A Lyall Cameron double helped Dundee secure an important three points to move into the top six as Motherwell fell to another defeat.

The result means the visitors have now lost three in a row and sit only one point above seventh place St. Mirren.

Dundee opened the scoring after Oluwaseun Adewumi curled a shot past Aston Oxborough after just fourteen minutes in.

Motherwell levelled only five minutes later when Apostolos Stamatelopoulos bundled the ball in as the contest looked set to be a back on forth for the remaining time.

Unfortunately that was as good as it got for Stuart Kettlewell’s men as Scott Tiffoney regained the lead just after the hour mark, finishing a rapid counter.

Within seven minutes Motherwell had conceded two more as a deflection allowed Lyall Cameron to stretch his side’s advantage

Cameron then grabbed his second, truly putting the game to bed, Motherwell left to rue a lack of intensity on the counter.

The side had chances but were unable to get the better of Jon McCracken, who has looked much improved since a difficult start to the season.

Dundee control ball as much as scoreboard

One of the lesser heralded sides of the league this season, Tony Docherty may have felt his side had a point to prove.

They served all three on this occasion, putting to bed a Motherwell side that sat above them until tonight.

Looking comfortable on the ball and with the lion’s share of possession, the home side were able to stifle any momentum the visitors attempted to build.

Adewumi, Cameron and Tiffoney were terrific on the night but they are supported by the engine that is Mo Sylla, whose ability to keep the ball under pressure has been key to their build up.

A mere blip or time to worry?

At the start of the season, being sat in top sixth entering December would have been a position worth shouting about given the calibre of the league.

However after a third loss in a row, some cracks are beginning to show in this Motherwell side.

Not simply the defeats but the way they have gone down all too easily, with nine goals conceding in their last three games, which including a hiding at home to Hibs at the weekend.

Perhaps too much pr

With five more games to come in December, with two of those against the old firm, Kettlewell will need to get his side firing sooner rather than later.

Attendance: 5,381

Line-Ups:

Dundee: J. McCracken, B. Koumetio (S. Kelly 85’), A. Portales, R. Astley, S. Tiffoney (F. Roberston 69’), M. Sylla, J. McGhee, J. Mulligan, O. Adewumi (J. Vetro 90’), L. Cameron, S. Murray (S. Palmer-Houlden 69’)

Substitutes: S. Braybrooke, T. Carson, E. Ingram, S. Kelly, C. Main, S. Palmer-Houlden, F. Robertson, H. Sharp, J. Vetro

Motherwell: A. Oxborough, D. Casey, L. Gordon, K. Balmer, S. Seddon, E. Wilson, L. Miller, H. Paton (A. Halliday 68’), Jair Tavares (M. Kaleta 68’), A. Stamatelopoulos (M. Ebiye 68’), T. Watt (T. Maswanhise 75’)

Substitutes: S. Blaney, M. Ebiye, A . Halliday, K. Hegyi, J. Koutroumbis, T. Maswanhise, S. Nicholson, D. Zdravkovski