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MOTHERWELL got a crucial three points in their battle to avoid the drop as goals from Kevin van Veen and Max Johnston...

The striker spun in behind the Saints defence, timing his run perfectly to get onto a brilliant through ball from Blair Spittal. That meant sticking a couple of square pegs in round holes, with right-back Paul McGinn and midfielder Callum Butcher again being asked to slot in as centre-backs alongside Dan Casey. The caretaker Motherwell manager wasn’t slow in mixing thing up, both in terms of his personnel and formation.

In the Scottish Premiership standings, Motherwell and St. Mirren are 13 points apart heading into their rescheduled matchup on Wednesday at Fir Park Stadium.

• Motherwell FC player Callum Slattery has received more yellow cards (9) than anyone else. Mirren FC has had eight goals scored by Charles Dunne. • With ten goals, Kevin Van Veen leads Motherwell FC in scoring. Mirren FC has had six goals scored by Curtis Main. Even in 14 meetings, the opponents couldn’t figure out who was stronger, so the games ended in a draw. Even though the Buddies would have expected to lose to the champions in Glasgow, they were hammered 5-1 by Celtic in the FA Cup over the weekend. In a Premiership matchup, Motherwell takes on St. Mirren midfielder Jonah Ayunga will miss the remainder of the season, and defender Richard Tait will miss the next few weeks with a groin strain. Motherwell could be without protectors Bevis Mugabi and Nathan McGinley this week, however aggressor Joseph Efford ought to be back in conflict following a thigh issue. Mirren stands in the way of the home team ending their miserable run of losing without a victory. The club has gone 11 league games without a maximum of points. The event will take place at 19:45 UTC on February 15, 2023.

Caretaker boss Stuart Kettlewell made four changes to the side that last 3-1 at Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup fifth round. Max Johnston, Sean Goss, James ...

Caretaker boss Stuart Kettlewell made four changes to the side that last 3-1 at Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup fifth round. Mark O'Hara tried his luck with a shot from just outside the box in 75 minutes, but it was well held. Strain tried for an equaliser with a shot from just outside the box, but it was well held by Liam Kelly. Main's first action of the second half was to blast a shot over the bar from the left side of the box. St Mirren pulled a goal back in 24 minutes when Watt and Main combined down the left with Watt cutting the ball back to Strain, who smashed into the net. Motherwell got off to the best possible start in eight minutes when Blair Spittal played the ball through to van Veen, who held off a defender and drew Trevor Carson before slipping a low shot into the bottom left corner.

MOTHERWELL got a crucial three points in their battle to avoid the drop as goals from Kevin van Veen and Max Johnston...

The striker spun in behind the Saints defence, timing his run perfectly to get onto a brilliant through ball from Blair Spittal. That meant sticking a couple of square pegs in round holes, with right-back Paul McGinn and midfielder Callum Butcher again being asked to slot in as centre-backs alongside Dan Casey. The caretaker Motherwell manager wasn’t slow in mixing thing up, both in terms of his personnel and formation.

Steelmen climb to ninth in the table. Motherwell ended their 11-match winless run in the cinch Premiership with a crucial 2-1 victory over St Mirren at Fir ...

Caretaker manager Stuart Kettlewell led Motherwell to their first home win in the cinch Premiership for six months as they held on for a 2-1 triumph over St ...

The visitors lost Tanser to injury before Strain came close from 22 yards. St Mirren hit back after Curtis Main won an aerial challenge to send Watt down the left. Johnston got in behind Scott Tanser and, from an even tighter angle, lobbed the ball over Carson and just inside the far post.

Stephen Robinson made one change from the side that lost to Celtic in the Scottish Cup on Saturday with Tony Watt making his first Saints start in place of the ...

Motherwell passed up a big chance to put the game beyond doubt with a little over five minutes remaining when their substitute Jack Aitchison fired wide from close-range. Stephen Robinson made a change on 57 minutes with Alex Gogic making way for Greg Kiltie as we looked for a way back into the match. Nine minutes later Watt saw an effort deflected over after a good bit of play down the right-hand side.

STUART KETTLEWELL has praised the character of the Motherwell players after they ground out their 2-1 win over St Mirren...

“You talk about how to get the supporters onside. “I’ve been working with young players recently and you try to get that across. “Delighted to win at the game, firstly, because it’s been a while since winning one here.

