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Matchday

Premiership 26/27 · 2 Sep 2026

Motherwell 3–0 Dundee United

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 0.9
Actual xG
2.2 – 0.2
Goals
3 – 0

Footybot made Motherwell favourites at 68%.

Motherwell won and made the better chances: 2.2 xG to 0.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Jamie Knight-Lebel, 61.5 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Sebastian Palmer-Houlden +19.2, Joe Hodge +14.2, Alex Lowry +11.4.

Well below it: Michael Forbes −21.5, Emmanuel Longelo −12.7, Jack James Walton −12.1.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Motherwell

30 Aug 2026D 3–3at St. Mirren Scottish Premiership
27 Aug 2026L 1–4at SC Freiburg Conference League
20 Aug 2026L 1–3v SC Freiburg Conference League
13 Aug 2026W 2–0v HJK Conference League
9 Aug 2026D 0–0v Falkirk FC Scottish Premiership

Dundee United

29 Aug 2026W 4–0at Kilmarnock Scottish Premiership
22 Aug 2026L 0–2v Dundee FC Scottish Premiership
9 Aug 2026L 0–4at Heart of Midlothian Scottish Premiership
31 Jul 2026D 1–1v Rangers Scottish Premiership
17 May 2026D 1–1at St. Mirren Scottish Premiership

Head to head

28 Feb 2026Motherwell 2–0 Dundee United Scottish Premiership
13 Dec 2025Dundee United 0–0 Motherwell Scottish Premiership
29 Oct 2025Motherwell 2–0 Dundee United Scottish Premiership

Motherwell

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Dylan Levitt Midfielder31100.1876.0–
Jamie Knight-Lebel Defender4500–61.5+7.0
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden Forward59100.4757.5+19.2
Jake Girdwood-Reich Defender4500–54.5+8.5
Joe Hodge Midfielder90000.0354.3+14.2
Lukas Fadinger Midfielder59000.0952.5+8.1
Alex Paulsen Goalkeeper9000–52.3+0.7
Alex Lowry Midfielder68100.2950.3+11.4
Stephen O'Donnell Defender2200–47.9–
Martin Moormann Defender9000–40.5−2.5
Tawanda Maswanhise Forward90020.7136.8−5.5
Tom Sparrow Defender6801–33.4−6.8
Jardell Kanga Midfielder90000.0332.8−7.1
Eythor Bjørgolfsson Forward3100–30.8–
Willy Vogt Forward22000.2027.3–
Emmanuel Longelo Defender90000.1525.4−12.7

Dundee United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Bert Esselink Defender9000–48.1+0.7
Panutche Camará Midfielder90000.0347.2+10.2
Neil Farrugia Forward3300–43.2–
Mehdi Merghem Midfielder4500–38.2+4.9
Daniel Bennie Forward5700–37.4+0.5
Dylan Tait Midfielder70000.0636.7+1.5
Lachlan Rose Forward32000.0436.6–
William Ferry Midfielder6400–35.9+2.0
Jack James Walton Goalkeeper9000–35.5−12.1
Michael Forbes Defender9000–34.5−21.5
Zachary Sapsford Forward5800–33.2−4.6
Abdoulaye Yoro Midfielder2000–31.5–
Joshua Rawlins Defender9000–31.1+0.7
Jesse Randall Midfielder45000.0629.4−3.0
Kevin Ciubotaru Defender2600–27.8–
Emmanuel Agyei Midfielder1400–0.0–