# 2017–18 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Motherwell's thirty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup losing to Celtic in both finals

## Season Review

On 2 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Alex Fisher and Gaël Bigirimana, from Inverness C.T. and Coventry City respectively, on two-year contracts and that James McFadden had left the club. Three days later Motherwell announced their third signing of the season, Craig Tanner on a two-year contract from Reading. Motherwell announced their fourth signing of the summer on 6 June, goalkeeper Trevor Carson from Hartlepool United on a three-year contract. Russell Griffiths became Motherwell's sixth signing of the season on 21 June, signing a one-year contract with the club after his Everton contract had expired. Also on 21 June, Keith Lasley hung up his boots and became the club's new assistant manager. Motherwell announced their seventh summer signing on 30 June, Charles Dunne from Oldham Athletic.
On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Cédric Kipré on a one-year contract after his release from Leicester City. Craig Clay left the club on 17 July to sign with Leyton Orient.
Young striker George Newell signed a one-year contract with Motherwell on 24 July, with Ellis Plummer joining on 2 August.
On 14 August, it was announced that Stephen McManus had decided to retire from professional football and take up a coaching role with Motherwell.
6 weeks into his one-year deal, Cédric Kipré signed a one-year extension with Motherwell on 23 August.
On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Ben Heneghan joined Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee, whilst Jack McMillan joined Livingston on loan until January 2018, and P. J. Morrison joined Clyde on loan until January 2018. Liam Grimshaw returned to the club from Preston North End, and Peter Hartley joined the club on a one-year loan deal.
On 13 October, manager Stephen Robinson extended his contract until 2020, and midfielder Allan Campbell signed a new contract until 2021.
On 14 December, Motherwell announced that they had agreed to the transfer of Louis Moult to Preston North End for an undisclosed fee on 1 January 2018.
On 16 December, Motherwell announced the signing of Gennadios Xenodochof on a short-term contract until the middle January 2018.
On 3 January, Motherwell signed Curtis Main to an eighteen-month contract from Portsmouth.
On 5 January, Motherwell announced that Steven Hammell would retire at the end of January to take up the role of the club's Academy Director.
On 9 January, Motherwell signed Nadir Çiftçi on loan from Celtic until the end of the season. A week later, 16 January, Motherwell signed Tom Aldred on loan until the end of the season from Bury.
Following the completion of his loan deal, Jack McMillan signed for Livingston permanently on 19 January 2018. On 23 January, Peter Hartley made his loan move permanent, signing until the summer of 2020. On 26 January, Alex Fisher left the club to sign for Yeovil Town.
On 31 January, transfer deadline day, Motherwell signed Stephen Hendrie on loan from Southend United until the end of the season, whilst Adam Livingstone joined East Fife on loan for the remainder of the season.
On 13 April, Motherwell announced that defenders Cédric Kipré, Charles Dunne and Richard Tait all had extended their contracts until the summer of 2020, whilst Ryan Bowman had extended his contract until the summer of 2019.
On 16 May, Motherwell announced that midfielders Liam Grimshaw and Andy Rose had signed new one-year contracts with the club.
On 21 May, Motherwell announced that Russell Griffiths, Ellis Plummer, Deimantas Petravičius, Luke Watt and Dylan King would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts, whilst Tom Aldred, Stephen Hendrie and Nadir Çiftçi would be returning to their parent clubs after their loan deals had expired. Shea Gordon, Adam Livingstone, Barry Maguire, James Scott, P. J. Morrison, Jason Krones, Jordan Armstrong, Shaun Bowers and Alfredo Agyeman were all offered new contracts.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 2 June 2017 | FW | Alex Fisher | Inverness C.T. | Free |
| 2 June 2017 | MF | Gaël Bigirimana | Coventry City | Free |
| 5 June 2017 | FW | Craig Tanner | Reading | Free |
| 6 June 2017 | GK | Trevor Carson | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2017 | MF | Andy Rose | Coventry City | Free |
| 21 June 2017 | GK | Russell Griffiths | Everton | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Charles Dunne | Oldham Athletic | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | DF | Cédric Kipré | Leicester City | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | FW | George Newell | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 2 August 2017 | DF | Ellis Plummer | Manchester City | Free |
| 18 August 2017 | GK | Rohan Ferguson | Airdrieonians | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2017 | FW | Deimantas Petravičius | Zagłębie Lubin | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | MF | Liam Grimshaw | Preston North End | Free |
| 16 December 2017 | GK | Gennadios Xenodochof | | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | DF | Yusuf Hussain | Falkirk | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2018 | FW | Curtis Main | Portsmouth | |
| 23 January 2018 | DF | Peter Hartley | Blackpool | |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Peter Hartley | Blackpool | 23 January 2018 |
| 9 January 2018 | FW | Nadir Çiftçi | Celtic | End of Season |
| 16 January 2018 | DF | Tom Aldred | Bury | End of Season |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Stephen Hendrie | Southend United | End of Season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 12 July 2017 | MF | Dom Thomas | Kilmarnock | Free |
| 17 July 2017 | MF | Craig Clay | Leyton Orient | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Ben Heneghan | Sheffield United | Undisclosed |
| 14 December 2017† | FW | Louis Moult | Preston North End | Undisclosed |
| 19 January 2018 | DF | Jack McMillan | Livingston | Undisclosed |
| 26 January 2018 | FW | Alex Fisher | Yeovil Town | Free |
    † Moult's transfers was announced on the above date, but were not finalised until 1 January 2018.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 18 August 2017 | GK | Rohan Ferguson | Airdrieonians | Season-Long |
| 18 August 2017 | DF | Luke Watt | Airdrieonians | Six-month |
| 18 August 2017 | MF | Jake Hastie | Airdrieonians | Six-month |
| 31 August 2017 | GK | P. J. Morrison | Clyde | January 2018 |
| 31 August 2017 | DF | Jack McMillan | Livingston | January 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Adam Livingstone | East Fife | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 2 June 2017 | FW | James McFadden | Queen of the South | 8 September 2017 |
| 21 June 2017 | MF | Keith Lasley | Retired | Retired |
| 8 August 2017 | FW | Jacob Blyth | Barrow | 26 June 2018 |
| 14 August 2017 | DF | Stephen McManus | Retired | Retired |
| 16 January 2018 | GK | Gennadios Xenodochof | AEL | 8 February 2018 |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Steven Hammell | Retired | Retired |
| 31 May 2018 | GK | Russell Griffiths | AFC Fylde | 28 June 2018 |
| 31 May 2018 | DF | Ellis Plummer | Retired | 3 September 2019 |
| 31 May 2018 | DF | Luke Watt | NK Novigrad | |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Dylan King | | |
| 31 May 2018 | FW | Deimantas Petravičius | Falkirk | 19 June 2018 |

