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“It’s not the start we wanted. But there’s a lot of good stuff happening. We just need to be more clinical.”

Stephen Robinson previews the visit of Livingston on Wednesday night.

Liam Donnelly will be out for a minimum of two months with a knee injury.

The versatile defensive player will be sidelined after sustaining the injury in training.

He will attend an appointment with a specialist on Tuesday, before it is determined whether or not he requires surgery.

“We’ve been told he could be out for a minimum of two months,” said manager Stephen Robinson.

“That gives me a problem. We’ve got injury problems at the back.

“Ricki played at left-back and played well. Bevis got his first competitive game in a long, long time.

“We are actively looking to get somebody in in the defensive positions. We need someone to come in and hit the ground running until Nathan McGinley or Jake Carroll are fit.”

The ticket office at Fir Park is now reopen from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday.

In line with government guidelines, there will be enhanced measures in place to keep our supporters and staff safe.

Only one person or one household will be allowed access at any time.

Supporters will be requested to queue outside at a two-metre distance and a hand sanitising station will be available as you enter.

Furthermore, for the safety of our staff and yourself, the wearing of face masks is mandatory.

Motherwell will face Glentoran or HB Torshavn in the first qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Europa League.

We have been drawn as the home team in the fixture. The tie is due to be played on Thursday 27 August.

We will learn which of the two opponents we will face upon the completion of their preliminary round match on 20 August.

Livingston are the visitors to Fir Park on Wednesday night in the Scottish Premiership.

The match is available to watch online on a pay-per-view basis at live.motherwellfc.co.uk.

Season ticket holders can watch for free. Kick-off is at 7.45pm BST.

Tale of the tape

Motherwell have won three of the last five fixtures between the two sides.

Livi were the most recent victors, running out 1-0 winners in February.

Before that, Motherwell won their three home matches against the Lions, with a 0-0 draw in West Lothian at the start of last season.

Form guide

Both sides have had slow starts to the season, losing both of their opening matches.

Motherwell have lost 1-0 in both, first at Ross County and then at home to Dundee United.

Livingston opened with a 1-0 loss at St Mirren, before a 4-1 home loss to Hibernian on Saturday.

Watch live at home

Wednesday’s match is available to stream online for fans of both clubs.

Available for £12, buy early to secure your ticket for the game. Just head to live.motherwellfc.co.uk and choose the pay-per-view option.

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Priced at £150 for the season, or £15 per month, sign up at live.motherwellfc.co.uk today.

“We know we need to be more ruthless. We aren’t being streetwise enough in either box.”

Stephen Robinson reflects on the loss to Dundee United.

On a perfect summer’s day for football the attention might have been on the empty stands. But it was Motherwell who were left empty handed as United nicked all three points.

It was a double whammy from former Fir Park favourite Mark Reynolds who marshalled a disciplined Tannadice team, before scoring the only goal at the start of the second half.

And although there were some positives from the ‘Well performance, it was largely from back to middle as once again the Fir Park men lacked a cutting edge to overcome an organised defence.

For the first home Premiership game of a strange new season, Stephen Robinson made changes to the line-up and the formation from the side at Dingwall on Monday evening.

Bevis Mugabi came in at the back, with Ricki Lamie moving to the left to cover for the injured Nathan McGinley.

Allan Campbell was restored to a three man midfield and after his impact from the bench against County, Sherwin Seedorf retained his place on the left wing. Jake Hastie, making his return to Fir Park, started on the right, with Christopher Long ploughing the middle channel on his own.

Amazingly, this was United’s first visit to Fir Park since March 2016, when goals from Marvin Johnson and Louis Moult left them on the wrong end of a 2-1 defeat and a step nearer their four year exile from the top flight.

With United changing in the South Stand, they were led down the staircase and on to the pitch by their captain Reynolds.

For both teams and those inside Fir Park this was still a surreal experience. United kicked off facing the Davie Cooper Stand adorned with a couple of hundred cardboard cutouts of Well fans.

The first loud shout came from the United players after four minutes when Ian Harkes tumbled in the box under Declan Gallagher. But their penalty appeals were ignored by referee Steven McLean.

The first action that elicited any appreciation from the 200 or so sitting socially distanced and masked in the Phil O’Donnell stand came after 14 minutes. In a sweeping move started by Trevor Carson the ball was moved through Lamie, David Turnbull and Long before Seedorf’s cross was glanced wide of goal by Campbell.

While there was little between the side’s in terms of pressure on either goal, the United players held the upper hand in terms of noise level as they vocally encouraged to press the ‘Well players every time they had possession.

Seedorf was again the provider after 21 minutes when his pass found Long 12 yards in front of goal but as the striker was about to drive Jamie Robson stepped in with a last gasp block.

United’s best move and chance came in the 28th minute. But after being played in by Harkes, Luke Bolton should have at least tested Carson instead of driving the ball into the side netting.

There was plenty of energy and grunting in the opening half hour but the best sight from a Motherwell perspective was the amount of time David Turnbull had on the ball.

In the 35th minute the ‘Well midfielder was provided with his first shooting opportunity but from 35 yards his free kick was smothered low in front of his right hand post by Benjamin Siegrist.

