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After a hectic week, Motherwell return to domestic action when they take on Aberdeen in SWPL. 

Kick-off is 1pm at the Balmoral Stadium.

How to follow the game

Entry to the match is pay-at-the-gate.

Cash turnstiles in operation.

Adult tickets cost £5 with Under 16s going free.

Story of the match

Aberdeen won their last matches in SWPL.

A seven goal thriller ended 4-3 to the Dons against Dundee United in their last match.

Rangers beating Motherwell at Hampden 2-0 in the Scottish Cup semi final, ended the women of steel’s seven match unbeaten run in all competitions.

Motherwell are currently 14 points ahead of Aberdeen, with the home side looking to push themselves further away from the play-off position in the league.

Kevin van Veen is your April player of the month. 

The Dutchman notched six goals in four games in the month of April, and won 86.8% of the votes on Twitter.

Scoring two vital goals against Hibernian, with a penalty and free kick in the second half at Easter Road, Van Veen scored another brace seven days later at home to Livingston.

Banging two goals in the first half, he thought he made it a hat trick in the second period however a lengthy VAR check ruled the striker offside.

In the third game of the month, he opened the scoring against Dundee United. Similarly to the week prior, VAR intervened when he finished past the United keeper to make it 2-0. With the check complete, Van Veen was prevented his brace.

At Celtic Park, Van Veen scored a vital goal for the Steelmen to earn them a point against the champions, making them the first side to earn a point at Parkhead this season.

With his total for the season at 24 goals, Van Veen has scored in six consecutive games for Motherwell and closes in on Michael Higdon’s record of 27 goals.

With our post-split fixtures announced, we are looking to get Fir Park as busy as possible as we look to finish our 2022/23 season as strongly as possible. 

Season ticket holders are able to bring a friend for a fiver to our crunch match with Ross County on Saturday 20 May.

This offer will be in operation in the John Hunter, Davie Cooper and Phil O’Donnell stands.

To take advantage of this offer, please follow the online steps below:

• Visit our ticketing platform by clicking here
• Sign-in
• Select ‘All Events’ at the top right-hand side of the page and then ‘All Matches’
• Select your seat.
• Add ‘Bring a Friend’ ticket to your basket.
• Complete the checkout process.

Your additional ticket will be sent via email for you to pass to your chosen friend.  Alternatively, you can print at home.

With no first-team action this week, manager Stuart Kettlewell insisted that hard work on the training pitch would continue regardless. 

With Motherwell in cinch Reserve League action against Dundee United, it was an opportunity for first-team players to get minutes after some came off the bench at Celtic Park at the weekend.

Going a goal down early in the first half, the experienced and the youngsters had to show character to get themselves back in the game.

Shane Blaney scored a world-class free kick, something that is becoming rather common, before Joe Efford nudged his side ahead in the second half.

Lead development coach Alan Archibald was happy with the character his side showed to see out the game, as Motherwell only got a draw seven days ago against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.

“The boys showed good character to come back and win the game.”

Motherwell came from behind to beat Dundee United 2-1 in the Reserve League at K-Park.

Flynn Duffy gave the visitors the lead but goals either side of half-time secured the three points for Alan Archibald’s side.

An experienced Motherwell side found them one-down with just ten minutes on the clock.

Blaney’s clearance fell at the feet of Flynn Duffy and the United forward steadied himself and fired an unstoppable effort past Aitken from 25 yards.

Motherwell were nearly two goals down after 25 minutes.

Duffy was fouled in the box by Luca Ross and he stepped up looking for his second of his game but Kyle Aitken dived to his left made the save.

Just before half-time, Motherwell were back level.

Stuart McKinstry won a free-kick and what is becoming a familiar theme this season, Shane Blaney stepped up and curled the ball Adams.

Ten minutes into the second half, Joe Efford put Motherwell in front.

Lennon Miller’s header wasn’t properly cleared the American netted with a fine volley from 10 yards out.

More heroics into the Motherwell goal from Kyle Aitken prevented an equaliser just minutes later. The young ‘keeper pulled off three fine saves from point blank before the linesman’s flag went up.

