# 2018–19 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Motherwell's thirty-fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the sixth 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,

## Season review
### Pre-season

On 26 June 2018, Maguire signed a new one-year contract with Motherwell, until the end of the 2018–19 season.

### Transfers

On 5 June 2018, Motherwell announced the signing of Mark Gillespie on a two-year contract from Walsall, with the transfer becoming official when the Scottish Transfer window opened on 9 June.
On 7 June 2018, Motherwell announced the signing of Liam Donnelly on an initial two-year contract from Hartlepool United.
On 13 June 2018, Motherwell announced the signing of Danny Johnson on a two-year contract from Gateshead.
Motherwell announced their fourth signing of the summer on 19 June 2018, with Aaron Taylor-Sinclair signing a one-year contract with the club following the expiration of his Plymouth Argyle contract on 30 June 2018. The following day, 20 June, Motherwell announced the signing of Alex Rodriguez on an initial one-year contract, whilst Ross MacLean moved to Greenock Morton on a season-long loan deal.
On 2 July, Shea Gordon joined Partick Thistle on loan for the season.
On 7 July, Jake Hastie joined Alloa Athletic on loan until January 2019. On 10 July, Motherwell announced that Broque Watson had joined the reserve team from Celtic and Neil McLaughlin had joined from Partick Thistle and would be immediately loaned out to Stirling Albion for the season.
On 16 July, Motherwell announced the season-long loan signing of Conor Sammon from Hearts.
On 3 August, Motherwell announced that Cédric Kipré had left the club to join Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee.
On 9 August, Tom Aldred returned to Motherwell for a second loan-spell, agreeing a deal until the end of the season. The next day, Christian Mbulu signed a one-year contract with Motherwell after his release from Millwall at the end of the previous season.
On 10 December 2018, Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced that they had signed Rose to a two-year contract, following the acquisition of his MLS rights from Seattle Sounders FC, with Motherwell confirming that Rose would join Vancouver Whitecaps on 1 January 2019.
On 1 January 2019, Barry Maguire joined Queen of the South on loan for the remainder of the season, whilst Jason Krones and Jordan Armstrong left the club after the expiration of their contracts. The following day, 2 January, Ryan Bowman moved permanently to Exeter City for an undisclosed fee.
On 3 January 2019, Ross MacLean ended his loan deal with Greenock Morton to join Falkirk on a permanent basis. 2 days later, 5 January, Ross McCormack joined on loan until the end of the season from Aston Villa after his loan deal with Central Coast Mariners was cut short. On 7 January, Gboly Ariyibi joined Motherwell on loan for the remainder of the season from Nottingham Forest.
On 30 January 2019, David Turnbull signed a new contract until the summer of 2021, whilst Aaron Taylor-Sinclair joined Crewe Alexandra on loan for the rest of the season.
On 31 January, Transfer deadline day, Broque Watson joined East Fife on loan for the remainder of the season, George Newell went on loan to Albion Rovers for the rest of the season, and Gaël Bigirimana left the club in a permanent move to Hibernian.
On 7 March, Barry Maguire signed a new contract, until the summer of 2020, whilst Liam Grimshaw agreed a new deal on 12 March, keeping him at club until the summer of 2020.
On 29 March, Adam Livingstone extended his contract until the summer of 2020.
On 10 April, Jamie Semple extended his contract until the summer of 2021.
On 11 April, Motherwell signed a pre-contract agreement with Inverness Caledonian Thistle defender Declan Gallagher, on a contract that will run until the summer of 2021. 6 days later, 17 April, Motherwell signed another pre-contract agreement with an Inverness Caledonian Thistle player, with Liam Polworth agreeing to a contract that will also run until the summer of 2021.
On 1 May, Rangers announced that they had signed Jake Hastie to a pre-contract agreement, with the winger signing a four-year contract to begin once his Motherwell contract ends. On 15 May, Motherwell confirmed that Shea Gordon would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of the season, and would sign a permanent deal with Partick Thistle where he had been on a season-long loan.
On 21 May, Motherwell announced that they had offered new contracts to Craig Tanner and Chris Cadden, whilst first teamer Christian Mbulu, Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, Elliott Frear, Carl McHugh, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Main, George Newell and Jake Hastie would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts after turning down new deals or not being offered new terms. At the same time, Motherwell also confirmed that youngsters Shaun Bowers, Akeal Rehman, Shea Gordon, Liam Brown, Kyle MacDonald, Broque Watson and Neil McLaughlin would also be leaving the club.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 June 2018† | GK | Mark Gillespie | Walsall | Free |
| 7 June 2018 | DF | Liam Donnelly | Hartlepool United | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2018 | FW | Danny Johnson | Gateshead | Undisclosed |
| 19 June 2018 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 20 June 2018 | MF | Alex Rodriguez | Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe | Free |
| 10 July 2018 | MF | Broque Watson | Celtic | Free |
| 10 July 2018 | FW | Neil McLaughlin | Partick Thistle | Free |
| 10 August 2018 | DF | Christian Mbulu | Millwall | Free |
    † Gillespie's move was announced on the above date, becoming official when the Scottish transfer window opened on 9 June.

