Motherwell vs Aberdeen

5 January 2025 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee N Walsh

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Ewan Wilson 34’
  • Tawanda Maswanhise 45’

Match summary

Motherwell won 2-0 at home to Aberdeen. Motherwell led 2-0 at half-time.

Ewan Wilson put Motherwell ahead in the 34th minute and Tawanda Maswanhise made it 2-0 in the 45th minute.

Shots finished 12-11 to Aberdeen, with 3 on target for Motherwell and 2 for Aberdeen. Aberdeen had a player sent off.

Match stats

Motherwell Aberdeen
11 Shots 12
3 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Motherwell Aberdeen
Kick-off
Ewan Wilson1-0 (Motherwell)
34’
Tawanda Maswanhise2-0 (Motherwell)
45’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Motherwell
  • Davor Zdravkovski
  • Tawanda Maswanhise
Aberdeen
  • Slobodan Rubežić
  • Ante Palaversa
  • Graeme Shinnie

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aberdeen attacking Motherwell attacking 
13’ Duk (Aberdeen), open play, saved 14’ Kevin Nisbet (Aberdeen), from a corner, off target 17’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 20’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), set piece, off target 22’ Sivert Heltne Nilsen (Aberdeen), from a corner, blocked 22’ Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen), from a corner, saved 32’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 34’ Ewan Wilson (Motherwell), open play, goal 36’ Jack Mackenzie (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 45’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, goal 51’ Duk (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 51’ Moses Ebiye (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 60’ Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen), open play, off target 67’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, off target 67’ Topi Keskinen (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 71’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, hit the woodwork 76’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 78’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 78’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 80’ Ante Palaversa (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 84’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 88’ Shayden Morris (Aberdeen), open play, off target 90+1’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 13’ Duk (Aberdeen), open play, saved 14’ Kevin Nisbet (Aberdeen), from a corner, off target 17’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 20’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), set piece, off target 22’ Sivert Heltne Nilsen (Aberdeen), from a corner, blocked 22’ Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen), from a corner, saved 32’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 34’ Ewan Wilson (Motherwell), open play, goal 36’ Jack Mackenzie (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 45’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, goal 51’ Duk (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 51’ Moses Ebiye (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 60’ Nicky Devlin (Aberdeen), open play, off target 67’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, off target 67’ Topi Keskinen (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 71’ Leighton Clarkson (Aberdeen), open play, hit the woodwork 76’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 78’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 78’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 80’ Ante Palaversa (Aberdeen), open play, blocked 84’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 88’ Shayden Morris (Aberdeen), open play, off target 90+1’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Aston Oxborough
90′ – – – – – – –
Kofi Balmer Taken off
86′ – – – – – – –
Liam Gordon
90′ – – – – – – –
Dan Casey
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Marvin Kaleta
90′ – – – – – – –
Davor Zdravkovski Taken off
78′ – – – – – –
Andy Halliday
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Tawanda Maswanhise Taken off
78′ 1 – 3 – – –
Tony Watt Taken off
86′ – – 4 – – – –
Moses Ebiye Taken off
68′ – – 1 – – – –
Jack Vale Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – – –
Sam Nicholson Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Tom Sparrow Came on as a substitute
12′ – – – – – – –
Paul McGinn Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Callum Slattery Came on as a substitute
4′ – – 1 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Motherwell win 35% Avg odds 2.70
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.26
Aberdeen win 36% Avg odds 2.60

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.