### Trial

| Date From | Position | Name | Last Club |
| | DF | Bira Dembélé | Barnet |
| | DF | Cédric Kipré | Leicester City |
| | FW | Shaun Tuton | Barnsley |
| 8 February 2018 | GK | Dheeraj Moirangthem | Indian Arrows |

## Squad

    As of match played 19 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Trevor Carson | GK | (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 30) | Hartlepool United | 2017 | 2020 | 46 | 0 |
| 13 | Russell Griffiths | GK | (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 22) | Everton | 2017 | 2018 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Rohan Ferguson | GK | (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 20) | Airdrieonians | 2017 | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | P. J. Morrison | GK | (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Richard Tait | DF | (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 29) | Grimsby Town | 2016 | 2020 | 77 | 3 |
| 3 | Stephen Hendrie | DF | (1995-01-08)8 January 1995 (aged 23) | loan from Southend United | 2018 | 2018 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Peter Hartley | DF | (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 30) | Blackpool | 2018 | 2020 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | Ellis Plummer | DF | (1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 23) | Manchester City | 2017 | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Charles Dunne | DF | (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 25) | Oldham Athletic | 2017 | 2020 | 45 | 1 |
| 19 | Tom Aldred | DF | (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27) | loan from Bury | 2018 | 2018 | 22 | 1 |
| 21 | Cédric Kipré | DF | (1996-12-09)9 December 1996 (aged 21) | Leicester City | 2017 | 2020 | 49 | 1 |
| 30 | Luke Watt | DF | (1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2014 | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 43 | Adam Livingstone | DF | (1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | | | 2 | 0 |
| | Yusuf Hussain | DF | (2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 17) | Falkirk | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Liam Grimshaw | MF | (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23) | Preston North End | 2017 | 2019 | 37 | 0 |
| 5 | Gaël Bigirimana | MF | (1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 24) | Coventry City | 2017 | 2019 | 36 | 2 |
| 7 | Chris Cadden | MF | (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2013 | 2019 | 114 | 11 |
| 8 | Carl McHugh | MF | (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 25) | Plymouth Argyle | 2016 | 2019 | 69 | 3 |
| 11 | Elliott Frear | MF | (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27) | Forest Green Rovers | 2017 | 2019 | 45 | 4 |
| 15 | Andy Rose | MF | (1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 28) | Coventry City | 2017 | 2019 | 40 | 2 |
| 22 | Allan Campbell | MF | (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | | 2021 | 43 | 3 |
| 26 | Ross MacLean | MF | (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | 2019 | 19 | 1 |
| 28 | Shea Gordon | MF | (1998-05-16)16 May 1998 (aged 20) | Stalybridge Celtic | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | David Turnbull | MF | (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Dylan King | MF | (1998-08-27)27 August 1998 (aged 19) | Oldham Athletic | 2017 | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Liam Brown | MF | (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 18) | Queen's Park | 2017 | | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Barry Maguire | MF | (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | | | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Jake Hastie | MF | (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2016 | | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Jordan Armstrong | MF | (1999-04-02)2 April 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Kyle MacDonald | MF | (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Curtis Main | FW | (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 25) | Portsmouth | 2018 | 2019 | 21 | 7 |
| 12 | Ryan Bowman | FW | (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 26) | Gateshead | 2016 | 2019 | 66 | 12 |
| 20 | Deimantas Petravičius | FW | (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 22) | Zagłębie Lubin | 2017 | 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Nadir Çiftçi | FW | (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 26) | loan from Celtic | 2018 | 2018 | 15 | 3 |
| 24 | George Newell | FW | (1997-12-27)27 December 1997 (aged 20) | Bolton Wanderers | 2017 | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Craig Tanner | FW | (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 23) | Reading | 2017 | 2019 | 36 | 9 |
| 36 | Dylan Falconer | FW | (1999-05-23)23 May 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | James Scott | FW | (2000-08-30)30 August 2000 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Alfredo Agyeman | FW | (2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Jamie Semple | FW | (2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell (Retired) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Ben Heneghan (to Sheffield United) |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus (Retired) |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Louis Moult (to Preston North End) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Alex Fisher (to Yeovil Town) |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Jacob Blyth |
| 19 | GK | GRE | Gennadios Xenodochof |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan (to Livingston) |

