It wad fourth versus fifth in the William Hill Premiership at Fir Park, with Dundee United making the trip down from the city of discovery. Both teams knew that the winner would sit fourth in the table following the match, and a tight game was what followed. Motherwell got off to the best possible start with Apostolos Stamatelopoulos netting inside the first minute. A dubious penalty decision would get United level before ten minutes. Andy Halliday and Stamatelopoulos got on the scoresheet prior to the half time mark, with the Steelmen sitting pretty. However, Jim Goodwin's side didn't go away and Sam Dalby would find the back of the net to half the deficit. Tom Sparrow returned to action and made an impact from the bench, scoring his third of the season. Former Motherwell man Louis Moult got his second goal of the season at Fir Park but Motherwell held on for an impressive win.
Kick off Thursday 26th December 15:00
Starts Thursday 26th December 14:15
