Merle Haggard (MOT) is not available as a sub today due to suspension.
Motherwell                                Dunfermline Athletic
Pos Name                     SL EL Ag     Pos Name                     SL EL Ag
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GK David Noonan              13 10  n     GK Owain Fon Williams        29  7  n
DF Joe Ely                   26  5  n     DF Paul Allen                28  8  n
DF Erik Sula                 20  6  n     DF Mathew Todd               25  6  n
DF Gary Clark Jr             15  6  n     DF Lars Muller               21  5  n
DF Jozef Horvath             10 10  n     MF Joe Chalmers              30  8  n
DF Luis Rojas                 8 10  n     MF Scott Brown               26  8  n
MF Jerry Jeff Walker         33 10  n     MF Billy Gilmour             21  7  n
MF Flynn Foster              21 10  n     WG Luis Longstaff            23  9  n
MF Alan Forrest              15  6  n     FW Lewis May                 30  7  n
MF Ike Anderson               6 10  n     FW Jim Leishman              29 10  n
FW Guy Clark                 18  4  n     FW George Oakley             20  6  n

Min 0: Motherwell opens up with a 5-4-1 S while the Pars will play a 3-3-4 N.
Min 0: Today's referee is Bill Nichol (STRONG/FAIR).
Min 2: Guy Clark's (MOT) goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Mathew Todd (DFA)...
        ...and it loops up and into the hands of Owain Fon Williams.
Min 7: The ball is hooked on towards Flynn Foster (MOT)...
        ...who takes on Mathew Todd on the edge of the area...
        ...Mathew Todd  gets control to erase the opportunity.
Min 30: George Oakley (DFA) collects the ball from Lewis May on the corner of the penalty area...
        ...shrugs off a challenge...
        ...and fires in a bending shot that is barely collected by David Noonan for a big save!
Min 45: Steve Earle on for Joe Ely(DF)...
        ...Steve Earle will play MF.
Ike Anderson changed position from MF... to DF


HALFTIME SCORE: Motherwell 0 - Dunfermline 0

Min 48: Jim Leishman opts to attack the goal on his own...
        ...Erik Sula greets the intruder at the gate and strips him of the ball.?
Min 49: Jim Leishman (DFA) booked for elbowing Guy Clark.
Min 49: Billy Gilmour (DFA) lunges in at Jerry Jeff Walker with studs showing...
        ...and catches the Motherwell man's standing leg and is in trouble...
        ...as a host of Motherwell players look to confront Billy Gilmour...
        ...the referee guards the Motherwell man for his own protection...
        ...the foul was a bad one and Billy Gilmour rightly recieves the yellow card.
Min 52: Jim Leishman (DFA) finds Scott Brown...
        ...but he hesitates and Erik Sula (MOT) is able to make the tackle.
Min 60: Pablo Martinez on for Erik Sula(DF)...
        ...Pablo Martinez will play DF.
Min 60: Ray Wylie Hubbard on for Guy Clark(FW)...
        ...Ray Wylie Hubbard will play FW.
Jerry Jeff Walker changed position from MF... to WG
Alan Forrest changed position from MF... to WG
Min 60: MOT now playing Normal
Min 61: Great tackle by Mathew Todd (DFA)...
        ...to prevent Steve Earle (MOT) from latching onto Jerry Jeff Walker's pass. 
Min 63: Scott Brown (DFA) does well to turn on the edge of the box...
        ...only to see his shot blocked by Gary Clark Jr (MOT).
Min 66: Alan Forrest (MOT) hits a thunderbolt strike...
        ...luckily for Dunfermline Owain Fon Williams is in the right spot to make the save.
Min 66: Scott Brown (DFA) reads Lewis May's intentions perfectly...
        ...as he beats the offside trap...
        ...and races onto the ball...
        ...firing an unstoppable effort into the roof of the net. GOAL!...
        ...and Dunfermline have broken the deadlock...
        ...score now: MOT 0 - DFA 1
Min 67: Billy Gilmour (DFA) dinks the ball over the top of the onrushing David Noonan...
        ...and just over the bar.
Min 68: Billy Gilmour and Mathew Todd weave a neat interchange...
        ...which sees the American scamper clear...
        ...he outpaces the Motherwell defense and lifts a classy ball high but David Noonan gets a hand to it!
Min 72: Dunfermline give the ball away in midfield...
        ...Ray Wylie Hubbard (MOT) takes over for Motherwell...
        ...he drives inside and slips the ball through the defense for Flynn Foster...
        ...the Irishman evades a challenge...
        ...and hammers the ball past just wide!
Min 80: Steve Earle (MOT) leaves half the Dunfermline side in his wake...
        ...as he takes the ball from the half-way line...
        ...surges past Mathew Todd...
        ...but Owain Fon Williams is there to stop his weak shot.
Min 80: Pablo Martinez gets overlapped by George Oakley (DFA)...
        ...who threads it to Scott Brown...
        ...who hits it right into the hands of David Noonan.
Min 82: Covid mask needed to hide his face after that miss! Pablo Martinez gets dummied by Lewis May (DFA)...
        ...who passes it to George Oakley...
        ...who blasts it high and wide.