Motherwell saw the game out and kept Alan Archibald’s undefeated run going.

Motherwell will begin their post split fixtures with a home match against Kilmarnock at Fir Park on Saturday 6 May. 

The Steelmen will then travel to Perth on Saturday 13 May to take on St Johnstone, before Ross County visit ML1 on Saturday 20 May.

The Tony Macaroni arena will be the venue for the ‘Well’s penultimate 2022/23 fixture on Wednesday 24 May.

Dundee United will travel to Fir Park on the final day of the season on Sunday 28 May, rounding off the season.

All Saturday and Sunday matches will kick off at 3pm. Our midweek trip to Livingston will kick off at 7.45pm.

Ticket information will be released in due course.

All fixtures and times are subject to change.

It’s time to pick your Paycare Motherwell FC player of the month for April.

Kevin van Veen, Liam Kelly, Max Johnston and Sean Goss are up for nomination.

To vote, head over to the Motherwell Facebook page.

Games played in April

• Hibernian 1-3 Motherwell
• Motherwell 3-0 Livingston
• Motherwell 1-2 Dundee United
• Celtic 1-1 Motherwell

Kevin van Veen

Kevin van Veen continued his impressive goal scoring season by adding six goals in the month of April.

The number nine scored from the spot and with a free kick at Easter Road, to help Motherwell on their way to a 3-1 win.

He added another two goals in the home win over Livingston, whilst also notching an emphatic finish against Dundee United seven days later.

At Celtic Park, his long, mazy run was rewarded with a goal that earned Motherwell their first points against Celtic at Parkhead since 2015.

Van Veen earned a spot in the SPFL team of the week for his performance and double against Livingston.

Liam Kelly

Liam Kelly had an impressive month in April.

The skipper kept his eighth clean sheet of the season, with a shut out against Livingston.

At Celtic Park, he kept Danzin Maeda out in the first half, before an impressive save from Kyogo’s chipped effort.

Max Johnston

Since returning from his loan spell at Cove Rangers, Max Johnston has grown into a regular first-team starter.

Causing havoc with his direct running and crossing against Hibernian, his curled ball up the line setup Kevin van Veen for his second goal of the afternoon against Livingston.

He scored his second Motherwell goal this season, when he knocked the ball into the net against Livingston. Although initially ruled out for offside, VAR deemed the full-back onside and his goal stood.

Johnston was back amongst the action against Dundee United, his fine play and subsequent cutback to striker Van Veen once again led to an assist with the Dutchman once again.

Sean Goss

Sean Goss opened his goalscoring account for the 2022/23 season with his elegant free kick that opened the scoring against Hibernian.

It was Goss’ ball through to Harry Paton that earned the free kick that Van Veen netted from to secure the three points.

Goss’ performance against Hibs earned him a place in the SPFL team of the week.

Sean Goss was involved in Max Johnston’s goal against Livingston, with the Northern Irishman play the inch perfect pass through for Spittal who seen his shot initially saved before Johnston scored.

The midfielder played every minute in every match in April.

With Celtic’s last 16 home games ending in victory, and Motherwell last picking up points at Parkhead back in 2015, the task couldn’t be greater for Stuart Kettlewell’s team as they travelled to the east end of Glasgow to take on the Champions. 

Despite starting the game bright enough, Motherwell found themselves a goal down due to Callum McGregor’s deflected strike on 24 minutes.

With the task looking seemingly to steep to climb, Liam Kelly made some excellent saves with Kevin van Veen stepping up in the big moment once again, as he drew his team level on 55 minutes for his 24th goal of the season and scoring for the sixth consecutive game.

Showing excellent discipline to see out the game, Motherwell earned a valiant point at Parkhead, a feat that nobody has achieved this season as they go into the split in eighth place in the table, five points behind Livingston in seventh.

Making the Scottish cup semi final, Motherwell made history, becoming the first team to take to the Hampden turf in a domestic women’s fixture.

Although the task proved a step too far, everyone can hold their heads high for what they achieved.