Overview
- Motherwell won the second leg in the Faroe Islands 3-0 to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory, with Lukas Fadinger scoring a penalty, Regan Charles-Cook adding a goal and Dylan Williams netting his first for the club.
- New manager Alfred Johansson has won his first two competitive matches and remains unbeaten after the tie, asserting a clear tactical imprint on the team.
- Top scorer Tawanda Maswanhise returned from a fractured jaw as a substitute wearing a protective mask and the squad used a mix of new signings and academy players while coping with several summer departures and injuries.
- The win ended HB Tórshavn’s long unbeaten run in European home qualifiers and was notable because Motherwell controlled physical play and long-ball threats on an artificial pitch.
- Motherwell now await HJK Helsinki or Coleraine in the next round and must manage a step up in opposition quality alongside an imminent Premiership opener and continued squad integration.