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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.”

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.

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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.

Based outside of the UK/Ireland?

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“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.

Motherwell v Dundee United is available to watch online on Saturday.

While fans can’t attend the Scottish Premiership match, there’s a live stream available for supporters of both clubs.

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Dundee United are the visitors in the first Scottish Premiership match of the 2020/21 season at Fir Park on Saturday.

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 3pm BST.

Tale of the tape

Saturday will see the first competitive meeting of the two sides since March 2016, when ‘Well ran out 2-1 winners in the Premiership.

Goals from Marvin Johnson and Louis Moult completed a comeback win, after Henri Anier had opened the scoring against his old side.

An early pre-season meeting at Motherwell’s training ground ended in a 1-0 win for the Steelmen, with Jordan White netting the only goal.

Form guide

Dundee United drew their first game back in the Premiership on Saturday with a 1-1 result against St Johnstone.

Nicky Clark had opened the scoring from the spot after just six minutes and their prospects looked even brighter when Michael O’Halloran was sent off just before the break.

The Saints came back however, with Liam Craig netting 10 minutes into the second half.

Motherwell missed a penalty and passed up numerous scoring chances as they lost out 1-0 at Ross County in their opening match on Monday night.

Watch live at home

Saturday’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.

Based outside of the UK/Ireland?

All Scottish Premiership games, home and away, are available to view on our live streaming platform to fans based abroad.

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“We started the game poorly. Then we dominated. But we couldn’t take our chances.”

Stephen Robinson reflects on loss at Ross County.

It was a tale of two penalties as Motherwell lost 1-0 to Ross County in their 2020/21 Scottish Premiership opener.

Ross Stewart converted his in the first half for the hosts, after Declan Gallagher went into the book for a lunging tackle.

Liam Donnelly’s second half opportunity to level went to waste though, as he put the ball past the left post after sub Jordan White had presented him with the spot kick chance.

Debutant Callum Lang was sent off late on for the Steelmen, who had plenty second half chances but couldn’t make them pay.

A strong Motherwell starting team was picked to open the campaign.

David Turnbull made a long-awaited first start since May 2019, lining up on the left of the forward three. Trevor Carson also made his first start in goal since November 2018.

Mark O’Hara was preferred to Allan Campbell in midfield, while there were starting debuts for Nathan McGinley and Ricki Lamie.

Both sides had early chances. Carson had to stand tall to beat a Stewart effort onto the bar from close range, while Christopher Long’s free-kick from 20 yards fizzed over the bar.

With 21 minutes played, County were presented with their opportunity. Gallagher’s lunge saw him take both ball and man, leaving Nick Walsh with the decision to point to the spot.

Stewart made no mistake from 12 yards, powering his shot high into the net and sending Carson the wrong way.

The goal was a sign of Motherwell’s sluggish start to affairs but they could have been level before the break. Long was played in down the right side of the box, but his shot from an angle smacked the post.

Stephen Robinson introduced Lang for his debut at the break, sacrificing O’Hara and dropping Turnbull back into midfield.

The energy from the new boy should have seen him land an immediate goal. Turnbull picked him out perfectly with a cross from the right but his header went over.

Fellow sub Sherwin Seedorf started to terrorise down the right flank and another replacement Jordan White then gave Motherwell the chance to get back into the match, going down in the area and winning the penalty.

Donnelly stepped up with the expected outcome of opening his account for the season, but scuffed his effort past the left-hand post with 17 minutes left.

Motherwell pressed on undeterred, with Lang involved in the last two decisive moments.

Seedorf’s perfect pick out saw him aim a header from point-blank range straight at the ‘keeper.

Then, minutes later, he would see red. An enthusiastic attempt to stop County breaking saw him bring down his man, with referee Walsh going straight into his pocket to send him off.