Motherwell caretaker manager Stuart Kettlewell praised his players for doing the fundamentals right as they earned a first league victory in 12 matches.

and Maeve McCleane, Chief People Officer at Lidl Ireland & Lidl Northern Ireland. “I’m obviously disappointed, disappointed with the first 20-minute performance,” he said. He added: “We’ve had brief conversations between myself and one or two officials of the club. “We play in Scotland, you need to remember that as well. Then you can add layers and be cuter and clever once you have earned the right to play. You perform, put your body on the line, you run the extra yards and cover your mates.

Match report as Motherwell won their first home Premiership game for six months with a 2-1 win over St Mirren; Kevin van Veen and Max Johnston gave the ...

"I'm obviously disappointed, disappointed with the first 20-minute performance," he said. Then you can add layers and be cuter and clever once you have earned the right to play. "We play in Scotland, you need to remember that as well. The second half was a scrappy affair with Motherwell largely unable to keep meaningful possession but holding the visitors at bay. You perform, put your body on the line, you run the extra yards and cover your mates. Johnston got in behind Scott Tanser and, from an even tighter angle, lobbed the ball over Carson and just inside the far post.

Goals from Kevin Van Veen and Max Johnston in the first 19 minutes gave Kettlewell the perfect start.

“We play in Scotland, you need to remember that as well. Then you can add layers and be cuter and clever once you have earned the right to play. You perform, put your body on the line, you run the extra yards and cover your mates.

Kevin van Veen has scored 37% of Motherwell's league goals this season (10/27). Only Lawrence Shankland for Hearts (38% - 17/45) has a higher such ratio for ...

St Mirren won their last away league outing 3-1 at Aberdeen to end a stretch of eight away league games without a win (D2 L6). The Steelmen haven’t suffered four consecutive league defeats since December 2017 under now St Mirren manager Steve Robinson. Kevin van Veen has scored 37% of Motherwell’s league goals this season (10/27).

Andrew Petrie, BBC Sport Scotland. It's not a game that many will remember, apart from perhaps Stuart Kettlewell. In his first game in interim charge, ...

He's passed the first audition. It's not a game that many will remember, apart from perhaps Stuart Kettlewell. The boost to morale around Fir Park is invaluable, and the players will know that stringing together even a small run of victories will ease their worries significantly.

The 19-year-old bagged a spectacular winner to give Well a first Premiership win since October.

“It has been a hard time,” he said. “I was with Steven Hammell in the academy as well, so I knew him really well and I was really disappointed to see him go. “It was important to get off to a good start in the game, starting on the front-foot in any game I think is something we need to do.

St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson told Sportsound: "Very disappointed. It was a good chance for us to get another three points. We didn't produce our levels ...

"We got punished tonight and we have to reset. They hurt us and we didn't have enough to get back into it. We aren't good enough to give anybody a 2-0 lead.

Motherwell caretaker manager Stuart Kettlewell praised his players for doing the fundamentals right as they earned their first league victory in 12 matches.

"We play in Scotland, you need to remember that as well. Then you can add layers and be cuter and clever once you have earned the right to play. You perform, put your body on the line, you run the extra yards and cover your mates.

After sacking boss Steven Hammell, the Steelmen were rejuvenated in the first half last night under interim boss Stuart Kettlewell and quickly fired themselves ...

“So it’s a setback, that’s all it is. As a collective we know it wasn’t up to our usual standard.” We played in front of them way too much. They did to us what we usually do to other teams. They landed on more second balls and put balls into good areas. [St Mirren](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/st-mirren-fc) hope of a comeback, the Paisley side couldn’t find a leveller in a disappointing second half, with Robinson admitting his team didn’t deserve even a point from their trip to North Lanarkshire.

The former QPR and Blackpool manager is due at Fir Park today while Ross is also in the frame along with Grant McCann.

Interim gaffer [Stuart Kettlewell](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/stuart-kettlewell) guided the Steelmen to a first home win in six months on Wednesday against St Mirren but it's believed that the club will look externally for their new manager. One of those names is claimed to be Ian Holloway, the popular former Crystal Palace and QPR manager. He has been out of work since leaving Grimsby Town, with both bosses boasting busy CV's to browse over.

Motherwell have narrowed their managerial search down to a shortlist of three after they sacked Steven Hammell.

Even at first-team level, I felt I was pretty successful in developing players, and with that came a degree of success. He said this week: “We’ve had brief conversations between myself and one or two officials of the club. The former Ross County co-manager has also put his name forward for the job on a full-time basis.

BBC pundit Steven Thompson has no doubts that Stuart Kettlewell wants the Motherwell job on a permanent basis, after the current interim boss guided 'Well ...

"He obviously wants to be a football manager, so 100% he'll want this job. Tonight's been a massive marker put down. To have only been in charge for such a short period of time, to get their first win since August at Fir Park.