Motherwell vs Dundee United

14 December 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee N Walsh

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 3–1

  • Apostolos Stamatelopoulos 1’, 40’
  • Andy Halliday 33’
  • Tom Sparrow 67’
  • Sam Dalby 7’ (pen), 54’
  • Louis Moult 87’

Match summary

Motherwell saw off Dundee United 4-3. Motherwell led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos put Motherwell ahead in the first minute, Sam Dalby equalised from the penalty spot in the 7th minute, Andy Halliday put Motherwell back in front in the 33rd minute, and Stamatelopoulos made it 3-1 with a header in the 40th minute. In the second half, Dalby pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 54th minute, Tom Sparrow made it 4-2 in the 67th minute, and Louis Moult made it 4-3 with a header in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 17-12 to Dundee United, with 6 on target for Motherwell and 9 for Dundee United.

Match stats

Motherwell Dundee United
12 Shots 17
6 Shots on Target 9
2 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Motherwell Dundee United
Kick-off
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos1-0 (Motherwell)
1’
7’
Sam Dalby
Penalty
1-1 (Dundee United)
Andy Halliday2-1 (Motherwell)
33’
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos3-1 (Motherwell)
40’
Half-time3-1
54’
Sam Dalby3-2 (Dundee United)
Tom Sparrow4-2 (Motherwell)
67’
87’
Louis Moult4-3 (Dundee United)
Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Motherwell
  • Liam Gordon
  • Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
Dundee United
  • Declan Gallagher
  • Vicko Ševelj
  • David Babunski

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Dundee United attacking Motherwell attacking 
1’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, goal 7’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), penalty, goal 9’ Luca Stephenson (Dundee United), open play, off target 26’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, saved 27’ Kevin Holt (Dundee United), from a corner, off target 27’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, saved 29’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 31’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 33’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, goal 40’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, goal 45’ Luca Stephenson (Dundee United), set piece, off target 49’ David Babunski (Dundee United), open play, saved 52’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, saved 54’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, goal 56’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, blocked 57’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, off target 57’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, blocked 57’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, blocked 65’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, saved 66’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), open play, saved 67’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, goal 70’ Moses Ebiye (Motherwell), open play, saved 72’ Kevin Holt (Dundee United), open play, off target 76’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, off target 77’ Vicko Ševelj (Dundee United), open play, blocked 77’ Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United), open play, blocked 87’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, goal 90+1’ Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United), open play, saved 1’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, goal 7’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), penalty, goal 9’ Luca Stephenson (Dundee United), open play, off target 26’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, saved 27’ Kevin Holt (Dundee United), from a corner, off target 27’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, saved 29’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 31’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 33’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, goal 40’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, goal 45’ Luca Stephenson (Dundee United), set piece, off target 49’ David Babunski (Dundee United), open play, saved 52’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, saved 54’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, goal 56’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, blocked 57’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, off target 57’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, blocked 57’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, blocked 65’ Sam Dalby (Dundee United), open play, saved 66’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), open play, saved 67’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, goal 70’ Moses Ebiye (Motherwell), open play, saved 72’ Kevin Holt (Dundee United), open play, off target 76’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, off target 77’ Vicko Ševelj (Dundee United), open play, blocked 77’ Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United), open play, blocked 87’ Louis Moult (Dundee United), set piece, goal 90+1’ Kristijan Trapanovski (Dundee United), open play, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Aston Oxborough
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Shane Blaney
90′ – – – – – – –
Marvin Kaleta Taken off
69′ – – – – – – –
Andy Halliday Taken off
59′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Harrison Paton Taken off
58′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Tawanda Maswanhise Taken off
70′ – – 2 – – – –
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Taken off
82′ 2 – 5 – – –
Ewan Wilson Came on as a substitute
32′ – – – – – – –
Tom Sparrow Came on as a substitute
31′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Stephen O'Donnell Came on as a substitute
21′ – – – – – – –
Moses Ebiye Came on as a substitute
20′ – – 1 – – – –
Sam Nicholson Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
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 38% Avg odds 2.51
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33
Dundee United win 34% Avg odds 2.78

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

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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.