FINAL SCORE: Motherwell 0 - Dunfermline 1


Man Of The Match: Scott Brown (DFA)

Motherwell
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK David Noonan              13 13 13  5  4  n  0  3  0  0 90  6
DF Ike Anderson               6  6  6  4  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Jozef Horvath             10 10 10  8  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Luis Rojas                 8  8  8  6  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Gary Clark Jr             15 15 15 13  0  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Erik Sula                 20 20 20 16  2  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
DF Joe Ely                   26 26 26 23  2  n  0  0  0  0 45  6
DF Pablo Martinez            26 26 26 20  4  n  0  0  0  0 30  6
MF Flynn Foster              21 21 21 18  4  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Steve Earle               24 24 24 21  3  n  0  0  0  1 45  6
WG Jerry Jeff Walker         33 33 33 29  4  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
WG Alan Forrest              15 15 15 13  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
FW Guy Clark                 18 18 18 18  0  n  0  0  0  0 60  6
FW Ray Wylie Hubbard         28 28 28 28  5  n  0  0  0  0 30  6

Dunfermline Athletic
                             Nm Ef Mk Sh
Ps Name                      SL SL SL SL EL Ag DP Sv Gl Sh Mn Rt
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GK Owain Fon Williams        29 29 29 13  1  n  0  2  0  0 90  6
DF Paul Allen                28 28 28 25  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Lars Muller               21 21 21 16 -1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
DF Mathew Todd               25 25 25 20  0  n  0  0  0  1 90  6
MF Joe Chalmers              30 30 30 27  2  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
MF Scott Brown               26 26 26 23  2  n  0  0  1  2 90  6
MF Billy Gilmour             21 21 21 18  1  n  4  0  0  1 90  6
WG Luis Longstaff            23 23 23 20  3  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW Lewis May                 30 30 30 30  1  n  0  0  0  0 90  6
FW George Oakley             20 20 20 20  0  n  0  0  0  2 90  6
FW Jim Leishman              29 29 29 29  4  n  4  0  0  0 90  6

Statistics       MOT DFA
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Halftime           0   0
Fulltime           0   1
Shots On Target    2   4
Shots              3   6
Saves              3   2
Offsides           0   0
Penalty Kicks      0   0
Yellow Cards       0   2
Red Cards          0   0
Avg SL% Used      50  71
Revenue           81  81

MIN TEAM MT    GP    DEF   OFF 
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  1  MOT  S  47.40 167.62  35.42 
  1  DFA  N  44.40 121.37 193.77 
  2  DFA  N  35.42 121.37 202.75 
 46  MOT  S  35.40 167.62  41.42 
 46  DFA  N  41.42 121.37 196.75 
 61  MOT  N  39.00 103.12 157.57 
 61  DFA  N  44.40 121.37 193.77 

 Trainer's Report
Joe Ely (MOT) played 45 minutes and earned a CP.
Gary Clark Jr (MOT) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.
Billy Gilmour (DFA) played 90 minutes and earned a TP.