Motherwell's Chris Cadden looking to outdo twin brother.

Motherwell midfielder Chris Cadden has extra motivation to score against Premiership bottom club Dundee United on Friday - to silence his twin.

Nicky Cadden scored a spectacular goal for Airdrie in their 1-1 draw with Forfar on Tuesday night, and he was quick to let his brother know.

The teenagers have both become first-team regulars for their clubs this season, adding some sibling rivalry to the pre-existing antagonism between the Lanarkshire clubs.

The Motherwell midfielder, who played with his twin in the Fir Park youth ranks, said: "It was an absolute belter, he has volleyed it from outside the box.

"That was good but, because my goal against Dundee was a volley, he is trying to say his was better than mine.

"It was a good goal but I need to try and better it on Friday.

"As soon as he came in he was saying: 'Mine was better than yours, wasn't it?' I said: 'Aye, no bother'.''

The pair are the sons of former Albion Rovers midfielder Stephen Cadden, who also started his career with Motherwell and now has a coaching role in the Fir Park academy.

And Cadden senior has had to split his time between Fir Park and the Excelsior after Chris broke into the Motherwell starting line-up in January, and quickly established himself as a key player.

"I've been loving it,'' said the Motherwell player, who won a League Two title medal on loan with Albion Rovers last season.

"It's what I dreamed of, it's what I wanted to do when I was younger and what I have been working towards. It's been brilliant.

"I was out on loan last year with the Rovers and that was brilliant. Then you come back and playing for the 20s and not playing first-team football was a bit frustrating.

"I wanted to kick on because I knew what it was like playing first-team football in front of a crowd and have a game with three points at stake and fans' expectations. I tried to push myself towards that.''

His breakthrough came after Mark McGhee replaced Ian Baraclough as manager.

"The manager spoke to me when he came in and said I had to get up the gym and work hard and my break will come,'' the 19-year-old said.

"He told us as soon as he came in that there was a pathway. When Baraclough was in, I don't know if there was a pathway to the first team for me. I didn't really see where my break would come.

"I have been working hard in the gym. The manager asked me to get a lot stronger and the first appearance I realised why, because it is a lot more physically demanding than the 20s.''