List of Motherwell F.C. results by opponent

Motherwell Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premiership, Scotland's Top Flight, and have done so since 1984. The club was formed in 1886 as part of a merger between Alpha and Glencairn.[1]

Key

  • The records include the results of matches played in the Scottish Football League, Scottish Premier League, Scottish Premiership, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.
  • The records exclude European matches. All records are from domestic competitions only.
  • The records do not include matches played in regional tournaments, such as the Lanarkshire Cup.
  • Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • The season given as the "first" denotes the season in which Motherwell first played a match against that team.
  • The season given as the "last" designates the most recent season to have included a match between Motherwell and that side.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win% = percentage of total matches won
  •    † Denotes clubs in the same division as Motherwell in the 2017–18 season.
  •    ‡ Denotes clubs which are now defunct.

All–time statistics

As of 18 August 2017[a][b][c]
Club P W D L P W D L P W D L Win%
[nb 1] 		First Last Notes
(Home) (Away) (Total)
Abercorn 9 6 0 3 9 6 1 2 18 12 1 5 66.67 1893–94 1902–03
Aberdeen 142 50 44 48 139 21 48 70 281 71 92 118 25.27 1905–06 2017-18
Airdriehill 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1889–90 1889–90
Airdrieonians (1878) 75 0 12 24 77 29 14 34 152 68 26 58 44.74 1894–95 2001–02 [nb 2]
Airdrieonians 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 2006–07 2006–07
Albion Rovers 12 10 2 0 13 8 4 1 25 18 6 1 72.00 1919–20 2013–14
Alloa Athletic 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 5 1 0 83.33 1922–23 1968–69
Annan Athletic 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 2016-17 2016-17
Annbank 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1910–11 1910–11
Arthurlie 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 2 1 25.00 1901–02 1902–03
Arbroath 11 8 2 1 10 3 3 4 21 11 5 5 52.38 1935–36 1979–80
Ayr United 51 30 13 8 53 15 14 24 104 45 27 32 43.27 1897–98 1984–85
Bathgate 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1930–31 1930–31 [nb 3]
Berwick Rangers 5 3 2 0 4 1 2 1 9 4 4 1 44.44 1968–69 2017–18 [nb 4]
Bo'ness 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1927–28 1927–28 [nb 5]
Breadalbane 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1923–24 1923–24
Brechin City 3 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 6 5 1 0 83.33 1968–69 2010–11
Broxburn United 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1913–14 1913–14
Caledonian 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1957–58 1969–70
Cambuslang 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 00.00 1886–87 1886–87
Campsie 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1892–93 1892–93
Carfin Shamrock 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 00.00 1887–88 1889–90
Celtic 144 32 38 74 144 20 23 101 288 52 61 176 18.06 1903–04 2017-18
Clyde 66 33 17 16 70 32 10 28 136 65 27 44 47.79 1893–94 2011–12
Clydebank (1914) 7 5 2 0 7 3 1 3 14 8 3 3 57.14 1917–18 1925–26 [nb 6]
Clydebank (1965) 16 11 2 3 14 5 7 2 30 16 9 5 53.33 1968–69 1995–96 [nb 7]
Cove Rangers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Cowdenbeath 13 10 1 2 13 8 3 2 26 18 4 4 69.23 1924–25 1970–71
Cowlairs 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 50.00 1893–94 1894–95
Drumpellier 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1887–88 1887–88
Dumbarton 19 12 5 2 20 6 6 8 39 18 11 10 46.15 1896–97 1981–82
Dumfries 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1887–88 1887–88
Dundee 110 45 22 43 106 25 21 60 216 70 43 103 32.41 1903–04 2017-18
Dundee United 106 45 18 43 109 24 36 49 215 69 54 92 32.09 1925–26 2015–16
Dundee Wanderers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 50.00 1894–95 1894–95
Dunfermline Athletic 54 28 15 11 59 21 11 27 114 50 26 38 43.86 1926–27 2011–12
East Fife 22 11 4 7 25 9 4 12 47 20 8 19 42.55 1930–31 2015–16
East Stirlingshire 1- 6 2 2 9 5 2 2 19 11 4 4 57.89 1900–01 2016-17
Edinburgh City 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.0 2017–18 2017–18
Elgin City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1908–09 1908–09
Falkirk 88 49 19 20 89 31 22 36 177 80 41 56 45.20 1902–03 2009–10
Forfar Athletic 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 8 4 2 2 62.50 1953–54 2003–04
Forres Mechanics 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1954–55 1954–55
Gala Fairydean 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1933–34 1933–34
Galston 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 66.66 1906–07 1936–37
Greenock Morton 64 42 10 12 63 24 12 27 127 66 22 39 51.97 1893–94 2017–18
Gretna 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 100.00 2007–08 2007–08 [nb 8]
[nb 9]
Hamilton Academical 64 37 16 11 63 25 12 26 127 62 28 37 48.82 1897–98 2017-18
Heart of Midlothian 139 54 25 60 141 29 34 78 280 83 59 138 29.64 1903–04 2017-18
Hibernian 138 61 32 45 136 30 35 71 274 91 67 116 33.21 1893–94 2017-18
Huntly 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1927–28 1938–39
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 24 12 2 10 23 14 1 8 47 26 3 18 55.32 2004–05 2016-17
Inverurie Loco Works 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 2008–09 2008–09
Keith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1959–60 1959–60
Kilmarnock 114 58 21 35 113 45 17 51 227 103 38 86 45.37 1895–96 2017-18
Leith Athletic 10 4 2 4 10 4 0 6 20 8 2 10 40.00 1895–96 1931–32
Linthouse 5 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 10 4 2 4 40.00 1895–96 1899–1900
Livingston 10 5 2 3 12 5 1 6 22 10 3 9 45.45 2001–02 2013–14 [nb 10]
Montrose 5 4 0 1 3 2 0 1 8 6 0 2 75.00 1932–33 1971–72
Nithsdale Wanderers 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 66.66 1910–11 1910–11
Mossend Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.00 1894–95 1894–95
Northern 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 66.66 1893–94 1893–94
Partick Thistle 103 49 26 28 101 23 25 53 204 72 51 81 35.29 1893–94 2017-18
Peterhead 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100.00 1950–51 1950–51
Port Glasgow Athletic 16 13 1 2 16 5 9 2 32 18 3 11 56.25 1893–94 1909–10
Queen of the South 29 20 2 9 29 11 5 13 58 31 7 20 53.45 1933–34 2003–04
Queen's Park 45 36 3 6 45 21 12 12 90 57 15 18 63.33 1903–04 2017–18
Raith Rovers 50 29 8 13 50 20 10 20 100 49 33 18 49.00 1902–03 2007–08
Rangers 138 31 28 79 140 10 18 112 281 41 46 194 14.59 1906–07 2017-18
Renton 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 7 4 0 3 57.14 1894–95 1897–98
Ross County 10 5 3 2 9 4 2 3 19 9 5 5 47.37 2012–13 2017-18
Royal Albert 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 33.33 1888–89 1890–91
St Bernard's 3 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 6 3 1 2 50.00 1900–01 1902–03
St Johnstone 73 40 15 18 69 24 17 28 143 65 32 46 45.45 1924–25 2017-18
St Mirren 104 59 23 22 109 30 28 51 213 89 51 73 41.78 1903–04 2014–15
Stenhousemuir 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 1 75.00 1953–54 1968–69
Stirling Albion 17 15 1 1 19 13 1 5 36 28 2 6 77.78 1949–50 1980–81
Stranraer 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 5 5 0 0 100.00 1968–69 2016-17
Third Lanark 52 23 14 15 52 22 11 19 104 45 25 34 43.27 1903–04 1964–65 [nb 11]
Thistle 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 100.00 1893–94 1893–94
a ^ All matches are either League or Cup matches played either home or away, excluding those played at neutral venues.
b ^ Results in all competitions until July 2012 are sourced to Fir Park Corner. Results in all competitions post July 2012 are sourced to BBC Sport.
c ^ Type in a team to get all head-to-head results against that team.[2]

