Spiky Stuart Kettlewell told Barry Robson his confidence about picking up a result at Fir Park might be misplaced - warning him his team is in for a "tough night" in Lanarkshire.
Motherwell host Aberdeen on Wednesday and it's a battle between two sides struggling for form in the Premiership. The Dons go into it off the back of a dreary 2-0 defeat to Kilmarnock with Robson under mounting pressure after just two league wins from nine.
Kettlewell's team meanwhile struck late against Ross County to end a run of four straight defeats at the weekend, coming from 3-1 down to snatch a point through Luca Ross' 94th minute equaliser.
It might be the movable force vs the resistible object on the form table but Robson is confident of quickly bouncing back. And his pre-match declaration that his team can go to Motherwell and win appears to have rubbed Kettlewell the wrong way.