2015–16 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2015–16 season
ChairmanBrian McCafferty
ManagerIan Baraclough
(until 23 September)
Stephen Craigan (interim)
(23 September – 13 October)
Mark McGhee
(from 13 October)
StadiumFir Park
Scottish Premiership5th
League CupThird Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Louis Moult (15)
All: Louis Moult (18)
Average home league attendance4,912
Away colours

The 2015–16 season is Motherwell's thirty-first consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the third in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Important Events[]

On 12 June 2015, Motherwell announced their first batch of Pre-season Friendlies.[2]

On 23 September 2015, Motherwell parted ways with manager Ian Baraclough.[3]

On 13 October 2015, Mark McGhee returned to the club as manager.[4][5]

Results & Fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season Friendlies[]

7 July 2015 Motherwell 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach U-23 Rheden, Netherlands
18:00 BST (UTC+1) Fletcher Goal 49' Report Pisano Goal 70' Stadium: VV Rheden
9 July 2015 Motherwell 0–0 Heerenveen Drachten, Netherlands
18:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Stadium: Sportvereniging Langezwaag
14 July 2015 Motherwell 0–3 Bradford City Grangemouth
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Leigh Goal 45+1'
Sheehan Goal 63'
Hanson Goal 70'		 Stadium: Grangemouth Stadium[N 1]
18 July 2015 Livingston 0–2 Motherwell Livingston
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Ainsworth Goal
Watt Goal		 Stadium: The Energy Assets Arena
21 July 2015 Sligo Rovers 1–2 Motherwell Sligo
19:45 BST (UTC+1) K.Ward Goal 11' Report Thomas Goal 8'
Fletcher Goal 90'		 Stadium: The Showgrounds
24 July 2015 Motherwell 1–2 Preston North End Livingston
19:00 BST UTC+1 Moult Goal 89' Report Garner Goal 28'
Kilkenny Goal 30'		 Stadium: The Energy Assets Arena[N 2]
Attendance: 483
Referee: J Beaton

Scottish Premiership[]

