Motherwell 1-3 SC Freiburg result, stats and report

Motherwell produced a commanding performance at Fir Park, goals from S. Palmer-Houlden, Alex Lowry and Dylan Levitt sealing a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership.

SC Freiburg controlled the pattern of this Conference League tie from the moment they equalised, and Motherwell's discipline problems handed the Germans every advantage they needed. The final scoreline of 3-1 tells you what happened; the statistics underneath tell you why.

Dundee have been almost unplayable at home this season, but Motherwell travel to Dens Park with a recent away record that demands genuine respect. This is a fixture where structure meets structure, and the detail in the game plan could decide everything.

Eintracht Frankfurt host SC Freiburg on Saturday carrying one of the most alarming defensive records in recent Bundesliga form, and the structural questions around their backline make this far more than a routine mid-table encounter.

Borussia Mönchengladbach arrive at the Europa-Park Stadion on Saturday having failed to win a single away match in their last ten Bundesliga road trips. SC Freiburg will know exactly where to apply pressure.

Rangers head into Saturday's Scottish Premiership clash with Motherwell carrying one point from two league games and a home record that makes for grim reading. Motherwell arrive unbeaten and quietly confident.

Paderborn host SC Freiburg on Saturday in a fixture where the underlying numbers tell a more complicated story than the surface results suggest. Two teams with genuine defensive fragility and a shared tendency to produce goals make this one of the more intriguing early-season matchups to dissect.

Motherwell head into their Scottish Premiership meeting with Dundee United on Wednesday 2 September as one of the division's most difficult home sides to beat. The numbers tell a striking story, and the context around Dundee United's away form makes this fixture far more straightforward to read than most.