Motherwell saved up their improbable house type with a thumping 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock at Fir Park.
The Steelmen have now gone 9 video games with out conceding a house aim.
Elijah Simply opened the scoring simply forward of the half-hour mark earlier than a disastrous conclusion to the primary half proved to be decisive for Killie.
They had been decreased to 10 males following a second yellow card for Tom Lowery, then a minute later Tawanda Maswanhise slammed house his sixteenth aim of the season to double Nicely’s benefit.
Ibrahim Mentioned added a 3rd within the 56th minute earlier than Lukas Fadinger capped off a superb afternoon for the hosts when he discovered the web with eight minutes left.
Motherwell have moved inside 4 factors of second within the Scottish Premiership whereas Killie stay in bother on the foot of the desk having prolonged their winless run to 17 matches.
Killie went shut contained in the opening minute after the house defence struggled to clear Dominic Thompson’s lengthy throw, with the ball finally breaking to Tyreece John-Jules, whose effort flashed broad.
Liam Polworth thought he had given the guests the lead within the thirteenth minute when he latched on to John-Jules’ via ball, rounded Calum Ward and slotted house.
Nevertheless, a prolonged VAR examine adopted, with the previous Motherwell man adjudged to have strayed inches offside.
It took Motherwell till the twenty seventh minute to register their first probability of observe. Emmanuel Longelo’s stinging strike compelled a save from Kelle Roos, with Maswanhise unable to manage the rebound.
The Steelmen took the lead two minutes later. A slick one-two between Simply and Callum Slattery ended with the New Zealand worldwide drilling the ball house.
With eight minutes remaining within the first half, Kilmarnock virtually levelled when John-Jules met Thompson’s free-kick with a strong header that smashed towards the crossbar.
Maswanhise went shut twice as Motherwell appeared to increase their benefit and the hosts would capitalise on a disastrous 60 seconds for the guests.
Within the forty fifth minute, Lowery was proven a second yellow card for a mistimed lunge on Maswanhise.
Maswanhise then doubled Motherwell’s lead a minute into added-on time after a set-piece noticed Tom Sparrow tee up the Zimbabwean to crash house on the volley.
Roos produced a superb save to disclaim Fadinger shortly after the restart earlier than Simply squandered a gilt-edged probability on the close to submit.
The third aim arrived within the 56th minute. Longelo’s low cross travelled via a crowded penalty space and Mentioned bought a lucky break of the ball to smash house from shut vary.
Ward was known as into motion when he fantastically saved out Brad Lyons’ rasping strike.
There was additional distress for the guests within the 82nd minute when Fadinger blasted low into the web after good work by new signing Eythor Bjorgolfsson.