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2015 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 Motherwell Inverness
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Warren Yellow card 1' BBC
Motherwell		 Fletcher Goal 4'
Pearson Yellow card 38'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Allan Crawford
8 August 2015 2 Motherwell 0–2 Dundee United Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Leitch Yellow card 64'
Hammell Yellow card 89'
Ripley Yellow card 90+1'		 BBC
Motherwell		 Laing Goal 83' (o.g.)
Fraser Yellow card 90+3'
Murray Goal 90+5'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,859
Referee: Bobbie Madden
12 August 2015 3 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Reilly Goal 32' (pen.)
King Goal 64'		 BBC
Motherwell		 Laing Yellow card 28'
Taylor Yellow card 59'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,645
Referee: Brian Colvin
15 August 2015 4 Motherwell 1–2 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Johnson Goal 5'
Hammell Yellow card 50'		 BBC
Motherwell		 McGinn Goal 25'
Logan Yellow card 40'
Taylor Yellow card 61'Goal 62'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,437
Referee: Willie Collum
22 August 2015 5 St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) MacLean Goal 62', 79' BBC Moult Goal 11'
Taylor Yellow card 28' Yellow-red card 86'
Chalmers Yellow card 68'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 August 2015 6 Motherwell 1–0 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Moult Goal 13' (pen.)
Chalmers Yellow card 90+2'		 BBC Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,136
Referee: Steven McLean
12 September 2015 7 Motherwell 1–1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Moult Goal 90+1' BBC Gardyne Goal 33'
Reckord Yellow card 57'
Quinn Yellow card 68'
Foster Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,545
Referee: Don Robertson
19 September 2015 8 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Docherty Yellow card 57'
Imrie Goal 72'		 BBC Lasley Yellow card 43'
McManus Yellow card 74'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,325
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 September 2015 9 Motherwell 2–1 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Frans Goal 22' (o.g.)
Moult Yellow card 45'
McDonald Goal 69'
Lasley Yellow card 71'
Ripley Yellow card 89'		 BBC Report Osman Yellow card 36'
Frans Yellow card 44'
Welsh Yellow card 58'
Amoo Goal 78'
Seaborne Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,963
Referee: Tony Harrington
3 October 2015 10 Dundee 2–1 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Konrad Yellow card 36'
Loy Goal 58'
Holt Goal 70'		 BBC Report Moult Yellow card 23'
Kennedy Yellow card 54'
Pearson Goal 83'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,152
Referee: Steven McLean
17 October 2015 11 Motherwell 0–1 Celtic Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McDonald Yellow card 78' Report Çiftçi Goal 15' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,888
Referee: Alan Muir
24 October 2015 12 Aberdeen 1–1 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Rooney Goal 43' BBC Report Pearson Yellow card 57'
McDonald Goal 73'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 12,389
Referee: Crawford Allan
31 October 2015 13 Kilmarnock 0–1 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) McHattie Yellow card 36'
Findlay Yellow card 56'
McKenzie Yellow card 67'
Magennis Yellow card 77'		 BBC Report Ainsworth Yellow card 36'
Chalmers Yellow card 60'
Moult Goal 87'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 November 2015 14 Motherwell 1–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Pearson Yellow card 13'
Kennedy Yellow card 56'
Moult Goal 58'
McManus Yellow card 65' Yellow-red card 90+5'		 BBC Report Tansey Goal 11' (pen.)
Vigurs Yellow card 18'Goal 53'
Storey Goal 45'
Devine Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 November 2015 15 Ross County 3–0 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC) Curran Goal 22'
Dingwall Goal 69'
Boyce Goal 90+2' (pen.)		 BBC Report Law Yellow card 27'
Pearson Yellow card 53'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 3,378
Referee: Crawford Allan
28 November 2015 16 Motherwell 2–2 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult Goal 2'
Hammell Yellow card 29'
Johnson Goal 65'
Grimshaw Yellow card 80'
Pearson Yellow card 90+1'		 BBC Report Alexander Yellow card 3'
Juanma Goal 9'
Pallardó Yellow card 23'
Sow Goal 69'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,141
Referee: Steven McLean
5 December 2015 17 Partick Thistle Postponed[6] Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) BBC Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
12 December 2015 18 Motherwell 3–1 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McDonald Goal 6'Yellow card 60'
Moult Goal 32'
Pearson Goal 90+1'		 BBC Report Irvine Yellow card 57'
McGowan Yellow card 67'
Harkins Goal 68'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,512
Referee: Euan Anderson
19 December 2015 19 Celtic 1–2 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bitton Goal 49'Yellow card 78' BBC Report Moult Goal 53', 59' (pen.) Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,603
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 December 2015 20 Dundee United Postponed[7] Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) Stadium: Tannadice Stadium
Referee: Andrew Dallas
30 December 2015 21 Motherwell 2–0 St Johnstone Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) Hall Goal 38'
Pearson Goal 45'		 BBC Report Easton Yellow card 48'
Fisher Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Referee: Crawford Allan
2 January 2016 22 Motherwell 3–3 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McDonald Goal 9', 46'
Grimshaw Yellow card 38'
Law Yellow card 49'
Moult Goal 57'
Lasley Yellow card 70' Yellow-red card 90+5'
McManus Yellow card 87'		 BBC Report Lucas Goal 25'
MacKinnon Goal 28'
Imrie Yellow card 50'
Crawford Yellow card 52'Goal 90+6'
Kurakins Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,734
Referee: Greg Aitken
16 January 2016 23 Heart of Midlothian 6–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Rossi Goal 11'
