Motherwell received 3-1 at Kilmarnock to pile additional distress on former supervisor Stuart Kettlewell.
A Tawanda Maswanhise double despatched Nicely on their strategy to a 3rd victory in 4 Premiership video games as Killie suffered a sixth consecutive defeat.
Scott Tiffoney’s first objective for Kilmarnock gave the hosts hope however a VAR-assisted penalty award allowed substitute Apostolos Stamatelopoulos to revive Motherwell’s two-goal cushion halfway by way of the second half.
A number of the travelling followers aimed chants of “sacked in the morning” in the direction of Kettlewell, who stop Motherwell in January after claiming private criticism of him from supporters was driving his household away from video games.
The house followers didn’t be a part of within the chants however with video games towards Dundee United, Hearts, Rangers and Aberdeen to observe, Kettlewell faces a problem to maintain them onside.
Killie had the primary likelihood of the sport after former Motherwell left-back Dom Thompson received the ball and arrange Greg Kiltie, whose shot was well-saved by Calum Ward.
However Motherwell have been dominating possession and took the lead within the sixteenth minute after Thompson didn’t take care of Emmanuel Longelo’s deep cross. Maswanhise introduced the ball down and stabbed it inside Tobi Oluwayemi’s close to put up.
Motherwell’s Tawanda Maswanhise celebrates his opener towards Kilmarnock
The Zimbabwe worldwide added his eleventh objective of the season 10 minutes later as Motherwell profited from a shortly taken nook for the second recreation working. Maswanhise’s first effort was blocked after he was arrange by Callum Slattery however the vast participant fired the rebound excessive into the web.
Oluwayemi saved Killie in it with cease from Slattery, whereas Ward was untroubled by a sequence of long-range efforts.
With pre-match health doubt Brad Lyons on at half-time, the hosts introduced the sport again to life 4 minutes into the second interval after catching Motherwell on the counter-attack.
A promising Motherwell transfer broke down on the left wing and Killie shortly labored the ball ahead as Bruce Anderson despatched Tiffoney by way of. The previous Dundee participant slotted residence and was relieved to see a VAR test conclude he was simply onside.
Motherwell have been awarded a penalty for Mayo’s foul on Stamatelopoulos
Motherwell captain Paul McGinn saved his crew in entrance when he cleared Thompson’s strike off the road and the Steelmen quickly benefited from video assistant David Dickinson’s intervention after Lewis Mayo’s penalty-box problem on Stamatelopoulos.
Referee Ryan Lee finally pointed to the spot and Stamatelopoulos despatched the goalkeeper the unsuitable approach.
Killie had possibilities to reignite the sport from crosses into the field however Mayo hit the bar and substitute Marcus Dackers stabbed a shot simply vast.
And Stamatelopoulos was denied a second objective when Oluwayemi produced cease.
