Motherwell vs Dundee United

Motherwell made it a productive night at Fir Park, seeing off Dundee United 3-0 in Wednesday's Premiership clash. The home side went in front before the break and held that narrow 1-0 advantage at half-time, though it never really felt like the visitors had done enough to trouble them. Whatever was said in the away dressing room clearly didn't work, because United came out for the second half looking short of ideas and Motherwell pounced twice more to turn a slender lead into a comfortable win. For Motherwell, this was the kind of scoreline that settles nerves and lifts a dressing room heading into the coming weeks. Three goals without reply says everything about how one-sided the second period became. Dundee United, on the other hand, will need to have a good, hard look at themselves after a night where nothing seemed to click, and questions will follow about how a single-goal deficit at the break unravelled so quickly once the second half got going.

Motherwell beat Dundee United 3-0 at Fir Park, and the numbers from the match back up how the game played out. Dundee United had their moments and did not make it easy from start to finish, but ultimately came up short on the day. Small margins like this one tend to add up over a season, and results such as this are often what separates teams in the table further down the line. Here is a closer look at exactly how the two sides compared, statistically.