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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Fir Park Stadium
  • Attendance: 4526
  • Referee: Underhill, J

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89 mins

Chris Porter is being taken off, Jamie Murphy has come on in his place.

86 mins

The referee has booked Russell Duncan.

76 mins

Inverness CT are replacing Roy McBain with Markus Paatelainen.

76 mins

Dougie Imrie is being taken off, Ian Black has come on in his place.

73 mins

Ross McCormack is being taken off, Steven McGarry has come on in his place.

73 mins

Ross McCormack is replaced by Stephen Maguire.

53 mins

Darren Smith is being taken off, Simon Lappin has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 3 v 1.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by J Underhill

42 mins

Goal!! David Clarkson scores for Motherwell.

33 mins

The referee has booked Phil McGuire.

19 mins

Goal!! Inverness CT have scored with Don Cowie putting it in the back of the net.

10 mins

Goal!! Motherwell have scored with Chris Porter putting it in the back of the net.

7 mins

Goal!! David Clarkson scores for Motherwell.

0 mins

It's 7:45pm on Wednesday, February 20th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

This was one of the games in hand for the home side as they looked to open a gap ahead of Dundee United in third place in the table.

They were grateful for three first half goals which allowed them to move four points ahead with two games in hand over their nearest rivals.

Motherwell got off to the best possible start when they opened the scoring in the seventh minute. Ross McCormack dinked a great ball into the box for David Clarkson, who killed the ball before firing past Mike Fraser from six yards out.

Two minutes later they doubled their lead and once again McCormack was involved as he held the ball up at the edge of the box before laying it back to Steven Hammell. The left-back's first time cross was perfect for Chris Porter to head home at the far post.

Inverness clawed their way back into the game on the 20 minute mark when Don Cowie fired a spectacular shot high past Graeme Smith after a cross had been half cleared to the edge of the box.

Motherwell restored their two goal advantage three minutes before the break and it was almost a carbon copy of the Inverness goal. This time it was Clarkson who volleyed a half-cleared ball from the edge of the box.

Both sides were denied by the crossbar at the start of the second period. Firstly it was Motherwell's Porter who beat the offside trap but could only send his left foot shot onto the bar.

At the other end Inverness defender Grant Munro was unlucky to see two headers rebound off the crossbar from successive Cowie corners.

From then on there was precious little to excite either set of fans apart from the referee having to be replaced after apparently pulling a muscle.

In the dying stages Inverness threw four men up front and were unlucky to be denied what looked a stonewall penalty when Keith Lasley appeared to trip Russell Duncan but the ref waived play on.

Motherwell Team

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Team

Motherwell

Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Corners

11 6

Fouls

14 18

Goal attempts

10 10

Shots off target

2 4

Offsides

4 1

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