While other research has been done in this area, it has tended to be retrospective - looking back at the event leading up to an outbreak - rather than using that data to try to look ahead to the next one, they said.

BBC: News headlines used to predict future events

Referee Euan Norris awarded an indirect free-kick inside the Motherwell penalty area after goalkeeper John Ruddy had picked up what was adjudged to be a pass-back from Stephen Craigan.

BBC: Motherwell striker Jamie Murphy