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 16 July 2018 | FW | Conor Sammon | Hearts | 31 May 2019 |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Tom Aldred | Bury | 31 May 2019 |
| 5 January 2019 | FW | Ross McCormack | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |
| 7 January 2019 | MF | Gboly Ariyibi | Nottingham Forest | 31 May 2019 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 3 August 2018 | DF | Cédric Kipré | Wigan Athletic | Undisclosed |
| 10 December 2018† | MF | Andy Rose | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2019 | FW | Ryan Bowman | Exeter City | Undisclosed |
| 3 January 2019 | MF | Ross MacLean | Falkirk | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Gaël Bigirimana | Hibernian | Undisclosed |
    † Rose move was announced on the above date, becoming official when the Scottish transfer window opened on 1 January.

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| 20 June 2018 | MF | Ross MacLean | Greenock Morton | 3 January 2019 |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Shea Gordon | Partick Thistle | End of Season |
| 7 July 2018 | MF | Jake Hastie | Alloa Athletic | January 2019 |
| 10 July 2018 | FW | Neil McLaughlin | Stirling Albion | End of Season |
| 26 October 2018 | FW | Alfredo Agyeman | East Kilbride | January 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Barry Maguire | Queen of the South | End of Season |
| 30 January 2019 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | Crewe Alexandra | End of Season |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Broque Watson | East Fife | End of Season |
| 31 January 2019 | FW | George Newell | Albion Rovers | End of Season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Jason Krones | Albion Rovers | 11 January 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | MF | Jordan Armstrong | Stenhousemuir | 18 October 2019 |
| 5 January 2019 | FW | Alfredo Agyeman | Queen's Park | |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Christian Mbulu | Crewe Alexandra | 30 October 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Shaun Bowers | BSC Glasgow | 23 August 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | DF | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | Livingston | 6 November 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Elliott Frear | Forest Green Rovers | 18 October 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Akeal Rehman | Nuneaton Borough | |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Carl McHugh | ATK | 28 May 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Shea Gordon | Partick Thistle | 15 May 2019† |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Liam Brown | Edinburgh City | 10 August 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Chris Cadden | Columbus Crew | 23 July 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Kyle MacDonald | Airdrieonians | 27 May 2019† |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Broque Watson | Annan Athletic | 16 August 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | MF | Alex Rodriguez | Oxford United | 20 June 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Curtis Main | Aberdeen | 5 June 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | George Newell | Southport | 10 September 2019 |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Jake Hastie | Rangers | 1 May 2019† |
| 31 May 2019 | FW | Neil McLaughlin | Edusport Academy | 21 June 2019 |
    † Hastie & Gordon's moves were announced on the above date, with their Motherwell contracts officially ending on 31 May 2019.

### Trial

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | Last club | Date to | Ref. |
| | DF | | Christian Mbulu | Millwall | 10 August 2018 | |

