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Dylan Wells has joined Edinburgh City on loan until January. 

The young midfielder makes the switch to the League Two side, having made six first-team appearances for Motherwell.

Good luck, Dylan.

Our December fixture against Kilmarnock has been selected for live coverage on Premier Sports.

The match will now take place on Friday 20 December. Kick off is 7.45pm.

The game was originally due to be played on Saturday 21 December.

Stuart Kettlewell reacts to Motherwell’s 2-1 win over St Mirren.

Despite losing an early goal, a Lennon Miller double secured three points which propelled the Steelmen into fourth place.

Motherwell emerged from an action-packed game with a narrow 2-1 win over St Mirren and extended their excellent home form and made it four consecutive home wins.

And although Lennon Miller earned the man of the match award for his all-round display and his two goals, Aston Oxborough had an outstanding 90 minutes. The ‘Well keeper capped his performance with a wonderful penalty save to deny Mark O’Hara and Saints a share of the points.

Add in two sending offs, Dan Casey for the home side and Scott Tanser for the visitors, which reduced the team to 10v10 for the last half hour, and this game had just about everything in terms of entertainment.

Stuart Kettlewell made one significant change, with Moses Ebiye being rewarded for his impact off the bench to earn a starting spot alongside Zach Robinson.

Former ‘Well boss Stephen Robinson returned to Fir Park with a handful of ex-Steelmen in his squad. The starting eleven included Mark O’Hara and Mikael Mandron, while James Scott and Charles Dunne joined Kevin van Veen on the bench.

With both teams making a positive start, it was an incident-packed opening spell to what was a great game.

In the eigth minute, Oxborough raced from his goal to brilliantly spread himself and divert Toyosi Olusanya’s low finish before the Saints’ striker was then flagged offside.

A minute later, the ‘Well’keeper was beaten as the visitors opened the scoring. Elvis Bwomono’s low ball across the box found Phillips, who, with a smart turn, fired the ball low inside the left-hand post.

The Fir Park men might have equalised six minutes later. O’Hara’s slack pass was intercepted by Ebiye, but after working his way into the box and from a tight angle, he lashed the ball into the side net when he should have at least tested the ‘keeper.

Three minutes after that, though, ‘Well did find the back of the net.

Halliday’s deep corner was intended for Casey at the back of the six-yard box. But when the central defender was bundled to the ground by Marcus Fraser, referee Lloyd Wilson had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot.

And for the second consecutive game, Miller looked confident and composed as he slotted the ball high into the ‘keeper’s left-hand corner to level the scores.

The visitor’s response was a hook shot from Olusanya, which flew narrowly past the post as play continued to race from end to end.

‘Well’s set pieces posed a threat on the Buddies goal, and Miller’s wicked inswinging corner forced Ellery Balcombe to palm the ball over his bar under pressure from Ebiye.

On the half hour mark, the Saints’ ‘keeper was busy again. This time Halliday’s corner did find Casey, and his downward header was palmed around his right-hand post by Balcombe.

A minute from halftime, Fir Park grabbed the lead. Stephen O’Donnell’s burst into the box was blocked, but when the ball rolled out to Halliday on the right, he pulled it back to Miller. Despite being surrounded by Saints players, the teenager found enough space to stab the ball beyond the diving Balcombe and inside his post.

The eight minutes of additional time before the interval was the signal for the Paisley side to lay siege on the ‘Well goal in search of an equaliser before halftime.

And it looked certain to arrive when Killian Phillips, four yards from goal, glanced his header down and set to bounce over the line until Oxborough produced a stunning save, diving low to his right to claw the ball away from his goal.

A couple of minutes into the second half, the ‘Well keeper equalled that with another stunning stop to preserve his side’s lead.

Oxborough did well to push the ball across his line and then watch Casey sliding towards the post and block Phillips thumping effort. And although the ‘Well defender was adamant that he blocked the shot with his chest, the referee’s decision to award a penalty for handball was backed up by VAR.

That also earned Casey a red card, but as ‘Well faced the challenge of being reduced to 10 men, Oxborough gave the team and fans a boost, diving far to his right to get both hands on O’Hara’s spot kick and push the ball to safety.

Kettlewell immediately sent on Kofi Balmer to fill the gap at the back, with Ebiye being sacrificed.

However, numerical parity was restored on the hour mark when Scott Tanser picked up his second yellow after a needless challenge on O’Donnell.

Stephen Robinson then decided to ring the changes, bringing on Kevin van Veen in the hope of finding an equaliser.

However, it was Miller who had the chance to net his hat-trick when, under pressure from Gogic, he side-footed Wilson’s tempting cross over the ‘keeper from 10 yards.

With 20 minutes remaining of an absorbing game, Kettlewell made a triple substitution, bringing on Marvin Kaleta, Tony Watt, and Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.

The final change for the Steelmen arrived when Tom Sparrow joined the action for the final seven minutes or so and the sub contributed to what would have been a decisive third goal.

Two minutes from the end of the regulation 90, Sparrow won the ball at the edge of the box before feeding Paul McGinn wide on the right. His cross towards the six-yard area was met by the diving frame of Stamatelopoulos, who was denied his first goal for the club as his header produced another superb save as this time Balcombe dived across his goal to beat the ball away.

That left Saints eight additional minutes to find an equaliser, but the Fir Park men controlled the game until the end to deservedly earn another three points.

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.

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.

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.

How to follow the game

What else is happening?

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

Kit Watch

We will be wearing our home kit for this match.

Injury Update

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.

Motherwell’s Fortunes

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.

Opposition Report

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.