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Clydevs.Motherwell

sportsmole.co.uk, 18 July 2024, 22:36
Clyde and Motherwell will do battle at New Douglas Park on Saturday afternoon in round three of the 2024 Scottish League Cup group-stage campaign.

Both teams emerged victorious from their respective last outings, albeit in different fashion, and they will be full of confidence heading into this weekend's meeting.

Match preview

Motherwell needed a penalty shootout to see off the threat of Montrose in Tuesday's meeting between the sides at Links Park.

Stuart Kettlewell's men got their noses in front just past the half-hour mark through Shane Blaney and looked set to get the job done in normal time before Ali Shrive levelled maters in the 86th minute to send the game to spot kicks where Andrew Steeves turned out to be the villain.

While The Steelmen remain top of Group G, they have now seen their lead cut down to two points despite having played one game more than their nearest challengers.

Coming up next is the task of facing off against an opposing outfit who have lost all of the previous three editions of this fixture by a combined score of 9-1.

Unbeaten in four of five away matches leading up to this one, Saturday's visitors have fared well on their travels of late and now go in search of another feather in the cap.

Clyde kicked off their League Cup journey by running out emphatic 5-0 winners over Edinburgh City at the Meadowbank Sports Centre on Wednesday evening.

Kyle Connell opened the scoring midway through the first half after which Martin Rennie, Marley Redfern, Lee Connelly and Logan Dunachie put the result beyond doubt for Ian McCall's men.

With three points on the board so far, The Bully Wees sit second in Group G, level on points with Partick Thistle and two shy of their next opponents at the summit.

Unbeaten in front of their fans since late February, Saturday's hosts have certainly shown they are no pushovers on home turf and will look to put up a good fight here.

Clyde Scottish League Cup form:

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Clyde form (all competitions):

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Motherwell Scottish League Cup form:

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Motherwell form (all competitions):

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Team News

Kyle Connell marked his debut for Clyde with the opening goal against Edinburgh and the forward will head into this one with the wind in his sails.

Irishman Jaze Kabia missed the aforementioned game but will be pushing for a return to action for the home side here.

Shane Blaney has scored in two of his last three appearances for Motherwell, making the 25-year-old one to keep an eye on.

New arrival Marvin Kaleta was named on the bench last time out and the defender could be handed his debut for this weekend's visitors.

Clyde possible starting lineup:

Kinnear; Robson, McKay, Hamilton, Houston; Lyon, Grant, Cuddihy; Scullion, Connell, Redfern

Motherwell possible starting lineup:

Oxborough; Blaney, Casey, Gordon, O'Donnell; Zdravkovski, Paton, Wilson; Halliday, Miller, Robinson

We say: Clyde 1-3 Motherwell

Both teams are in good attacking form at the moment and we can expect neither of them to come away with a clean sheet from this one. That said, we are also tipping the visitors to emerge triumphant at the end of the 90 minutes.

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