Sow Goal 16'
Reilly Goal 22' (pen.)
Buaben Yellow card 52'
Paterson Goal 77'
Augustyn Yellow card 81'
Juanma Goal 87'
Djoum Goal 90+1' (pen.)		 BBC Report Ripley Yellow card 22'
McManus Yellow card 37'
Moult Yellow card 56'
Law Yellow card 77'
Hammell Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,574
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 January 2016 24 Motherwell 1–2 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Pearson Goal 87' BBC Report Irvine Goal 20'
Graham Goal 69'
Curran Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Willie Collum
30 January 2016 25 Dundee 2–2 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) McGowan Goal 6'
Hemmings Goal 88' (pen.)		 BBC Report Cadden Goal 4'Yellow card 87'
Pearson Goal 23'
Law Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,960
Referee: John Beaton
2 February 2016 17 Partick Thistle 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Miller Yellow card 23'
Seaborne Yellow card 29'
Bannigan Yellow card 35'
Osman Yellow card 38'
Lawless Goal 90+1'		 BBC Report Pearson Yellow card 41' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,487
Referee: Barry Cook
13 February 2016 26 Motherwell 0–2 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Hammell Yellow card 33'
Pearson Yellow card 45'
McManus Yellow card 70'		 BBC Report Obadeyi Yellow card 51'
Dicker Yellow card 53'
Kiltie Goal 56'
Slater Goal 61'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,764
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 February 2016 20 Dundee United 0–3 Motherwell Dundee
19:45 GMT (UTC) Demel Yellow card 64'
Dillon Yellow card 84'		 BBC Report McManus Goal 45+1'
McDonald Goal 72', 80'Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Tannadice Stadium
Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Greg Aitken
20 February 2016 27 St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC) Wotherspoon Goal 43'
Fisher Yellow card 60'
Scobbie Yellow card 84'Goal 90+1'		 BBC Report Moult Goal 33'
Hall Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 February 2016 28 Motherwell 3–1 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult Goal 37' (pen.), 52'
Johnson Goal 69'		 Report Nesbitt Yellow card 36'
Booth Goal 76'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,302
Referee: Stephen Finnie
5 March 2016 29 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Gordon Yellow card 7'
Kurakins Yellow card 9'
Kurtaj Yellow card 10'
McGovern Yellow card 79'
Morris Yellow card 85'		 report Laing Goal 45'
Johnson Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,755
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 March 2016 30 Motherwell 2–1 Dundee United Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) Johnson Goal 45+1'
Lasley Yellow card 54'
Moult Goal 65'		 Report Anier Goal 22'
Donaldson Yellow card 42'
Dillon Yellow card 72'
Morris Yellow card 74'
Paton Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,210
Referee: Crawford Allan
19 March 2016 31 Motherwell 2–1 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Gomis Yellow card 34'
Kennedy Yellow card 44'
Leitch Yellow card 51'
McDonald Goal 73'
Moult Goal 75'		 Report McLean Goal 44' (pen.)
Robson Red card 79'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6.251
Referee: Don Robertson
2 April 2016 32 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Inverness
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Tremarco Yellow card 41'
Vigurs Goal 70' (pen.)
Draper Yellow card 83'		 Report Ainsworth Goal 62'
McDonald Yellow card 90'
Johnson Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,348
Referee: John Beaton
9 April 2016 33 Motherwell 1–2 Celtic Motherwell
12:30 BST (UTC+1) McDonald Goal 60'
McManus Yellow card 83'		 Report Griffiths Goal 44', 75'Yellow card 45'
Kazim-Richards Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,123
Referee: Willie Collum
23 April 2016 34 Motherwell 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hammell Yellow card 22'
Ainsworth Goal 28'
Cadden Yellow card 62'		 Report Kitchen Yellow card 68'
Smith Yellow card 70'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,125
Referee: Andrew Dallas
30 April 2016 35 Aberdeen 4–1 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McLean Goal 6' (pen.)Yellow card 77'
Shinnie Yellow card 21'
McGinn Goal 26'
Rooney Goal 54'
Logan Yellow card 66'
Hayes Goal 78'		 Report Laing Yellow card 45'
Cadden Goal 64'
Moult Yellow card 65'
Lasley Red card 88'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,259
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 May 2016 36 Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McDonald Goal 4'
Pearson Yellow card 67'
Leitch Yellow card 89'		 Report MacLean Goal 34'
Fisher Yellow card 39'
Swanson Goal 45'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,441
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 May 2016 37 Ross County 1–3 Motherwell Dingwall
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Murdoch Yellow card 33'
Irvine Yellow card 35'
Quinn Yellow card 68'
Boyce Goal 69'		 Report Pearson Goal 4', 90+2'
Lasley Goal 16'
McDonald Yellow card 38'
Hammell Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 2,976
Referee: John Beaton
15 May 2016 38 Celtic 7–0 Motherwell Glasgow
12:30 BST (UTC+1) Tierney Goal 21'
Rogić Goal 26'
Lustig Goal 28'
Armstrong Goal 50'
Roberts Goal 54'
Christie Goal 59'
Aitchison Goal 77'		 Report Gomis Yellow card 52' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 49,050
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
9 January 2016 Fourth Round Motherwell 5–0 Cove Rangers Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult Goal 2'
McDonald Goal 6'
Johnson Goal 34'
Pearson Goal 44', 61'		 BBC Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,833
Referee: Euan Anderson
6 February 2016 Fifth Round Motherwell 1–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McDonald Goal 67'
Pearson Yellow card 77'		 BBC Report Storey Goal 39'
Mbuyi-Mutombo Yellow card 54'
Devine Yellow card 66'
Roberts Goal 90+1'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,907
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish League Cup[]