## Squad

    As of match played 18 May 2019
| 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 31) | Hartlepool United | 2017 | 2020 | 63 | 0 |
| 13 | Rohan Ferguson | GK | (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 21) | Airdrieonians | 2017 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Mark Gillespie | GK | (1992-03-27)27 March 1992 (aged 27) | Walsall | 2018 | 2020 | 29 | 0 |
| 31 | P. J. Morrison | GK | (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2009 | | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Robbie Hemfrey | GK | (2002-02-21)21 February 2002 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Richard Tait | DF | (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 30) | Grimsby Town | 2016 | 2020 | 122 | 5 |
| 3 | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | DF | (1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 28) | Plymouth Argyle | 2018 | 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Tom Aldred | DF | (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 28) | loan from Bury | 2018 | 2019 | 62 | 4 |
| 6 | Peter Hartley | DF | (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 31) | Blackpool | 2018 | 2020 | 35 | 5 |
| 18 | Charles Dunne | DF | (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 26) | Oldham Athletic | 2017 | 2020 | 71 | 1 |
| 21 | Christian Mbulu | DF | (1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 22) | Millwall | 2018 | 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | Liam Donnelly | DF | (1996-03-07)7 March 1996 (aged 23) | Hartlepool United | 2018 | 2020 | 11 | 1 |
| 29 | Adam Livingstone | DF | (1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | Barry Maguire | DF | (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 21) | Academy | 2015 | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | David Devine | DF | (2001-06-20)20 June 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2019 | | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Shaun Bowers | DF | (1999-01-22)22 January 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | Jack Brown | DF | (2002-07-02)2 July 2002 (aged 16) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Yusuf Hussain | DF | (2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 18) | Falkirk | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Carl McHugh | MF | (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 26) | Plymouth Argyle | 2016 | 2019 | 104 | 4 |
| 7 | Chris Cadden | MF | (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2013 | 2019 | 139 | 12 |
| 8 | Allan Campbell | MF | (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2016 | 2021 | 83 | 5 |
| 11 | Elliott Frear | MF | (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 28) | Forest Green Rovers | 2017 | 2019 | 74 | 8 |
| 12 | Gboly Ariyibi | MF | (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 (aged 24) | loan from Nottingham Forest | 2019 | 2019 | 18 | 2 |
| 14 | Liam Grimshaw | MF | (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 24) | Preston North End | 2017 | 2020 | 71 | 0 |
| 23 | Alex Rodriguez | MF | (1993-08-01)1 August 1993 (aged 25) | Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe | 2018 | 2019 | 24 | 0 |
| 26 | Shea Gordon | MF | (1998-05-16)16 May 1998 (aged 21) | Stalybridge Celtic | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | David Turnbull | MF | (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 2017 | 2021 | 34 | 15 |
| 32 | Jake Hastie | MF | (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | | 18 | 7 |
| 33 | Liam Brown | MF | (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 19) | Queen's Park | 2017 | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Kyle MacDonald | MF | (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Broque Watson | MF | (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (aged 20) | Celtic | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Dean Cornelius | MF | (2001-04-11)11 April 2001 (aged 18) | Hibernian | 2018 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | Adam Kettings | MF | (2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Reece McAlear | MF | (2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Stuart McKinstry | MF | (2002-09-18)18 September 2002 (aged 16) | Academy | | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Curtis Main | FW | (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 26) | Portsmouth | 2018 | 2019 | 58 | 13 |
| 16 | George Newell | FW | (1997-12-27)27 December 1997 (aged 21) | Bolton Wanderers | 2017 | 2019 | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | Conor Sammon | FW | (1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 32) | loan from Hearts | 2018 | 2019 | 21 | 3 |
| 24 | Danny Johnson | FW | (1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 26) | Gateshead | 2018 | 2020 | 28 | 8 |
| 27 | Craig Tanner | FW | (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 24) | Reading | 2017 | 2019 | 36 | 9 |
| 35 | James Scott | FW | (2000-08-30)30 August 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | | | 14 | 1 |
| 39 | Jamie Semple | FW | (2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 19) | Academy | 2018 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | Ross McCormack | FW | (1986-08-18)18 August 1986 (aged 32) | loan from Aston Villa | 2019 | 2019 | 61 | 14 |
| 49 | Cole Starrs | FW | (2002-04-25)25 April 2002 (aged 17) | Academy | | | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Neil McLaughlin | FW | (2002-04-25)25 April 2002 (aged 17) | Partick Thistle | 2018 | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Cédric Kipré | DF | (1996-12-09)9 December 1996 (aged 22) | Leicester City | 2017. | 2020 | 52 | 1 |
| 12 | Ryan Bowman | FW | (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 27) | Gateshead | 2016 | 2019 | 86 | 14 |
| 15 | Andy Rose | MF | (1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 29) | Coventry City | 2017 | 2019 | 57 | 2 |
| 17 | Gaël Bigirimana | MF | (1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 25) | Coventry City | 2017 | 2019 | 57 | 3 |
| 25 | Ross MacLean | MF | (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2014 | 2019 | 19 | 1 |
| 34 | Jordan Armstrong | MF | (1999-04-02)2 April 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Jason Krones | DF | (1999-01-25)25 January 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Alfredo Agyeman | FW | (2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | | 2019 | 0 | 0 |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair (on loan at Crewe Alexandra) |
| 16 | FW | ENG | George Newell (on loan at Albion Rovers) |
| 26 | MF | NIR | Shea Gordon (on loan at Partick Thistle) |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Barry Maguire (on loan at Queen of the South) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | GK | SCO | P. J. Morrison (on loan at Albion Rovers) |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Broque Watson (on loan at East Fife) |
| 50 | FW | SCO | Neil McLaughlin (on loan at Stirling Albion) |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | CIV | Cédric Kipré (to Wigan Athletic) |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Bowman (to Exeter City) |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Andy Rose (to Vancouver Whitecaps FC) |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Gaël Bigirimana (to Hibernian) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Ross MacLean (to Falkirk) |
| 34 | MF | SCO | Jordan Armstrong |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Jason Krones |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Alfredo Agyeman |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 51 |
| 7 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 52 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 51 |
| 9 | Livingston | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 44 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 33 |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### 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 |
| 1 | Motherwell (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round |
| 2 | Queen of the South (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 9 | Qualification for the Second round |
| 3 | Edinburgh City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | |
| 4 | Clyde | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Stranraer | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 | |

