On the 26th of January, in this week 23 match, Motherwell plays host to Hibernian in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premiership teams. In their last match, 4th placed Motherwell, recorded a 1-3 loss against Ross County. Sondre Solholm Johansen struck first for Ross County on an own goal in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Jordan Roberts got the equalizer for Motherwell in the 55th minute on a feed from Kevin van Veen. Motherwell is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while hibernian is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Celtic. Daizen Maeda struck first for Celtic in the 4th minute on a feed from Tom Rogić, then Josip Juranović added another in the 25th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Hibernian was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Hibernian is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Dec 4th, Hibernian hosted Motherwell at the Easter Road Stadium in their last match together. Hibernian and Motherwell battled to a 1-1 draw. Kevin Nisbet struck first for Hibernian in the 33rd minute on a feed from Josh Campbell, then Tony Watt tied it up for Motherwell in the 60th minute earning Motherwell a comeback draw.
Josh Campbell and Paul McMullan are the top scorers for Hibernian in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Motherwell’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin van Veen. The Dutch attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.