Motherwell vs Heart Of Midlothian 0-2

Heart of Midlothian left Fir Park with a 2-0 win after Claudio Rafael Soares Braga broke the deadlock in the 29th minute and Calvin Miller sealed it in the 86th. Motherwell had more of the ball and more of the play by the numbers, but Hearts took both goals.

The visitors went ahead on 29 minutes when Braga scored from Sabah Kerjota’s assist to make it 1-0. That was the only goal before half-time, and Heart of Midlothian led 1-0 at the break.

Motherwell made two changes on 65 minutes, with Jordan McGhee and Sebastian Palmer-Houlden going off as Jardell Kanga and Eythor Bjørgolfsson came on, but they could not turn possession into an equaliser. Hearts had already changed their side twice before that, with Tomas Bent Magnusson replaced by Laurent Mendy on 64 minutes and Sabah Kerjota making way for Calvin Miller on 65 minutes. Miller then scored on 86 minutes, having come on in the 65th minute, to make it 2-0 and settle the match. Hearts protected the lead through the closing stages with further substitutions on 87, 88 and three minutes into stoppage time.

Motherwell had 53% of the possession and 466 passes to Heart of Midlothian’s 410, while also edging shots 17-14, shots on target 5-5, corners 6-5 and expected goals 1.26 to 1.09. Motherwell also had 3 saves to Hearts’ 5, and both sides finished with just one offside between them.

Hearts collected four yellow cards, for Malachi Walcott in the 24th minute, Sabah Kerjota in the 57th, Jamie McCart in the 59th and Rogers Mato in the 77th. Motherwell were booked three times, with Tom Sparrow in the 41st minute, Ibrahim Said on 79 minutes and Tawanda Maswanhise on 81 minutes. There were no red cards.