## Competitions
### Premiership
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 59 |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: See Results

#### Results
### League Cup
#### Group stage
##### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MOT | GMO | QPA | EDC | BER |
| 1 | Motherwell (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 12 | Qualification for the Second Round | — | 4–0 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | | — | — | p2–2 | 5–0 | — |
| 3 | Queen's Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | | 1–5 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 4 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 2 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | p2–2 |
| 5 | Berwick Rangers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | — | — |

##### Matches
#### Final
### Challenge Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 19 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Trevor Carson | 46 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Richard Tait | 45 | 2 | 32+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Hendrie | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw | 19 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | BDI | Gaël Bigirimana | 35 | 2 | 11+15 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Peter Hartley | 17 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Cadden | 45 | 4 | 30+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7+1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | IRL | Carl McHugh | 46 | 1 | 32+2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 21 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Elliott Frear | 29 | 3 | 13+9 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Bowman | 41 | 9 | 22+9 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Russell Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Ellis Plummer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Andy Rose | 39 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | EIR | Charles Dunne | 44 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | LTU | Deimantas Petravičius | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | CIV | Cédric Kipré | 48 | 1 | 34+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Allan Campbell | 35 | 2 | 24+4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | TUR | Nadir Çiftçi | 15 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | George Newell | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean | 10 | 1 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Craig Tanner | 35 | 8 | 15+10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | David Turnbull | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | SCO | Liam Brown | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | Barry Maguire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | SCO | James Scott | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Steven Hammell | 8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Ben Heneghan | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Stephen McManus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Louis Moult | 22 | 14 | 13+2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5+2 | 6 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Alex Fisher | 19 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 19 May 2018
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Louis Moult | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | | 12 | Ryan Bowman | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | | 27 | Craig Tanner | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | | 9 | Curtis Main | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | | | | Own goal | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | | 7 | Chris Cadden | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | | 23 | Nadir Çiftçi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 6 | Peter Hartley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Elliott Frear | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 15 | Andy Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 22 | Allan Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 5 | Gaël Bigirimana | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | 2 | Richard Tait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | DF | | 4 | Ben Heneghan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 21 | Cédric Kipré | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 19 | Tom Aldred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 8 | Carl McHugh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | | 18 | Charles Dunne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | | 26 | Ross MacLean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 43 | 9 | 20 | 72 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 19 May 2018
| Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| | GK | 1 | Trevor Carson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | DF | 2 | Richard Tait | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | MF | 4 | Liam Grimshaw | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | 5 | Gaël Bigirimana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | DF | 6 | Peter Hartley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| | MF | 7 | Chris Cadden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | 8 | Carl McHugh | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| | FW | 9 | Curtis Main | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | 11 | Elliott Frear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 12 | Ryan Bowman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | 15 | Andy Rose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | 18 | Charles Dunne | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| | DF | 19 | Tom Aldred | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | 21 | Cédric Kipré | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| | MF | 22 | Allan Campbell | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | FW | 23 | Nadir Çiftçi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | 26 | Ross MacLean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | 27 | Craig Tanner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| | DF | 3 | Steven Hammell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | 4 | Ben Heneghan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | 9 | Louis Moult | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | FW | 17 | Alex Fisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 70 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 94 | 7 |