Dundee host Motherwell at Dens on Saturday in the Ladbrokes Premiership and here we round up everything you need to know ahead of the match
Match Info
FIXTURE: Dundee v Motherwell
COMPETITION: Ladbrokes Premiership
DATE: Saturday 24th February 2018
KICK-OFF: 3.00pm
VENUE: Dens Park
Opposition Info
FORMED: 1886
STADIUM: Fir Park
CAPACITY: 13,667
PITCH SIZE: 104m x 67m
MANAGER: Steve Robinson
CHAIRMAN: James McMahon
NICKNAME: The Steelmen
MASCOTs: Claret & Amber
CLUB COLOURS: Claret and Amber
HONOURS: Scottish League Division One (1st tier) champions: 1931/32
Scottish Cup winners: 1952, 1991
League Cup winners: 1950/51
Scottish League Division Two (2nd tier) champions: 1953/54, 1968/69
Scottish League First Division (2nd tier) champions: 1981/82, 1984/85
Summer Cup: 1943/44, 1964/65
RECORD WIN: 12-1 v Dundee United, Scottish League B Division 1954
CLUB WEBSITE: www.motherwellfc.co.uk
Getting to the Ground
The full address of Dens Park for Sat-Nav is Dens Park, Sandeman Street, Dundee, DD3 7JY
The city centre of Dundee can be reached easily by both road & rail. From Dundee City Centre you can use the no. 1A or no. 24 National Express Dundee bus service, both of which can be boarded at the Albert Square. For a taxi to the ground, call Tay Taxis on 01382450450.
Match Official
REFEREE: Alan Muir
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Douglas Ross
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Jordon Stokoe
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Andrew Dallas
Head to Head v Motherwell
LEAGUE: Won 91, Drawn 42, Lost 67
SCOTTISH CUP: Won 5, Drawn 4, Lost 5
LEAGUE CUP: Won 11, Drawn 1, Lost 9
TOTALS: Won 107, Drawn 47, Lost 81
Last Five Dundee v Motherwell Matches
10/2/2018 | Home | Scottish Cup | Lost 2-0 | 4,663
23/12/2017 | Away | Premiership | Drew 1-1 | 4,173 | McGowan
25/10/2017 | Home | Premiership | Lost 1-0 | 5,254
29/4/2017 | Away | Premiership | Won 3-2 | 4,919 | O’Hara, Haber (2)
25/2/2017 | Away | Premiership | Won 5-1 | 4,002 | Jules (og), Haber (2), O’Hara, Wighton
Last Meeting
Dundee’s Scottish Cup 5th round tie against Motherwell ended in disappointment as the Dark Blues went down to a 2-0 defeat at Dens Park. Dundee created and missed a string of chances, but gave away two poor goals. Craig Tanner scored a first half opener, and when Kevin Holt put through his own goal early in the second half Motherwell saw out the game calmly to earn their place in the quarter final.
Dundee FC: Parish, Kusunga, O’Dea (c), Holt (Deacon 65), Kerr, O’Hara, Kamara, McGowan (Lambert 79), Aurtenetxe, Leitch-Smith, Moussa
Unused subs: Malherbe (gk), El Bakhtaoui, Curran, Spence, Waddell.
Booked: McGowan (retaliation).
Motherwell: Carson, Kipre, Aldred, Dunne, Cadden, McHugh (c) (Turnbull 90), Rose, Tait, Tanner (Bigirimana 69), Main, Ciftci (Petravicius 81)
Unused subs: Griffiths (gk), Frear, Grimshaw, Hendrie.
Goals: Tanner (29), Holt og (55).
Booked: McHugh (foul on O’Hara), Ciftci (foul on McGowan).
Attendance: 4,663 (1,447 away fans).
Referee: Bobby Madden. Assistants: Graeme Stewart, Alistair Mather. 4th official Gavin Duncan.
Motherwell’s Season So Far
Motherwell kicked off their season at Hampden with a 5-1 win over Queens Park in the Betfred Cup and qualified from their section with a 100% record after further wins against Morton, Edinburgh City and Berwick Rangers.
