Dundee 4 – 1 Motherwell

12/04/2024 06:10 PM

Motherwell left Dundee empty-handed after shipping shipping three goals in seven minutes to lose 4-1 at Dens Park.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos’ strike had the game level at the break but a chaotic second-half spell laid to bed any hope of taking home any points.

Motherwell started positively, with the better of the early exchanges.

Lennon Miller had two decent strikes from distance but neither troubled McCracken in the Dundee goal.

However against the run of play, Dundee took the lead.  Oluwasun Adewumi cut in off the left side and from a narrow angle curled his effort past Oxborough.

The Steelmen quickly went in search of an equaliser with Stamatelopoulos and Watt combining well but the Scot’s strike was deflected wide for a corner.

They didn’t have to wait too long to be back level. Jair Tavares produced some excellent play down the right and this threaded ball found Harry Paton. The Canadian went down under pressure but Apostolos Stamatelopoulos was on hand to fire in his second goal of the season.

Motherwell continued to attack and chances came and went for Stamatelopoulos who was searching for his second,  firstly forcing a good save from McCracken and then seeing his shot deflected wide.

Steve Seddon had a chance to put the Steelmen ahead shortly before the break but he blazed well over from inside the box.

The Fir Park side came out the traps quickly in the second half and as Tony Watt got in behind the Dundee defence, his cross was poked wide by Harry Paton.

The home team took the lead on the hour-mark in controversial fashion.

Lennon Miller’s corner into the box was claimed by Jon McCracken but Kofi Balmer went down clutching his head, after falling to the ground and taking a knee to the face but referee John Beaton allowed play to continue and Dundee advanced up the pitch and Scott Tiffoney curled home.

Motherwell looked rattled by the decision and went on to lose two more goals in the next four minutes – Lyall Cameron with a double after poor defending.

With just over twenty minutes to play Motherwell continued to look for a goal but found Jon McCracken on top form as he denied Lennon Miller and Steve Seddon’s  shots from the edge of the box.

Time ticked away amd despite plenty of huffing and puffing there was no way back for the Steelmen, who now turn attention to St Mirren on Saturday.

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