Four minutes later, Turnbull’s quickly taken free kick released Long, who dragged the ball back across the box only to see his thumping drive rebound off Mark Connolly.

Hastie had been provided with plenty of the ball in the first 45 but got little joy out of the United defence and it was little surprise when the on loan winger was replaced with Tony Watt at the interval.

After taking 40 minutes to test the ‘Well ‘keeper, United looked much more positive from the start of the second half as a couple of attempts whizzed across Carson’s goal.

However, it was almost a perfect introduction for Watt when he stretched inside the six yard to connect with Lamie’s cross but could only direct the ball into Siegrist’s gloves.

The Tannadice men’s early threat was rewarded after 52 minutes when they nicked the only goal of the game.

Liam Smith’s inviting ball towards the six yard box looked to have gone begging until Reynolds sneaked in at the back to slip the ball past a helpless Carson.

That played perfectly into United’s game plan to sit tight and protect their lead.

‘Well spurned an early chance to level when Seedorf’s cross found Lamie who nodded the ball onto Long but from eight yards he steered his header over the bar. That was the last action for the former Blackpool striker as he was replaced by Jordan White, giving the tall hit man 35 minutes to impress on his home debut.

With 12 minutes remaining and still no signs of unlocking a tight and organised United, Jermaine Hylton and Harry Robinson were given the task of helping the home side take something from the game.

Instead it was the visitors who came within a few inches of wrapping up the points when Dillon Powers’ screamer from 18 yards got the merest of touches from Carson to send the ball crashing off the face of the crossbar.

Three minutes from time, ‘Well looked to have snatched the equaliser when White headed home Hylton’s cross. But the celebrations were short lived as the referee ruled the striker had been pushing in the six-yard box.

Despite finishing the game in the United box and forcing a string of corners, Motherwell drew a blank for the second consecutive game.

We can confirm that a first team player tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week, as part of our regular testing procedures.

However following two further tests – one through the NHS and another through our private testing facility – he has returned negative results.

The player has not shown any symptoms at any point.

Despite this ‘false positive’, the player will be in self-isolation for 10 days as a precaution. He will be tested again prior to his return to training.

Our match programme will remain available to buy across the 2020/21 season.

Although we are starting the campaign behind closed doors, you can start by purchasing your Motherwell v Dundee United programme online now and have it delivered to your door.

Priced at £3, head to Curtis Sport and make your purchase now.

All in-stock programme are dispatched directly from Curtis Sport’s warehouse if ordered before 4pm, Monday to Friday.

If you want to secure your programmes for the whole of the season, you can take out a subscription to receive them all to your door, even after we’re back in at Fir Park.

Priced at £95, head to Curtis Sport and buy your subscription now.

We’ve teamed up with Paddy Power to launch a new campaign to help find missing people by filling a stand at Fir Park with ‘missing’ fans.

In the time it takes to watch a football match, 35 people are reported missing in the UK.

As Scottish Premiership action returns home this weekend, our south stand has been filled with the same cardboard cutouts you’ll have seen at games across Europe and that we have in our Cooper Stand.

But, rather than showing the faces of cheering supporters, the Paddy Power cutouts are instead completely blank.

That’s to represent the thousands of people across the UK, that are missing from their families – rather than just football.

Spread across the stand, 1,190 silhouetted cut-outs have been installed by Paddy Power in time for our first home game of the season against Dundee United on Saturday.

As part of the campaign, which is in conjunction with the charity Missing People, the silhouette stand will remain in place until fans return to the stadium.

Spokesman Paddy Power said: “We all know fans are missing from football at the moment, but some are missing from wider life, too.

“We hope this campaign, and striking image, can spark conversations across the country – as the majority of our customer base are young men, the demographic that’s most at risk of going missing.”

Jo Youle, chief executive of Missing People, said: “This is a highly visible and needed opportunity for families in communities across the UK to raise awareness of their missing loved one – at a time when it is so hard to search due to Covid-19 restrictions.

“We will also be getting the message out via Paddy Power stores to reach a key group of people at higher risk of going missing: men aged 18 to 39.

“Important funding through this partnership will help more than 500 people in crisis through 24/7 support on our helpline (116 000), at a time when more people than ever are needing that support.”

Suzanne Reid, head of commercial at Motherwell FC, added: “The club is delighted to support this campaign and the work of Missing People.

“We hope the display helps raise awareness of the help that is available from the charity.”

ABOUT MISSING PEOPLE

Missing People supports people who are thinking about going missing, have gone, or after they return – and their loved ones. Our services give people the opportunity to talk through how to stay safe, connect them with a place of safety, and signpost them to additional local or national support services, if required.

Missing People is one of a handful of charities providing a special Helpline assigned by Ofcom to protect the wellbeing of people in great difficulty. We are the only provider working with high-risk groups affected by ‘missing’ across the UK. We work in partnership with police forces, who refer vulnerable missing people and their relatives to our essential support services.

If you have been affected, you can access support by calling of texting Missing People on 116 000. It is free, confidential and 24/7. Or visit missingpeople.org.uk.