##### Matches
#### Knockout phase
### Challenge Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of match played 18 May 2019
| 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 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Richard Tait | 45 | 1 | 37+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | IRL | Carl McHugh | 35 | 1 | 20+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Tom Aldred | 40 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Peter Hartley | 18 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Cadden | 25 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Allan Campbell | 40 | 2 | 31+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Curtis Main | 37 | 6 | 27+4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Elliott Frear | 29 | 4 | 4+18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | USA | Gboly Ariyibi | 18 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Rohan Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Liam Grimshaw | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IRL | Charles Dunne | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | IRL | Conor Sammon | 21 | 3 | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 3 |
| 20 | GK | ENG | Mark Gillespie | 29 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Christian Mbulu | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | NIR | Liam Donnelly | 11 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Alex Rodriguez | 24 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Danny Johnson | 28 | 8 | 12+10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 28 | MF | SCO | David Turnbull | 30 | 15 | 26+3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | SCO | Adam Livingstone | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Jake Hastie | 15 | 7 | 12+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | SCO | David Devine | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | SCO | James Scott | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | SCO | Dean Cornelius | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Jamie Semple | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | SCO | Ross McCormack | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | SCO | Aaron Taylor-Sinclair | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | SCO | Barry Maguire | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | CIV | Cédric Kipré | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Ryan Bowman | 20 | 2 | 7+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Andy Rose | 17 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Gaël Bigirimana | 21 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 12 May 2019
| Ranking | Nation | Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | | 28 | David Turnbull | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | | 24 | Danny Johnson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | | 32 | Jake Hastie | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | | 9 | Curtis Main | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Elliott Frear | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Tom Aldred | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Conor Sammon | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | | 8 | Allan Campbell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | 12 | Gboly Ariyibi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 6 | Peter Hartley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | | 12 | Ryan Bowman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | | 2 | Richard Tait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | | 4 | Carl McHugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 17 | Gaël Bigirimana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | | 7 | Chris Cadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | | 35 | James Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | 22 | Liam Donnelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 46 | 1 | 14 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played 18 May 2019
| Nation | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| | DF | 2 | Richard Tait | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | 4 | Carl McHugh | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| | DF | 5 | Tom Aldred | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| | DF | 6 | Peter Hartley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | MF | 8 | Allan Campbell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | FW | 9 | Curtis Main | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| | MF | 11 | Elliott Frear | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | 12 | Gboly Ariyibi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | 14 | Liam Grimshaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | 18 | Charles Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 19 | Conor Sammon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | 20 | Mark Gillespie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | 22 | Liam Donnelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | 23 | Alex Rodriguez | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| | FW | 24 | Danny Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | 28 | David Turnbull | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | 29 | Adam Livingstone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | 32 | Jake Hastie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Motherwell during the season: ||||||||||||
| | DF | 5 | Cédric Kipré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | 12 | Ryan Bowman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | 17 | Gaël Bigirimana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | | TOTALS | 76 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 3 |