Low-Block Fortress
Aberdeen
Aberdeen handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 8 shots blocked or saved on 31.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 31.0%
- Shots blocked
- 3
- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 0
Premiership · Matchday 3
Motherwell
0 – 4
FT
HT 0–1
Aberdeen
G. Molloy 38'
C. Ronan 46'
A. Mouloua 76'
K. Nisbet 87'
Premiership
Matchday 3Motherwell0–4Aberdeen
0.77
Expected goals
0.91
38′46′76′87′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: MOT 0.77, ABE 0.91.
Match report
Motherwell 0-4 Aberdeen
Aberdeen took apart Motherwell 4-0 at Fir Park in Premiership. Molloy opened the scoring for Aberdeen on 38', Ronan made it 2-0 to Aberdeen on 46', Mouloua made it 3-0 to Aberdeen on 76' and Nisbet made it 4-0 to Aberdeen on 87'.
Expected goals finished Motherwell 0.77, Aberdeen 0.91. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Motherwell held 69.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Aberdeen graded out for low-block fortress — 31.0% possession and 3 shots blocked. Aberdeen graded out for counter-punch — 31.0% possession and 0.91 expected goals.
Kevin Nisbet came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.5 for Aberdeen from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
69%Possession31%
12Shots11
0.77xG0.91
What the numbers say
6 readsCounter-Punch
Aberdeen
Aberdeen were happy without the ball and still created more — 0.91 xG from 31.0% possession.
- Possession
- 31.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.91
- Opponent xG
- 0.77
Clinical Edge
Aberdeen
Aberdeen finished well above what their chances were worth — 4 goals from 0.91 xG.
- Goals
- 4
- Expected goals
- 0.91
- Overperformance
- +3.09
Passive Possession
Motherwell
Motherwell controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 69.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.77
- On target
- 5
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.11
Timeline
🟨12'
Lewis Mayo
Foul
⚽38'
G. Molloy
Tom Sparrow
Argument
🟨40'
Half-time
🔄46'
J. Milne ↑ L. Mayo ↓
⚽46'
C. Ronan — assist: K. Nisbet
Emmanuel Longelo
Foul
🟨53'
I. Said ↑ J. Kanga ↓
🔄53'
S. Palmer-Houlden ↑ T. Maswanhise ↓
🔄53'
🟨63'
Aremu Afeez
Foul
🔄65'
A. Briedl ↑ A. Aremu ↓
D. Levitt ↑ J. Hodge ↓
🔄68'
W. Vogt ↑ R. Charles-Cook ↓
🔄68'
🔄72'
S. Armstrong ↑ F. Marshall ↓
🔄72'
A. Mouloua ↑ T. Olusanya ↓
E. Bjorgolfsson ↑ A. Lowry ↓
🔄75'
🟨76'
Ayoub Mouloua
⚽76'
A. Mouloua — assist: C. Ronan
🔄79'
D. Happe ↑ M. Knoester ↓
⚽87'
K. Nisbet — assist: M. Muller
Match info
Kickoff
VenueFir Park, Motherwell
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished