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Motherwell 1-1 Falkirk - January 24, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 23

Fir Park - Motherwell - Scotland

January 24, 2009

5 018

Motherwell

1 - 1

Falkirk

David Clarkson

43'

53'

Dean Holden

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43' - Goal David Clarkson43

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53' - Goal Dean Holden

60' - Substitution Keith Lasleyis substituted by Maros Klimpl60

64' - Substitution Burton O'Brienis substituted by Michael Higdon

76' - Substitution Darren Barris substituted by Chris Mitchell

81' - Substitution Chris Porteris substituted by Jamie Murphy81

81' - Substitution Kevin McBrideis substituted by Arnau Riera

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Motherwell

1 - 1

Falkirk

Motherwell Falkirk

Team line-ups

Motherwell

Smith

Graeme Smith

Scotland

B.date08/06/1983

Age25 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Quinn

Paul Quinn

Scotland

B.date21/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Craigan

Stephen Craigan

Northern Ireland

B.date29/10/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Reynolds

Mark Reynolds

Scotland

B.date07/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

Fitzpatrick

Marc Fitzpatrick

Scotland

B.date11/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Hammell

Steven Hammell

Scotland

B.date18/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Lasley60

Keith Lasley

Scotland

B.date21/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Hughes

Stephen Hughes

Scotland

B.date14/11/1982

Age26 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

O'Brien

Jim O'Brien

Scotland

B.date28/09/1987

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

Porter81

Chris Porter

England

B.date12/12/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Clarkson43

David Clarkson

Scotland

B.date10/09/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Graeme Smith		25	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Quinn		23	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Craigan		32	205	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Reynolds		21	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marc Fitzpatrick		22	116	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Hammell		26	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Lasley	60	29	114	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stephen Hughes		26	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jim O'Brien		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chris Porter	81	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Clarkson	43	23	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Falkirk

Olejnik

Robert Olejnik

Austria

B.date26/11/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Holden53

Dean Holden

Northern Ireland

B.date15/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Defender

Pressley

Steven Pressley

Scotland

B.date11/10/1973

Age35 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Bullen

Lee Bullen

Scotland

B.date29/03/1971

Age37 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Barr76

Darren Barr

Scotland

B.date17/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Scobbie

Thomas Scobbie

Scotland

B.date31/03/1988

Age20 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

O'Brien64

Burton O'Brien

Scotland

B.date10/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

McBride81

Kevin McBride

Scotland

B.date14/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Arfield

Scott Arfield

Canada

B.date01/11/1988

Age20 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

McCann

Neil McCann

Scotland

B.date11/08/1974

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Lovell

Steve Lovell

England

B.date06/12/1980

Age28 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Olejnik		22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Holden	53	29	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steven Pressley		35	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lee Bullen		37	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Barr	76	23	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Scobbie		20	70	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Burton O'Brien	64	27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin McBride	81	27	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Arfield		20	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil McCann		34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Lovell		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Maros Klimpl	60	28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Jamie Murphy	81	19	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Arnau Riera	81	27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chris Mitchell	76	20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Higdon	64	25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Lasley

Maros Klimpl

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dean Holden

Jackie McNamara

OUT

Burton O'Brien

Patrick Cregg

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark McGhee

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

McGhee vs Falkirk

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 2009

McGhee vs Hughes

1 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

John Hughes

256

Success rate in this team:

41 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Hughes vs Motherwell

3 victories

4 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on January 24, 2009

Hughes vs McGhee

3 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 24, 2009

Referee

Allan Crawford

10 victories	8 draws	9 losses	Motherwell27 matches	General total	Falkirk23 matches	8 victories	7 draws	8 losses
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Motherwell2 matches	Season total	Falkirk1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 11, 2016					Latest figure on April 29, 2017

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Key figures

Falkirk keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 03/01/2009).

Motherwell keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 27/12/2008).

