Ross County vs Motherwell

5 December 2023 · Scottish Premiership · 2023/24 · Referee D Dickinson

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Simon Murray 2’
  • Yan Dhanda 18’
  • Ben Purrington 56’

Match summary

Ross County won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Motherwell. Ross County led 2-0 at half-time.

Simon Murray put Ross County ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, Yan Dhanda made it 2-0 in the 18th minute, and Ben Purrington made it 3-0 in the 56th minute.

Shots finished 14-13 to Motherwell, with 6 on target for Ross County and 4 for Motherwell. Ross County had a player sent off.

Match stats

Ross County Motherwell
13 Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0

Key events

Ross County Motherwell
Kick-off
Simon Murray1-0 (Ross County)
2’
Yan Dhanda2-0 (Ross County)
18’
Half-time2-0
Ben Purrington3-0 (Ross County)
56’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Ross County
  • William Nightingale
  • Jordan White
Motherwell
  • Blair Spittal
  • Georgie Gent

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Motherwell attacking Ross County attacking 
2’ Simon Murray (Ross County), from a corner, goal 4’ Stephen O'Donnell (Motherwell), open play, off target 6’ Theo Bair (Motherwell), open play, off target 7’ Conor Wilkinson (Motherwell), open play, blocked 8’ Stephen O'Donnell (Motherwell), open play, saved 8’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), open play, saved 18’ Yan Dhanda (Ross County), open play, goal 18’ James Brown (Ross County), open play, blocked 20’ Simon Murray (Ross County), open play, blocked 28’ Simon Murray (Ross County), from a corner, off target 29’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), open play, off target 34’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), set piece, blocked 39’ Connor Randall (Ross County), open play, saved 50’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), open play, off target 51’ Jordan White (Ross County), open play, blocked 56’ Ben Purrington (Ross County), open play, goal 56’ Jordan White (Ross County), open play, saved 62’ William Nightingale (Ross County), open play, off target 64’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), open play, saved 66’ Mika Biereth (Motherwell), open play, off target 68’ Scott Allardice (Ross County), open play, blocked 71’ Victor Loturi (Ross County), set piece, off target 73’ Mika Biereth (Motherwell), open play, blocked 74’ Simon Murray (Ross County), open play, saved 78’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), open play, off target 89’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), direct free kick, off target 90+3’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), open play, off target 2’ Simon Murray (Ross County), from a corner, goal 4’ Stephen O'Donnell (Motherwell), open play, off target 6’ Theo Bair (Motherwell), open play, off target 7’ Conor Wilkinson (Motherwell), open play, blocked 8’ Stephen O'Donnell (Motherwell), open play, saved 8’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), open play, saved 18’ Yan Dhanda (Ross County), open play, goal 18’ James Brown (Ross County), open play, blocked 20’ Simon Murray (Ross County), open play, blocked 28’ Simon Murray (Ross County), from a corner, off target 29’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), open play, off target 34’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), set piece, blocked 39’ Connor Randall (Ross County), open play, saved 50’ Dan Casey (Motherwell), open play, off target 51’ Jordan White (Ross County), open play, blocked 56’ Ben Purrington (Ross County), open play, goal 56’ Jordan White (Ross County), open play, saved 62’ William Nightingale (Ross County), open play, off target 64’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), open play, saved 66’ Mika Biereth (Motherwell), open play, off target 68’ Scott Allardice (Ross County), open play, blocked 71’ Victor Loturi (Ross County), set piece, off target 73’ Mika Biereth (Motherwell), open play, blocked 74’ Simon Murray (Ross County), open play, saved 78’ Blair Spittal (Motherwell), open play, off target 89’ Georgie Gent (Motherwell), direct free kick, off target 90+3’ Callum Slattery (Motherwell), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
Ross Laidlaw
90′ – – – – – – –
William Nightingale Sent off
90′ – – 1 – – –
Jack Baldwin
90′ – – – – – – –
Ryan Leak
90′ – – – – – – –
James Brown
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Connor Randall Taken off
71′ – – 1 – – – –
Scott Allardice
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Ben Purrington
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Yan Dhanda Taken off
77′ 1 – 1 – – – –
Jordan White Taken off
77′ – – 2 – – –
Simon Murray Taken off
87′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Victor Loturi Came on as a substitute
19′ – – 1 – – – –
Josh Sims Came on as a substitute
13′ – – – – – – –
Kyle Turner Came on as a substitute
13′ – – – – – – –
Alex Samuel Came on as a substitute
3′ – – – – – – –
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

Ross County win 43% Avg odds 2.22
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.12
Motherwell win 27% Avg odds 3.46

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.