| 3 | Rangers | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 23 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Motherwell | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | St Mirren | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Dundee | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 15 |
We can provide a more detailed update on Dan Casey’s injury suffered against Ross County.
The Irish defender suffered the injury in the closing stages of the match and although initially it was suspected there could be a fracture, scans have revealed that hasn’t been the case.
Casey’s injury is an ankle ligament issue and will now face six to eight weeks on the sidelines.
Speedy recovery, Dan.
Our match against Ross County at Fir Park will now take place on Tuesday 6 February.
Kick off is a 7.45pm.
Originally scheduled to take place on Wednesday 7 February, the match has been moved at request of both clubs.
We travel to take on St Mirren at the SMiSA stadium on Saturday 16 December.
Kick off is 3pm.
| Away Stand | |
| Adults | £26 |
| Concessions (Over 65s, 13-17, Full Time Student) | £16 |
| Under 12s (must be accompanied by an adult) | £6 |
| Wheelchair and carer | £16 |
Ambulant pay age appropriate price and receive a carer free.
All wheelchair and ambulant supporters should contact the ticket office to purchase.
Supporters requiring accessible parking to email tickets@stmirren.comTickets are on sale from the ticket office and
online.
We have been sent physical tickets so no etickets are available for this match, postage and collection only. Postage will be available until Wednesday 13th December.
Tickets can be purchased online.
If you are outside the UK, you can watch the game via Motherwell TV.
Should you be in the UK, it will be live commentary only.
We will be wearing our away kit for this match.
Pape Souare, Dan Casey and Lennon Miller all remain sidelined.
Paul McGinn will be assessed this week as he recovers from a broken cheekbone.
Calum Butcher is also a doubt for the match, after he missed the visit of St Johnstone.
Harry Paton returns off the back of his suspension.
It’s been three draws in Motherwell’s last four games, picking up a point against Dundee, St Johnstone and Celtic whilst losing 3-0 to Ross County.
The last time Motherwell won was at the start of September against Hearts at Tynecastle, 13 games ago.
However, in their last match against St Johnstone, Mika Biereth scored in injury time as the Steelmen fought back once again to earn them a point.
Last time out against St Mirren, a Scott Tanser goal was the difference between the sides at Fir Park, despite a dominant display from the ‘Well. In August, the two sides met in the Viaplay Cup with Caolan Boyd-Munce’s goal getting the Saints into the next round in another 1-0 win against Motherwell.
St Mirren are third in the table after a strong first half of the season. A 2-0 victory over Ross County at the weekend put to bed a two game losing run against Rangers and St Johnstone.
A key played for the Saints, Ryan Strain, won’t play on Saturday as he picked up an injury at the start of December. Strain is expected to miss up to three months due to groin injury.
Jonah Ayunga has been out for almost a year and made his return to action last month. He netted his first goal since returning against Ross County as he looks to have picked up where he left off.
It’s becoming regular occurrence that Motherwell score in stoppage time to salvage a point, and it proved to be the case once more against St Johnstone.
After a Bevis Mugabi own goal gave St Johnstone the lead early on in the second half, Mika Biereth stepped up to the plate to get on the end of a Theo Bair cross in the second minute of injury time to level the game.
Tickets for our match against St Mirren are available to buy.
| Away Stand | |
| Adults | £26 |
| Concessions (Over 65s, 13-17, Full Time Student) | £16 |
| Under 12s (must be accompanied by an adult) | £6 |
| Wheelchair and carer | £16 |
Ambulant pay age appropriate price and receive a carer free.
All wheelchair and ambulant supporters should contact the ticket office to purchase.
Supporters requiring accessible parking to email tickets@stmirren.comTickets are on sale from the ticket office and
online.
We have been sent physical tickets so no etickets are available for this match, postage and collection only. Postage will be available until Wednesday 13th December.
Tickets can be purchased online.
Stuart Kettlewell reacts to the 1-1 draw with St Johnstone.
Motherwell rescued a point with yet another goal in additional time as Bevis Mugabi’s own goal almost presented St Johnstone with all three points.
Despite repeatedly lamenting the loss of goals to set pieces, a cross into the box led to Bevis Mugabi deflecting the ball into his own net to give Saints the lead at the start of the second half.
However, in the first minute of added on time Mika Biereth leapt to head home his sixth goal of the season and grab the home side a point when his team seemed destined to finish empty handed.
Stuart Kettlewell, in an attempt to rediscover their winning form, was hindered in his selection by injury and suspension, particularly in front of Liam Kelly.