It's the first time David Clarkson scores a goal vs Falkirk in his professional career since the 28/04/2007 (with Motherwell vs Falkirk )

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VMotherwell 2-0 Hamilton Academical01/11/2008

DMotherwell 0-0 Glasgow Rangers12/11/2008

LMotherwell 1-4 Hibernian22/11/2008

LMotherwell 0-2 Kilmarnock15/12/2008

VMotherwell 3-2 Inverness27/12/2008

VMotherwell 1-0 Heart of Midlothian07/01/2009

Overall

LMotherwell 0-2 Kilmarnock15/12/2008

LHamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell20/12/2008

VMotherwell 3-2 Inverness27/12/2008

DSt. Mirren 0-0 Motherwell03/01/2009

VMotherwell 1-0 Heart of Midlothian07/01/2009

VDundee United 0-4 Motherwell18/01/2009

Current form

Away

DHamilton Academical 1-1 Falkirk08/11/2008

DInverness 1-1 Falkirk12/11/2008

LHeart of Midlothian 2-1 Falkirk22/11/2008

LAberdeen 2-1 Falkirk13/12/2008

LDundee United 1-0 Falkirk27/12/2008

LGlasgow Rangers 3-1 Falkirk17/01/2009

Overall

LAberdeen 2-1 Falkirk13/12/2008

LFalkirk 0-3 Celtic Glasgow21/12/2008

LDundee United 1-0 Falkirk27/12/2008

DFalkirk 1-1 Kilmarnock03/01/2009

VFalkirk 4-2 Queen of the South10/01/2009

LGlasgow Rangers 3-1 Falkirk17/01/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	1
Winless streak	6	1
Drawless streak	4	2
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	15	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

130	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	291
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	10

Results

22	Number of games (Competition total)	22
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	11
8	Victories (Competition total)	4
5	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	6
2	Draws (Home / Away)	3
11	Losses (Competition total)	12
4	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	23
15	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	34
17	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
1.14	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.05
1.36	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.09
1.41	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.55
1.55	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.91

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	12
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
6	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
9	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	6
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	9
3-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	38
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	20
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Chris Porter	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Steve Lovell
Chris Porter	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Steve Lovell
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Scott Arfield
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Scott Arfield
Chris Porter	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 8 matches	Steve Lovell

Historical head to head

Home

80 matches

47 v

15 d

18 l

177 gf

115 ga

Away

82 matches

30 v

19 d

33 l

116 gf

122 ga

Total

162 matches

77 v

34 d

51 l

293 gf

237 ga

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

33 v

19 d

30 l

122 gf

116 ga

Away

80 matches

18 v

15 d

47 l

115 gf

177 ga

Total

162 matches

51 v

34 d

77 l

237 gf

293 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 27, 1928
Home	5 - 0	September 17, 2005

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	December 02, 1905
Away	5 - 1	September 14, 1907

Latest head to head

November 15, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Falkirk

1 - 0

Motherwell logo Motherwell

October 05, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Motherwell

3 - 2

Falkirk

March 01, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Falkirk

0 - 0

Motherwell logo Motherwell

December 22, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Motherwell

0 - 3

Falkirk

September 22, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Falkirk

1 - 0

Motherwell logo Motherwell

Best historical scorers against Falkirk

Scott McDonald	7 goals	2005 - 2007
Richie Foran	5 goals	2005 - 2006
Darren Smith	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Jim Hamilton	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Phil O'Donnell	1 goal	2006 - 2006
John Sutton	1 goal	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Motherwell

Patrick Cregg	4 goals	2006 - 2007
Michael Higdon	3 goals	2007 - 2008
Russell Latapy	2 goals	2006 - 2007
Graham Barrett	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Thomas Scobbie	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Alan Gow	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Falkirk

David Clarkson	13 matches	2005 - 2008
Stephen Craigan	11 matches	2005 - 2008
Graeme Smith	11 matches	2005 - 2008
Paul Quinn	10 matches	2005 - 2008
Mark Reynolds	9 matches	2006 - 2008
Jim Paterson	8 matches	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/09/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Motherwell

Russell Latapy	10 matches	2005 - 2008
Kenny Milne	10 matches	2005 - 2008
Alan Gow	8 matches	2005 - 2007
Steven Thomson	8 matches	2005 - 2007
Pedro Moutinho	8 matches	2005 - 2008
Patrick Cregg	8 matches	2006 - 2008