By Andy McGilvray

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Motherwell boss Jens Berthel Askou aims to reward fans for their Pittodrie backing and wants them to pack out Fir Park when Aberdeen visit today. Between 1100 and 1200 fans made the trip north to Pittodrie to see Motherwell beat Aberdeen 1-0 in the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals, courtesy of a strike by Regan Charles-Cook. As Motherwell welcome the Dons to ML1 for the ‘rematch’, Askou hopes the home crowd make themselves known, and he will try to repay their backing. He said: “Every time we’ve been away the support has been massive, and we haven’t played that many games out here yet, so most of our games have been away. “They’ve been hungry to come and watch, the support has been incredible, and it was really nice to see them celebrate and enjoy that win after the game, because they really deserve that feeling. “I hope all the guys who were there show up again, and all their friends and families will come and join them. Hopefully there’s a lot, the weather is amazing, and we can give them that feeling of winning at home. “Hopefully we are just on the verge of a big league win. You can see the competition, it’s very tight. There are a lot of draws, a lot of tight games, and the league is very tight, points-wise, so every win is massive. “We know we’re going to need a lot of wins this season to get where we dream of getting, and that’s why every win is big. “I feel the team has been doing well, in terms of really trying to get the wins. We’ve lacked a few moments, maybe lack of focus or sharpness, or just lack of quality or experience as a group. “I see a group that are really also trying to get these moments right, and we were able to get more moments right, just enough to sneak a win over the line [at Aberdeen], but I also see a lot of room for improvement, still.” Askou says having bagged a major win over a Premiership side doesn’t mean it’s ‘job done’ and they still have to grab their first three points. He said: “It’s always nice to win that first game, but it’s just as nice winning the next one, and the next one. It feels great every time. “If people think, especially the players, that things will come easy for us, just because we’ve had one win they’re wrong. It’s going to be harder and harder. “A lot of successful teams who are good at winning a lot know that every time you win, it makes it a little bit more difficult to win the next one, because the opposition want more desperately to beat you, and there’s always that risk that just one player lowers the shoulders a little bit. “It’s about finding that perfect balance between being relaxed, composed, brave and not over-confident that things will come just because we’ve had a win. “If we give Aberdeen just an inch more than we did the last time, then that might make the difference for them. “We have to be even closer, tighter and better, and that’s what we’re aiming to do.”