Motherwell’s
season ends with a crucial game at Easter Road with European football the
prize.
After
thirty seven games Motherwell are in fourth place, a point ahead of Hibs. A guaranteed spot in the Conference League is
theirs with a win or draw. Around two
thousand will travel from Lanarkshire to support the team.
It has been
an outstanding campaign from Jens Berthel Askou’s side. They have treated us to spectacular displays
of classy football over the last eleven months.
Can they find the strength for one more challenge to claim a fitting
reward?
We can
leave analysis of Wednesday’s game behind save to note that for long spells
Motherwell had Celtic on the rocks. The
untried defensive pairing of Johnny Koutroumbis and Stephen O’Donnell were comfortable in
the face of the much fancied opposition but Stephen Welsh is now available and
he will likely return.
Tom Sparrow
and Emmanuel Longelo made endless runs along their touchlines in combination
with their talented midfielders. Can
Tawanda Maswanhise find the net before the season ends?
Hibs have
had an impressive burst of form with away wins over Falkirk and Rangers in this
final week but they have to make the running on Saturday and that may offer
room for Motherwell’s passing game to flourish.
Jamie
McGrath has completed his two match suspension for serious foul play. He and Martin Boyle each have eight league
goals to their credit.
Motherwell
have a win and a couple of draws against Hibs in this season’s account and a third
draw will have the fans checking their passports - 1-1.
