Motherwell 1 – 1 Kilmarnock
A draw at Fir Park for Motherwell secured fifth place in the Scottish Premier League for Kilmarnock.
Steve Jones put the home side ahead in the eighth minute with a 20-yard strike to beat Killie keeper Cammy Bell.
But Willy Aubameyang bagged a goal for the visitors four minutes into the second-half.
Six minutes into the game and Motherwell’s Chris Humphrey knocked the ball over the bar for the first chance of the game.
Not long after Craig Bryson broke through into the home team’s box, but was cut short with a great tackle from Steven Saunders.
The draw for Killie was enough to lock in fifth place in the Scottish Premier League and will end the season there also with a four-point lead over the Steelmen.
Jones gave Motherwell an early lead with a great right-footed strike, which managed to beat keeper, Bell and bounced inside of the near post.
Chris Humphrey soon after the 1-0 lead at Fir Park drove the ball past the far post on the edge of the box.
On the seventeenth minute of the first-half a corner swung in from James Dayton, which caught on to Aubameyang and almost secured an equaliser for Kilmarnock.
Not long after a clash between keeper Cammy Bell and John Sutton left the Killie goalie down for a minute but soon recovered.
A second goal for Motherwell was denied in the thirty-eighth minute of the first-half by the offside flag after Humphrey’s cross was headed in off the post by Steve Jennings.
Four minutes after half-time Motherwell were split wide open after a pass from Eremenko to Steven Saunders which led to a ball cut across the six-yard box for Willy Aubameyang to slide home the equaliser.
A great lofted ball just outside the box from Jennings led to header from John Sutton, which was blocked by Killie keeper, Bell.
Kilmarnock fought back with a shot from James Dayton which shot wide from 20 yards, then Randolph tipped over a shot from Bryson soon after.
Another chance for Motherwell again when Shaun Hutchison caught onto a Jennings cross, but was denied by Bell with a low save.
And Randolph blocked from the overlapping Garry Hay as both teams thought it was a last chance winner for Kilmarnock.
Match Report by Jamie (S3)
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