Motherwell’s Shaun Hutchinson out with hamstring injury

By GAVIN MCCAFFERTY
Published on 25/10/2012 01:12

Motherwell defender Shaun Hutchinson has been ruled out of tomorrow night’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Hibernian. The centre-back suffered a hamstring injury just before the halfway point of Motherwell’s 1-0 defeat by Hearts on Sunday and is likely to miss more than one game.

Manager Stuart McCall said: “Hutchie will be out for a couple of weeks. We’d be very delighted if he were available for the St Johnstone game the week after but I think that might be pushing it too early. But he is certainly out on Friday night. Adam Cummins is free from his suspension so it’s like for like, a centre-half back and a centre-half out.”

Motherwell are looking to end a run of three consecutive defeats, which followed a disappointing end to their trip to Aberdeen when they conceded a two-goal lead in the final six minutes. McCall’s side suffered successive 2-0 defeats against the Old Firm before Danny Grainger’s long-range strike gave Hearts victory at Tynecastle.

But McCall is refusing to read too much into their run. He said: “Aberdeen and Hearts away and Celtic at home are as difficult as you can get,” he said. “We were pleased with the performance at Aberdeen until the last six minutes and the Hearts game was two evenly-matched sides.