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Stuart Kettlewell gives his reaction to the 0-1 defeat to Aberdeen

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• International break

Bevis Mugabi is happy to have made his family proud once again by being named in the Ugandan national side for their matches later this month. 

The centre-back, who claims this has been a good run of games personally for him, says the team are looking after themselves, game by game, in the season run in.

Motherwell manager Stuart Kettlewell says in the world of football, life moves quickly and that the result against Rangers has now been put to bed and the team are fully focused on replicating performance levels this Saturday against Aberdeen in the cinch Premiership. 

Kettlewell provides an update on the fitness of Jon Obika, the recent call ups of Liam Kelly and Theo Bair. Bair was named in the Canadian side for the first time since 2020 earlier this week.

Davor Zdravkovski has been named in the North Macedonia squad for the first time since September.  

The midfielder has been absent in the October and November squad but makes his return off the back off his game time in recent months.

Since being subbed on at half time against Ross County at the start of December, Zdravkovski has been named in the starting 11 for the last 16 matches.

Zdravkovski is yet to make his debut for his country.

North Macedonia are travelling to Turkey for a warm weather camp, where they will play two matches in their time there.

They face Moldova on Friday 22 March before a match against Montenegro on Monday 25 March.

• North Macedonia v Moldova
• Friday 22 March
• Stadium TBC (Turkey)
• 3.30pm Kick Off 

• North Macedonia v Montenegro 
• Monday 25 March 
• Stadium TBC (Turkey)
• Kick off time TBC

Motherwell return to action on Saturday 16 March against Aberdeen at Fir Park. 

Kick off is 3pm.

How to follow the game

– Concessions Tickets would be ages 65 and over and FT Students with a valid matric card.
– Young Adults tickets would ages 12 to 17.
– Juveniles would be 11 and under

Supporters are able to buy tickets online here or visit the ticket office at Fir Park.

Ticket Office open from 9am – the ticket office is open until kick-off with no pay gate facility.

If you are outside the UK, you can watch the game via Motherwell TV.

Should you be in the UK, it will be commentary only.

Kit Watch

We will be wearing the home kit for this match.

Injury News

Callum Slattery, Harry Paton and Barry Maguire remain missing for this match.

Andy Halliday made his return to action against Rangers at Ibrox. Calum Butcher missed that match and will be assessed this week.

Jon Obika has picked up an injury and will also be assessed.

Motherwell’s Fortunes

Motherwell had a free weekend having been knocked out the Scottish Cup.

That meant it’ll be two weeks since their last competitive match some Saturday. The Steelmen have won their last two matches. Going behind at Livingston, Blair Spittal, Sam Nicholson and Jack Vale scored to turn the game in the favour of the ‘Well.

Stuart Kettlewell’s side beat Rangers at Ibrox for the first time since 1997 in their last match, with Theo Bair scoring his 11th of the season and Dan Casey also getting on the scoresheet.

The result leaves Motherwell two points off of the top-six, prior to the midweek action. They are a point behind Dundee in seventh, with four goals to go until the split.

Last time out, Motherwell got themselves into an ideal situation at Pittodrie, finding themselves 3-0 up in the first half thanks to a double from Theo Bair and a first professional goal from Adam Devine. The Dons fought back to 3-3, with Harry Paton having a winning goal ruled out after a VAR check.

Opposition Report

It’s been an eventful time at Aberdeen. Interim manager Neil Warnock departed the club, having guided the Dons to the semi final of the Scottish Cup last weekend against Kilmarnock.

Warnock departs after 33 days spent in the Granite City. Their last win in the league came in Dingwall at the start of January.

Aberdeen are in tenth place, five points behind Motherwell. Bojan Miovski has had another successful season in front of goal, with the North Macedonian on 22 goals.

Jamie McGrath has 38 appearances in his first season for the club, he has nine goals and two assists in that time with his most recent strike coming against Kilmarnock at the weekend, as well as an assist.

Theo Bair has earned his spot back in the Canada squad. 

With 11 goals to his name this season, the striker has been in scintillating form for the Steelmen. In his last ten games, Bair has nine goals and three assists.

Bair has two senior international appearances to his name, scoring on his debut for his country. His last appearance came back in 2020 against Iceland.

Canada are in CONCAF Nations League playoff action, as they face Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday 23 March.

• Canada v Trinidad and Tobago
• Saturday 23 March
• Toyota Stadium
• 8pm Kick off 

Liam Kelly has been included in the Scotland squad. 

The final squad before EURO 2024, Scotland have two friendly matches in preparation for their tournament in Germany.

Kelly made his Scotland bow in Paris back in October, as he played the first 45 minutes against France.

Scotland travel to The Netherlands on Friday 22 March, before Northern Ireland are the visitors to Hampden Park.

• Netherlands v Scotland 
• Friday 22 March 
• Johan Cruijff ArenA
• 7.45pm Kick Off 

• Scotland v Northern Ireland 
• Tuesday 26 March 
• Hampden Park, Glasgow
• 7.45pm Kick Off 

Bevis Mugabi has been called up by Uganda for two Friendly matches in March.

The Cranes take on Comoros and Ghana and will be based in Morocco as they ramp up their preparations for their World Cup Qualifiers in June.

Comoros v Uganda, Friday 22nd March 2024.

Ghana v Uganda. Tuesday 26th March 2024.

A poor goalscoring record in Scotland meant supporters questioned Theo Bair’s arrival in August.

One goal in 34 games for fellow Premiership side St Johnstone didn’t fill Motherwell fans with confidence or belief that Bair was up to the task of replacing 29 goal man Kevin van Veen.

Fast forward seven months, everything has changed. Spending time with the analysis department, watching some of the best strikers on the planet, has seen him soar to new heights.

Taking bits from strikers like Victor Boniface and Benjamin Šeško, has seen his goal record improve drastically and he has firmly became one of the most important, and exciting, players in the Motherwell squad.

Blair Spittal has won February’s cinch Premiership player of the month award. 

The midfielder, who has also won the club’s player of the month award, becomes only the third Motherwell player in five years to win the accolade.

“It’s been a much more positive month for the team,” Blair Spittal said.

“That is always the main thing but obviously, it’s nice to be personally recognised.

“I’ve been loving my football and think the system has really worked for me. We don’t want to stop here, the manager has been big on that.

“We want to use the momentum we’ve built up in the remaining games. There’s a lot of football still to be played and we want finish strongly.”