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Motherwell v Kilmarnock: Hammell wants to make Fir Park a fortress amid poor home form

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Steven Hammell says it is time Motherwell made Fir Park a fortress - starting tonight against Kilmarnock.The Steelmen sit ninth in the Premiership and go into the clash under the lights looking for a first win since August, when they ran out 4-0 winners in the last 16 of the League Cup against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.Five defeats on the bounce and one draw in ML1 make for grim reading going into their first match since the Premiership broke off for the World Cup on November 12.And they face a Killie side who have already got the better of them this season, coming from behind to win 2-1 at Rugby Park in August.Hammell knows his side face a tough test but insists they need to make Fir Park a place teams don't fancy visiting.He said: "The home form in the first part of the season wasn't what we wanted it to be.

Some of the performances were at a good level but it wasn't matched up by the points that we gathered."Every week it is difficult but every week we need the fans to get behind us, like they have been, and fix that."We are not a million miles away from where we want to be.

The league is so tight and I think that will be the case the whole season, so the more points we can pick up at home and create a kind of fortress here the better, that's the goal."It will be a difficult game, as always.

It's a team that has beaten us already this season so we are well aware of that and how difficult it is going to be."But it is a home game, we've put a lot of good work in and we want to go and show that."Following Friday's clash, Motherwell will enjoy the rarity of having Christmas Day off with no Boxing Day games scheduled and their next game not until December 28, when they travel to Ibrox to face Rangers.But Hammell will be

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