the weekend of 12 March 2022.

The date and kick-off time will be confirmed shortly.

Motherwell progressed with victory over Aberdeen on Saturday, while Hibs defeated Arbroath to make the last eight.

2021/22 Scottish Cup quarter-final draw

Hearts v St Mirren

Dundee United v Celtic

Dundee v Rangers

Motherwell v Hibernian

Aberdeen come calling to Fir Park again on Saturday, this time in the cinch Premiership.

Kick-off is at 3pm.

Ticket information

Tickets are now available to buy online or from the Fir Park ticket office. Aberdeen fans are asked to buy directly from their club.

Pay at the gate is not available. Alternatively, call 01698 333333 or email tickets@motherwellfc.co.uk.

Ticket prices are:

Covid restrictions

Due to a change in legislation by the Scottish FA, Covid-19 certification checks will not be in place.

Only venues with over 10,000 in attendance are required to carry out checks.

We advise that all fans take a lateral flow test before travelling to the match, regardless of their vaccination status.

Watch live online

In the UK and Ireland (excluding England), you can buy a pay-per-view pass for £12. To buy, go to ppv.motherwellfc.co.uk.

If you’re based abroad, you can watch via subscription at live.motherwellfc.co.uk.

Form guide

Motherwell’s victory over the Dons in the Scottish Cup ended a run of two draws and three defeats.

In the league, ‘Well are without a win in six, with the last coming at home to Livingston on Boxing Day.

Aberdeen have now lost four of their last five matches, with their only positive result coming in a 1-1 draw at Ross County in early February.

Before returning to Fir Park, the managerless side host St Johnstone in the league on Tuesday night.

Tale of the tape

Graham Alexander’s men have now won all three of the encounters between the two sides this season.

Back-to-back 2-0 wins home and away in the league came before the 2-1 victory on Saturday.

Kevin van Veen has netted four in those matches, bagging strikes in both Fir Park matches, and a double at Pittodrie.

Aberdeen’s last win in the fixture came at Pittodrie last January in a 2-0 win. Their last success at Fir Park was a comprehensive 3-0 win in September 2020.

“It was effort, commitment, unity, the lot. We got what we deserved. We have to ask ourselves now how we recreate that.”

Motherwell pulled off a battling comeback to progress to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.

Christian Ramirez’s early goal was cancelled out by Kevin van Veen’s exceptional strike, before Connor Shields won it in first-half stoppage time.

Mark O’Hara returned to the fold for the first time since appearing at Pittodrie in November. Van Veen, Connor Shields and Jake Carroll also came into the side, with Nathan McGinley out completely, and Callum Slattery, Jordan Roberts and Kaiyne Woolery dropping to the bench.

Within the first minute, it was almost a dream start for the Steelmen.

A ball over the top found Efford in the right channel. In behind the defence, he slotted away cooly past Woods but was ruled to be in an offside position.

Aberdeen responded in kind. Finding space on the right, McCrorie stood up a ball to the back post where Ramirez, having got away from Ojala, rose to power his header past Kelly with three minutes gone.

Worse almost followed four minutes later. Ojala again found Ramirez tough to deal with and the American got in behind his man on the right side of the box.

Thankfully, his chip over Kelly bounced in front of goal and then past the left-hand post.

Motherwell rallied, with Van Veen seeing a 30-yard free-kick deflected over and then, from the resulting corner, Shields heading just wide from Ojala’s flick.

Alexander’s men kept coming, establishing a physical superiority over their opponents higher up the pitch.

Goss’ free-kick from the right saw Solholm scoop a shot over the bar, although the flag was up, before the equaliser came.

Van Veen was proving a menace all half and got his rewards with 10 minutes left to play.

Twisting and turning against three men on the right side of the box, he got the ball out of his feet and sent an unstoppable shot into the top-left corner of Woods’ net.

‘Well thought they had their second five minutes from half-time. The ball broke kindly on the edge of the box for Goss and, needing to take the shot first time, came agonisingly close but found the left side netting.

They should have been ahead on the stroke of half-time.

Goss free-kick from the left was headed back across goal by Solholm and, sliding in, Donnelly made contact five yards out but somehow poked it past the left post.

But the reward for all the effort to get back into the match would arrive in the final seconds of the half.

Goss’ corner from the right was spilled by Woods and, with Mugabi getting his body in the way first, Shields arrived to power the ball home from near in and send the home crowd wild.

It was exactly what Motherwell deserved for how they fought to get back into the match.

Motherwell started the second half in similar vein and had the perfect chance to make it three early on.

A great driving run inside from Efford saw him tee the ball for Van Veen. The Dutchman had work to and spun away well from Gallagher, but saw his fierce effort parried away by Woods.

The sting went out of the game in the middle part but both sides continued to have chances.

Efford saw an attempt at replicating Van Veen’s goal deflected over and O’Hara’s 30-yard piledriver clipped the bar, while Ramirez sent a half-volley wide from the left side for the visitors.

Van Veen should have put it out of sight with 15 minutes to go.

The Dutchman did all the hard work on the edge of the area, twisting himself into space but his attempt to bend a left-footed shot inside the left post dropped wide.

Aberdeen threw everything at it with four minutes of stoppage time, but Motherwell stood firm to pull off a big win and reach the last eight of the competition.

“We’re still fighting on both fronts in the cup and the league. There’s plenty to be optimistic about and compete for.”