Paterson: United will stay up

Motherwell wide-man Jim Paterson helped plunge former side Dundee United back into the relegation zone then backed the Taysiders to beat the drop.

The Steelmen capitalised on some sloppy defending by the visitors at Fir Park to rack up a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from David Partridge and Scott McDonald to leave United joint bottom of the Bank of Scotland Premier League with Livingston.