Matches played at neutral venues

As of 24 September 2011.[a]
Club P W D L Win% Notes
Aberdeen 2 1 1 0 50.00
Airdrieonians 3 0 1 2 00.00
Ayr United 1 1 0 0 100.00
Celtic 11 1 3 8 09.10 [nb 12]
Clyde 2 1 0 1 50.00
Dundee 2 1 0 1 50.00
Dundee United 3 1 0 2 33.33
Duns 1 1 0 0 100.00 [nb 13]
East Fife 1 1 0 0 100.00
Greenock Morton 1 0 0 1 00.00
Heart of Midlothian 4 1 1 2 25.00
Hibernian 3 2 0 1 66.66
Rangers 4 0 0 4 00.00
St Johnstone 2 1 0 1 50.00
St Mirren 3 1 0 2 33.33
a ^ All matches are either Semi-final or Final of cup competitions

European matches

For Motherwell matches in Europe, see Motherwell F.C. in European football

Notes

  1. ^ Win percentage correct as of previous match played against that team.
  2. ^ Airdrieonians were liquidated in 2002. A new club known as Airdrie United was formed in 2002. The name was changed back to Airdrieonians in 2013.
  3. ^ Would re-emerge in junior football as Bathgate Thistle.
  4. ^ Berwick are the only English-based team to play Motherwell in domestic competition.
  5. ^ Was merged with Bo'ness Cadora to become junior team Bo'ness United.
  6. ^ The 1914 Clydebank went defunct in 1931.
  7. ^ The 1965 Clydebank were liquidated in 2002. A new club under the same name was formed in 2003.
  8. ^ Gretna were liquidated in 2008.
  9. ^ All matches played at Fir Park due to Gretna groundsharing.
  10. ^ Livingston record includes the three matches played as Meadowbank Thistle.
  11. ^ Third Lanark were liquidated in 1967.
  12. ^ One match was decided on penalties, won by Celtic.
  13. ^ Duns went out of business in 1976.

References

  1. ^ Motherwell F.C. History 1886-1917 Archived 29 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Motherwell F.C. Official Website
  2. ^ Head to Head against Motherwell, Statto.com