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 Second Round East Fife 1–3 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Methil
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Austin Goal 60'
Naysmith Yellow card 119'		 BBC Report Lasley Yellow card 51'
Moult Goal 80'Yellow card 110'
McDonald Goal 103'
Ainsworth Goal 107'		 Stadium: Bayview Stadium
Attendance: 1,158
Referee:
22 September 2015 Third Round Greenock Morton 3–2 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Greenock
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Samuel Goal 11', 100'
Pepper Yellow card 44'
Miller Yellow card 76'
Kilday Yellow card 108'
Tidser Goal 112'		 BBC Report Moult Yellow card 72'Goal 116'
Law Yellow card 61'
Chalmers Yellow card 61'
McDonald Goal 90+1'		 Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 2,539
Referee:

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

As of match played 15 May 2016
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 29 0 25+2 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF England Louis Laing 16 1 13+2 1 1 0 0 0
6 DF Scotland Stephen McManus 40 1 37 1 1 0 2 0
7 MF England Lionel Ainsworth 33 3 17+12 2 1+1 1 0+2 0
8 MF Scotland Stephen Pearson 28 9 25+1 7 0 0 2 2
9 FW England Wes Fletcher 14 1 5+9 1 0 0 0 0
11 MF England Marvin Johnson 42 6 34+4 5 2 0 2 1
13 GK Scotland Craig Samson 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 33 1 30 1 1 0 2 0
15 DF Scotland Joe Chalmers 19 0 11+6 0 2 0 0 0
16 DF England Kieran Kennedy 25 0 18+4 0 2 0 1 0
18 MF England Josh Law 33 0 28+1 0 2 0 2 0
19 FW Scotland David Clarkson 8 0 0+7 0 1 0 0 0
20 FW England Louis Moult 42 18 34+4 15 1+1 2 1+1 1
21 MF Scotland Jack Leitch 13 0 3+8 0 2 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland Craig Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Scotland Dom Thomas 17 0 2+12 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
24 FW Scotland James McFadden 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 MF Scotland Chris Cadden 21 2 16+4 2 0 0 1 0
27 DF Scotland David Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 DF Scotland Luke Watt 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 MF Scotland Robbie Leitch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland Brett Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF Northern Ireland Ben Hall 19 1 16+2 1 0 0 1 0
33 DF Scotland Jack McMillan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Scotland Dylan Mackin 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Scotland Allan Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Scotland Ryan Watters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37   Scotland Jake Hastie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38   Scotland Adam Lingstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland Ross MacLean 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39   Scotland Dylan Falconer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40   Scotland Barry Maguire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41   Scotland PJ Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42   Scotland Josh Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43   Scotland David Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Australia Scott McDonald 41 14 34+3 10 0+2 2 2 2
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
1 GK England Connor Ripley 40 0 36 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF Scotland Craig Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF England Liam Grimshaw 16 0 13+1 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK Germany Dan Twardzik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Jamaica Theo Robinson 11 0 2+8 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF Senegal Morgaro Gomis 11 0 8+2 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF Wales Jake Taylor 8 0 6+1 0 1 0 0 0