That forced a back three of Stephen O’Donnell, Bevis Mugabi and Shane Blaney, faced with the task of shoring up a defence which has conceded the most goals in the cinch Premiership. In front of them, Davor Zdravkovski and Georgie Gent were given their first starts of the season.
Craig Levein set up Saints with two up front clearly intent on testing the new look ‘Well defence from the start.
In a scrappy opening 20 minutes it reflected on two teams at the wrong end of the league table as both sets of players were guilty of misplaced passes and petty fouls.
Not for the last time, referee Euan Anderson ignored a challenge on Brodie Spencer at the edge of the box which ultimately allowed Graham Carey to test Kelly from 20 yards.
Almost immediately, Gent, revelling in a natural left wing role, earned ‘Well’s first corner as he powered towards the Saints’ byeline.
In the 27th minute the on-loan Blackburn defender latched on to a cross from Spencer and Gent’s powerful left foot volley took a deflection off James Brown before forcing Mitov to save low in front of his right post.
A couple of minutes later Jon Obika broke through the middle but with Biereth in support he elected to shoot from 18 yards, his weak effort posing no problems for the ‘keeper.
As the game continued to flow towards the Saints goal, Mirov got down to block Blair Spittal’s low drive after Callum Slattery had set him up at the edge of the box.
Although little had been seen of Biereth, his powerful run towards the six-yard box forced a last gasp tackle from Ryan McGowan as ‘Well ended the first half in control and only lacking a goal their first half performance possibly deserved.
Motherwell restarted on the front foot and after five minutes fine build up on the right ended with Mitov firmly holding Slattery’s curling shot from 20 yards.
Two minutes later, though, the Steelmen once again shot themselves in the foot from a set piece.
The ‘Well defence looked organised as Matt Smith floated a free kick into a packed box. But as Kelly raced out beyond his six-yard box to claim the ball it sped past him rebounding of the helpless Mugabi and into his own net to concede a horrible opening goal.
That knocked the wind and any confidence out of the home side as they pushed towards Saints’ goal more in hope than anything else.
With 20 minutes remaining Oli Shaw replaced Obika as ‘Well desperately searched for an equaliser.
However, it was the Perth side who almost found the net again when Carey’s curling free kick skipped off the top of the cross bar with Kelly stretching to tip it over.
As the clock moved toward the last ten minutes Theo Bair and Conor Wilkinson were given the chance to salvage something from the game.
Bair made an immediate impact collecting the ball on the right and dragging it across the box before his drive forced Mitov to save low to his right.
The ‘Well sub produced a second save from the ‘keeper when Biereth’s lob into the box gave Bair a free header from eight yards but once again Mitov denied him with a comfortable save.
Then in added time Bair turned provider. From wide left he fired the ball across goal to find Biereth rising high to bullet a stunning header high into the corner for a last gasp equaliser.
Callum Slattery reiterated the apology to supporters for their result against Ross County.
The midfielder tells us how the group is still together in the dressing room and that it is up to the players to get the club out of this run that it is in. Slattery says the team need to give the supporters to something to get behind for them to fully back the team.
Stuart Kettlewell reiterated how poor a performance Tuesday was against Ross County and that stark improvements are required.
The Motherwell boss says he will take his side back to basic preparation in the quest of simplifying the matches. Kettlewell is aware of the pressure building on his and his team’s shoulders but insists that this is something they all can deal with as they are all together.
Stuart Kettlewell has provided a squad update following our match against Ross County.
The manager updates following Dan Casey and Calum Butcher coming off injured in the Highlands on Tuesday night.
“Dan had an X-Ray and it doesn’t look as severe as we first thought,” Stuart Kettlewell said.
“There is no fracture so now he will receive further scans to see if there is muscle or ligament damage. It’s not as bad as first feared which is a positive but he’s going to be out for a period of time.
“Calum Butcher came off because he felt his calf, which is another blow.
“Again, it’s a bit early to say. He needs a scan to define how bad the damage is. But, if Calum Butcher comes off it would suggest it’s going to be enough to keep him out for a few weeks anyway.
“Paul McGinn got sent for an update last week. It was initially said he would be 6-weeks post operation, whilst still wearing a mask. They didn’t feel he was in a position to play on Tuesday so he still sits on that timeline.”
Lennon Miller remains sidelined due to a broken patella suffered at the start of November while Pape Souare is also missing due to a serious ankle injury with associated fracture.