Motherwell reached the League Cup Final after three superb wins, firstly 3-2 against Ross County in Dingwall, then 3-0 at home to Aberdeen in the quarter-final and then a brilliant 2-0 win over Rangers in the semi-final thanks to two goals from talisman Louis Moult who is joining Preston North End in January.
In the Final Motherwell ran Celtic but two early second half goals, the second a controversial penalty was enough to see the League Cup travel back across to the east end of Glasgow.
The Steelman’s Premiership campaign started with a 2-1 defeat to Rangers at Fir Park and a 4-1 loss to St Johnstone in Perth but bounced back with home wins over Ross County, Hearts and Kilmarnock.
A 1-0 defeat to Aberdeen three days after knocking them out the League Cup was then countered with wins against Partick, Hamilton, Dundee and Motherwell made it a league double over The Dons when they won 1-0 at Pittodrie in November.
The Betfred Cup Final was actually the first of a triple header with Celtic and that Hampden defeat was followed with a 1-1 draw at home which required a late Celtic equaliser and a 5-1 defeat at Celtic Park three days later.
After that Motherwell lost their next three against Hearts, Partick and Kilmarnock before drawing with The Dee two days before Christmas and they finished the year with defeats to Rangers and Hamilton.
However after the winter break they got revenge on their Lanarkshire rivals when they knocked the Accies out the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win at Fir Park.
When the Premiership returned The Steelmen beat Ross County at home before a double header in Edinburgh where they drew with Hearts and lost 2-1 to Hibs. Motherwell then drew 1-1 with Partick at Fir Park, then beat St Johnstone 2-0 at home before progressing in the Scottish Cup win a 2-0 win over Dundee at Dens.
Motherwell now return to Dens just two weeks later having lost 1-0 at home again to high flying Kilmarnock in the interim.
Top Scorers
DUNDEE: Moussa 10; O’Hara, Leitch-Smith 6; El Bahktaoui, 5; Waddell 3; McGowan, Haber, Murray 2
MOTHERWELL: Moult 13; Tanner 8; Bowman 7; Cadden, Main 4; Hartley, Frear 3
Ticketing Information
Tickets for the match against Motherwell at Dens Park are on sale now online and from the Ticket office.
This match is a Category B match and prices are as follows:
Family Area Priced tickets available in the Bobby Cox Stand
Rows A – Y, Seats 1 – 47 with prices as follows:
Adult and one child under 12 £26
Two adults and two children under 12 £50
With additional children under 12 at £2
Under 12 and Under 16 tickets can only be bought as part of a family group
Prices for all areas in Dens Park are priced at £24 for Adults, £16 for concessions and £10 for Under 18
Tickets are available from the ticket office, in person or by phone on 01382 889966 (Option 1) or online
Matchday Programme
Dundee’s 2017/18 match programme The Dee will be available to buy at the Motherwell game in and around the ground and in the club shop. It is a full, colour 52 page edition packed with news, views, features and exclusive interviews which this week include:
- A message from manager Neil McCann
- A message from managing-director John Nelms
- Exclusive interview with Simon Murray
- This Week in History
- DFC in the Community Trust update
- A profile of one of the DFC 2018 Hall of Fame inductees Cammy Fraser
- Where are they now?
- Profile on visitors Motherwell
- Junior Dees News
- Classic Match
- Dundee Supporters Association news
The Dee, produced by our partners Curtis Sports will be available on Saturday for just £3 and can also be ordered on the Curtis Sport website
How To Watch
Fans from outside of the UK who are virtual season tickets will be able to watch the Motherwell match live on DEETV or alternatively they can view it for just £5.
The full ninety minutes of the match will be available to every subscriber of DEETV on Saturday while a shorter highlights package will be available to view during the weekend alongside exclusive post match interviews with the manager and players.
The pre-match press conference is also available to view on DEETV from Friday.
You can sign up for DEETV for just £5 a month on the official website where you will have access to Highlights, Interviews and all the Dundee FC goals at the click of the button
