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Dundee — Motherwell: 2:1, Premiership

Premiership
Dundee L15 Aug · Away Aberdeen · 0:3W22 Aug · Away Dundee Utd · 2:0L30 Aug · Home Hibernian · 1:2D2 Sep · Home ST Johnstone · 1:1L6 Sep · Away Heart of Midlothian · 1:2W19 Sep · Home Motherwell · 2:1
2:1
Finished

Kick-off was BST

Motherwell L27 Aug · Away SC Freiburg · 1:4D30 Aug · Away St. Mirren · 3:3W2 Sep · Home Dundee Utd · 3:0L5 Sep · Away Rangers FC · 0:1L15 Sep · Home Aberdeen · 0:4L19 Sep · Away Dundee · 1:2
Venue: Dens Park City: Dundee

In the Premiership game on 19 September 2026, Dundee beat Motherwell 2:1. Match numbers: shots on target 6:4, fouls 8:9.

Match report

Dandi beat Mott 2-1 on Saturday in the seventh round of the league, a result that keeps both sides in the middle of the table with only a point separating them. We had put home victory in our notes before kick-off at 40 per cent confidence, and it materialised when it mattered most. And here's the thing — you can watch possession numbers all afternoon, but this match was decided in the opening quarter. Westley went down in the box and the referee pointed to the spot after a VAR check, then the spot-kick fell to him at the 23rd minute. Bradley Fink levelled shortly after, and just before half-time Alex Lowry turned it into a two-goal cushion. By then the visitors had already lost their rhythm, and they never really found it again. Mott controlled 63 per cent of the ball and launched 74 attacks, but only managed one big chance while Dandi created five. The home side fired six shots on target with a 55 per cent accuracy rate, whereas the visitors hit four on target from 27 per cent accuracy. It is not uncommon to see a team dominate possession and still leave empty-handed, especially when the opposition closes the game out. Dandi sit sixth with seven points after six games, two wins, one draw and three defeats. Mott are fifth on eight points, also from six matches, with two victories, two draws and two losses. Neither side has anything to prove or hide from this result, and that is the honest reading of it. We called the home win before the whistle, and it came through because Dandi were sharper in the moments that counted. To be fair, Mott had nothing to lose and pushed forward, but without the cutting edge to match their numbers. A derby with no love lost, perhaps, but one that settled on the scoreboard rather than the statistics sheet.

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Key numbers

Possession, % 37 – 63
Shots on target 6 – 4
Shots off target 1 – 5
Big chances 5 – 1

Match events

  1. 22' 0:0 Dundee var_penalty Joe Westley
  2. 23' 1:0 Dundee Penalty Joe Westley
  3. 40' 2:0 Dundee Goal Bradley·Fink assist: Ryan Astley
  4. 44' 2:1 Motherwell Goal Alex·Lowry assist: Tom Sparrow
  5. 61' 2:1 Dundee Substitution Jack Moorhouse off: Joseph Bevan
  6. 65' 2:1 Motherwell Substitution Emmanuel Longelo off: Dylan Williams
  7. 67' 2:1 Motherwell Yellow card Dylan Williams
  8. 71' 2:1 Dundee Substitution Callum Jones off: Brad Halliday
  9. 72' 2:1 Dundee Substitution Bradley·Fink off: Bobby Wales
  10. 76' 2:1 Motherwell Substitution Sebastian Palmer-Houlden off: Regan Charles-Cook
  11. 77' 2:1 Motherwell Substitution Ibrahim Said off: Jardell Kanga
  12. 86' 2:1 Dundee Substitution Joe Westley off: Idris Odutayo
  13. 86' 2:1 Motherwell Substitution Tawanda Maswanhise off: Willy Gabriel Vogt
  14. 86' 2:1 Motherwell Substitution Alex·Lowry off: Eythor Bjørgolfsson
  15. 90+3' 2:1 Dundee Yellow card Owen Goodman

Statistics

37 Possession, % 63
6 Shots on target 4
1 Shots off target 5
5 Big chances 1
37 Attacks 74
9 Corners 9
8 Fouls 9
8 Free kicks 7
1 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
14 Goal kicks 3
22 Throw-ins 21
All statistics
6/1833% Aerial duels 12/1867%
46 Backward passes 88
4 Blocked shots 6
25 Clearances 25
5/2124% Crosses 7/2429%
0/60% Dribbles 8/2335%
64 Failed passes 62
3 Goalkeeper saves 4
6 Interceptions 5
8 Key passes 13
18/4045% Long passes 29/5454%
39 Passes into the final third 111
132 Passes in the opposition half 303
202 Passes in own half 268
0.55 Shot accuracy 0.27
2 Shots from outside the box 5
9 Shots inside the box 10
8/1747% Tackles 7/1258%
313 Total passes 547

Line-ups

Dundee

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Owen Goodman 1
4 Ryan Astley 4
5 Owen Bevan 5
12 Imari Samuels 12
7 Drey Wright 7
14 Alan Forrest 14
16 Jack Moorhouse 16
28 Callum Graham Jones 28
48 Ethan Hamilton 48
19 Joseph Anthony Westley 19
21 Bradley Fink 21
Substitutes
# Player number
13 Kieran Michael O'Hara 13
2 Bradley Halliday 2
3 Idris Odutayo 3
6 M. Akinmboni 6
52 Charlie Oosenbrug 52
27 J. Bivan 27
47 Ashton Leiper 47
60 Ryan Blend 60
9 Bobby Wales 9
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Motherwell

Starting XI
# Player number
1 Alex Paulsen 1
3 Jake Girdwood-Reich 3
5 Martin Moormann 5
7 Thomas Lance Sparrow 7
8 Lukas Fadinger 8
11 Alex Lowry 11
45 Emmanuel Longelo Mbule 45
71 Joseph Shaun Hodge 71
18 Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise 18
19 Ibrahim Said 19
47 S. Palmer-Holden 47
Substitutes
# Player number
21 Matthew Connelly 21
2 Stephen O'Donnell 2
4 Jamie Knight-Lebel 4
20 Dylan Williams 20
13 Jardell Kanga 13
17 Regan Charles-Cook 17
63 Dylan Levitt 63
15 Eyþór Martin Vigerust Björgólfsson 15
77 W. Vogt 77
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Match prediction: Dundee — Motherwell

Win: Dundee

Confidence 40%

Reasoning

  • Данди — 6. place, 7 points after 6 games (2 wins, 1 draws, 3 losses)
  • Мотеруэлл — 5. place, 8 points after 6 games (2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses)
  • Данди, last 5 games: 1 wins, 1 draws, 3 losses
  • Мотеруэлл, last 5 games: 1 wins, 1 draws, 3 losses
  • Head-to-head: 10 games, Данди — 3, 3 draws, Мотеруэлл — 4
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Dundee

L15 Aug · Away Aberdeen · 0:3W22 Aug · Away Dundee Utd · 2:0L30 Aug · Home Hibernian · 1:2D2 Sep · Home ST Johnstone · 1:1L6 Sep · Away Heart of Midlothian · 1:2W19 Sep · Home Motherwell · 2:1

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Motherwell

L27 Aug · Away SC Freiburg · 1:4D30 Aug · Away St. Mirren · 3:3W2 Sep · Home Dundee Utd · 3:0L5 Sep · Away Rangers FC · 0:1L15 Sep · Home Aberdeen · 0:4L19 Sep · Away Dundee · 1:2

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