Motherwell ended their 0-0 Premiership draw against Hibs with 10-men and manager Graham Alexander in the stands.Proceedings were cagey at Fir Park and neither side managed to create anything of note in the game's opening hour of play.Kevin Van Veen missed a big home chance in the first half during a game impacted by the wet and windy conditions in North Lanarkshire.Hibs were handed a player and manager advantage when Motherwell's Liam Donnelly and boss Alexander were sent off in the space of thirty seconds.They held on for a point and remain fourth in the Premiership, Hibs kept at arms length in fifth.'Well boss Alexander made one change to the Motherwell side that edged past Morton in the Scottish Cup fourth round on Saturday.

Kevin van Veen - who scored in the game - started in place of Kaiyne Woolery.Hibs head coach Shaun Maloney meanwhile opted for more, with four changes made from the side that were taken to extra time by Cove Rangers almost a week ago.Captain Paul Hanlon was kept out by injury with Rocky Bushiri coming, alongside Paul McGinn, Jake Doyle-Hayes and Kevin Nisbet entering the XI.

Melker Hallberg, Ewan Henderson and Christian Doidge dropped out.Within 10 seconds Hibs had their first real chance. Nisbet broke behind the home defence but could only side-foot his effort wide from a tight angle.Donnelly had netted a fine winner for Motherwell against Morton but wasn't as successful with a similar but lower shot on seven minutes.Windy and wet conditions meant the ball at Fir Park was either sliding across the surface or getting caught in the air - leading to a less than fluid match.But Hibs had the better openings in the final third, albeit they were still few and far between.

Motherwell 0 Hibs 0: Two red cards for Steelmen in Fir Park stalemate

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