Goal scorers[]

As of match played 15 May 2016[8][9]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 England 20 Louis Moult 15 1 2 18
2 Australia 77 Scott McDonald 10 2 2 14
3 Scotland 8 Stephen Pearson 7 2 0 9
4 England 11 Marvin Johnson 5 1 0 6
5 England 7 Lionel Ainsworth 2 0 1 3
6 Scotland 26 Chris Cadden 2 0 0 2
7 England 9 Wes Fletcher 1 0 0 1
Northern Ireland 32 Ben Hall 1 0 0 1
Scotland 6 Stephen McManus 1 0 0 1
England 5 Louis Laing 1 0 0 1
Scotland 14 Keith Lasley 1 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 47 6 5 55

Disciplinary record[]

As of match played 15 May 2016[8][9]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
England GK 1 Connor Ripley 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
England MF 4 Liam Grimshaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England DF 5 Louis Laing 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF 6 Stephen McManus 7 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
England MF 7 Lionel Ainsworth 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 8 Stephen Pearson 8 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
England MF 11 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 5 2 1 0 0 0 6 2
Scotland DF 15 Joe Chalmers 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
England DF 16 Kieran Kennedy 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Senegal MF 17 Morgaro Gomis 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England MF 18 Josh Law 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
England FW 20 Louis Moult 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland MF 21 Jack Leitch 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Wales MF 25 Jake Taylor 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland MF 26 Chris Cadden 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Northern Ireland DF 31 Ben Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Australia FW 77 Scott McDonald 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
TOTALS 66 4 5 0 1 0 72 4

Awards[]

Manager of the Month[]

Month Name Award Ref
December Mark McGhee Won [10][11]
March Mark McGhee Won [12]

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Heart of Midlothian 38 18 11 9 59 40 +19 65 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 16 8 14 58 55 +3 56
5 Motherwell 38 15 5 18 47 63 −16 50
6 Ross County 38 14 6 18 55 61 −6 48
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 10 14 54 48 +6 52
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[13]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHAAHAAHAHHAHHAHAA
ResultWLLLLWDLWLLDWLLDWWWDLLDLLWLWWWWWLWLLWL
Position577997899910101010111110108889910118887654445555
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary[]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 15 5 18 47 63  −16 50 8 3 8 27 27  0 7 2 10 20 36  −16

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent[]

Motherwell score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 4
Celtic 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–7 3
Dundee 1–2 3–1 2–2 - 4
Dundee United 0–2 3–0 2–1 - 6
Hamilton Academical 0–1 3–3 1–0 - 4
Heart of Midlothian 0–2 2–2 0–6 1–0 4
Inverness C.T. 1–0 1–3 2–1 - 6
Kilmarnock 1–0 1–0 0–2 - 6
Partick Thistle 2–1 0–1 3–1 - 6
Ross County 1–1 0–3 1–2 3–1 4
St Johnstone 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 3

Source: 2015–16 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers[]

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015-16

Released[]

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
26 January 2016[39] GK Germany Dan Twardzik VSG Altglienicke 2018
31 May 2016[40] GK Scotland Brett Long
31 May 2016[40] MF Scotland Jack Leitch Airdrieonians 2 September 2016[41]
31 May 2016[40] FW Scotland David Clarkson St Mirren 1 June 2016[42]
31 May 2016[40] FW England Wes Fletcher The New Saints 30 August 2016[43]
14 June 2016 DF Northern Ireland Ben Hall Brighton & Hove Albion 14 June 2016[44]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Motherwell played their home friendly at Falkirk Stadium due to on going renovation works delayed by the previous seasons play-off matches.
  2. ^ Motherwell played their home friendly at The Energy Assets Arena due to on going renovation works delayed by the previous seasons play-off matches.
  3. ^ Taylor was born in Ascot, England, and but chose to represent Wales, qualifying through his grandfather who has born in Barry. Taylor has represented Wales at U-17, U-19, U-21 and Senior level.

References[]

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