Motherwell are averaging 1.5 yellow cards per game in 2026/2027, with matches involving them seeing 2.5 cards on average. That puts them 5th of 12 for total cards per match in their primary competition. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Rangers, a profile of referee Duncan Nicolson, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Motherwell player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen O'Donnell | defender | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Oscar Priestman | midfielder | 6 | 2 | 0.33 | 33% |
| Lukas Fadinger | midfielder | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Alex Lowry | midfielder | 7 | 2 | 0.29 | 29% |
| S. Palmer-Houlden | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Joe Hodge | midfielder | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Martin Moormann | defender | 9 | 2 | 0.22 | 22% |
| Jamie Knight-Lebel | defender | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Tom Sparrow | midfielder | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Jake Girdwood-Reich | midfielder | 9 | 1 | 0.11 | 11% |
| Alex Paulsen | goalkeeper | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Emmanuel Longelo | defender | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ibrahim Said | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Willy Vogt | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Tawanda Maswanhise | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Regan Charles-Cook | attacker | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Mikey Booth | midfielder | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| D. Williams | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ewan Wilson | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Olly Whyte | midfielder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Luca Ross | attacker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Jardell Kanga | midfielder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| John Koutroumbis | defender | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Eythor Bjørgolfsson | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Dylan Levitt | midfielder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sep 2026 | Dundee United | Home | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 Aug 2026 | St. Mirren | Away | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 27 Aug 2026 | SC Freiburg | Away | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | SC Freiburg | Home | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | HJK | Home | 2-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9 Aug 2026 | Falkirk | Home | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 Aug 2026 | HJK | Away | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 Aug 2026 | Hibernian | Away | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | HB | Away | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 Jul 2026 | HB | Home | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |