Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 2

Aug 13, 2023 at 3pm UK

Fir Park

Motherwell
2 - 1
Hibernian

Wilkinson (66'), Biereth (85')
Spittal (90+6')

FT(HT: 0-0)

le Fondre (90+4' pen.)
Miller (37'), Jeggo (60'), Newell (68'), Boyle (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Scottish Premiership clash between Motherwell and Hibernian, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Motherwell

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Dundee 1-1 Motherwell
Saturday, August 5 at 3pm in Scottish Premiership

Goals
for

Top scorers

Hibernian

All competitions

Scottish Premiership

Last Game: Hibernian 3-1 Luzern
Thursday, August 10 at 7.30pm in Europa Conference League

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Motherwell 1-1 Hibernian

Motherwell have enjoyed a strong run of form in all competitions to kickstart the season, and that will lead to them being difficult to break down in this match. However, the visitors boast a strong squad and picked up a midweek victory which could lead to the two teams battling it out to a draw. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Motherwell win with a probability of 42.95%. A win for Hibernian had a probability of 31.63% and a draw had a probability of 25.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Motherwell win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.7%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.97%) and 2-0 (7.23%). The likeliest Hibernian win was 0-1 (8.09%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.04%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Motherwell would win this match.

Result
Motherwell	Draw	Hibernian
42.95% ( 0.05)	25.42%	31.63% ( -0.05)

Both teams to score 55.07% (

-0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.39% (

-0.02)

48.61% (

0.02)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.27% (

-0.01)

70.73% (

0.02)

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

77.44% (

0.02)

22.56% (

-0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

43.85% (

0.03)

56.14% (

-0.03)

Hibernian Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

71.11% (

-0.04)

28.89% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

35.24% (

-0.05)

64.76% (

0.05)

Score Analysis

Motherwell 42.95%

Hibernian 31.63%

Draw 25.41%

Motherwell	Draw	Hibernian
1-0 @ 9.7% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.97% ( 0) 2-0 @ 7.23% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 4.45% ( 0) 3-0 @ 3.59% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.77% 4-1 @ 1.66% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.34% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.03% Other @ 2.22% Total : 42.95%	1-1 @ 12.04% 0-0 @ 6.52% ( 0) 2-2 @ 5.57% ( -0) 3-3 @ 1.15% ( -0) Other @ 0.14% Total : 25.41%	0-1 @ 8.09% ( -0) 1-2 @ 7.48% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 5.02% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.1% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 2.31% ( -0) 0-3 @ 2.08% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 0.96% ( -0) Other @ 2.59% Total : 31.63%