With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Motherwell fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Johnstone.
Motherwell and St. Johnstone should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Motherwell form and stats
6-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Motherwell so far this season. Motherwell has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Fir Park. We remember; it was Ross County.In their previous game, the manager S. Robinson led his Motherwell to a defeat in the Premiership match away at Hibernian. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Fir Park. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Hamilton Academical in a game that was won 3-0.
This is expected to be a close game, with Motherwell perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Motherwell as a small favourite), we find one game. Motherwell has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0. A quite possible distraction for the home team is the Motherwell - Aberdeen game in the Premiership only four days away. That match is played on a neutral venue.
The Motherwell fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Motherwell have conceded only 11 goals.
St. Johnstone form and stats
Playing away, St. Johnstone have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 7 defeats so far this season. Three has not been a lucky number for St. Johnstone as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Rangers match.It might be tough going out on the road again for St. Johnstone, facing their second straight away game. Especially as that game, in the Premiership, ended a defeat 1-3 versus Livingston (placed 8th). A loss against Hibernian was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 24 similar matches played by St. Johnstone in our archives, and the results are: 13 wins for St. Johnstone, 1 draw and 10 defeats.
The attacking power of St. Johnstone when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored in 15 matches. St. Johnstone have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: St. Johnstone - Motherwell 1-2. Last ten meetings between the teams: Motherwell won 2, St. Johnstone won 6 and 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
  D. Turnbull 8 goals / 3 assists |  D. Johnson 6 goals |  J. Hastie 5 goals / 1 assists |
Motherwell missing players
St. Johnstone missing players
| Motherwell | St. Johnstone | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | Played | 14 | 29 |
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 93% |
| 63% | 50% | Over 1.5 | 79% | 72% |
| 47% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 43% | 38% |
| 17% | 7% | Over 3.5 | 21% | 17% |
| 10% | 7% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 7% |
| 37% | 29% | Both teams to score | 43% | 38% |
| 27% | 36% | Clean Sheet | 36% | 41% |
| 40% | 36% | Failed To Score | 29% | 28% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 51 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 66 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 44 | 60 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 52 |
| 4 | Kilmarnock | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Hearts | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 30 | -8 | 40 |
| 8 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | St. Johnstone | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 38 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 61 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 32 | -41 | 24 |
| 11 | Dundee | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 32 | -38 | 18 |
| 12 | St. Mirren | 29 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 34 | -35 | 17 |
