Premiership match preview: Motherwell versus St. Mirren

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 04.May
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)

Only a few games have been played in the Premiership so far, with Motherwell placed 3rd and St. Mirren sitting in the 2nd position.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Motherwell form and stats

1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Motherwell so far this season.

Motherwell's previous game was a Premiership match also played at home, ending 4-3 versus Dundee. The home side are looking to build on that result. 1-1 away at Hamilton Academical before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Motherwell have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 1.

Motherwell has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 1 fixture.

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St. Mirren form and stats

As the visiting team St. Mirren have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.

There were no winners in St. Mirren's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 1-1 vs St. Johnstone. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Livingston.

St. Mirren are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of two matches.

3 goals so far away for St. Mirren, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: St. Mirren - Motherwell 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Motherwell 7 wins, 0 draws and St. Mirren 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

D. Turnbull
12 goals / 3 assists
D. Johnson
6 goals / 1 assists
J. Hastie
6 goals / 1 assists

Motherwell missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Motherwell St. Mirren
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
35 17 2 Played 2 17 35
14 8 1 Won 0 2 6
5 3 0 Drew 1 5 7
16 6 1 Lost 1 10 22
42 25 3 Scored 1 15 28
51 17 1 Conceded 4 37 63
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 100% 97%
69% 59% 50% Over 1.5 100% 88% 80%
51% 47% 50% Over 2.5 50% 59% 49%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 0% 47% 29%
11% 12% 0% Over 4.5 0% 12% 6%
40% 29% 0% BTTS 50% 59% 51%
26% 35% 50% Clean Sheets 0% 6% 11%
37% 35% 50% Failed To Score 50% 35% 40%
 
4.6 4.8 4.5 Corners For (avg) 4 3.1 3.8
4.7 4.6 7 Corners Against (avg) 5.5 6.7 5.9
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 2.1 2
4 3 0 Red Cards 0 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Motherwell hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Mirren is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

Motherwell
09-03-19 PR Motherwell 3 - 0 Hamilton Academical
16-03-19 PR Hibernian 2 - 0 Motherwell
30-03-19 PR Motherwell 3 - 0 St. Johnstone
03-04-19 PR Aberdeen 3 - 1 Motherwell
07-04-19 PR Motherwell 0 - 3 Rangers
20-04-19 PR Hamilton Academical 1 - 1 Motherwell
27-04-19 PR Motherwell 4 - 3 Dundee
04-05-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 St. Mirren
11-05-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Motherwell
18-05-19 PR Motherwell 11:30 Livingston
St. Mirren
11-03-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
27-03-19 PR St. Johnstone 1 - 0 St. Mirren
30-03-19 PR St. Mirren 2 - 1 Dundee
03-04-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 2 Celtic
06-04-19 PR Hamilton Academical 1 - 1 St. Mirren
20-04-19 PR Livingston 1 - 3 St. Mirren
27-04-19 PR St. Mirren 1 - 1 St. Johnstone
04-05-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 St. Mirren
13-05-19 PR St. Mirren 18:45 Hamilton Academical
18-05-19 PR Dundee 11:30 St. Mirren

  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 St. Johnstone 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
2 St. Mirren 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
3 Motherwell 2 1 1 0 5 4 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
4 Hamilton Academical 2 0 2 0 4 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Livingston 2 0 1 1 4 6 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 -2 1
6 Dundee 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 6 -3 0