Premiership prediction and preview: Motherwell modest favorites to beat St. Mirren

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 05.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13742 seats)

Only a win will satisfy the home supporters in this Fir Park clash with St. Mirren, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premiership table.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Motherwell form and stats

Motherwell have played three Premiership home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

Happy days for Motherwell in their previous game, a Premiership match away at St. Johnstone (placed 12th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Motherwell lost 1-2 at home to Ross County.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Motherwell handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D3-L2.

Goals decide football matches and Motherwell are scoring many of them at home; 6 on target from 3 league matches. Motherwell are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).

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St. Mirren form and stats

No Premiership points yet away for St. Mirren, from their first 3 matches. Three consecutive losses in away matches means St. Mirren are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

There were no winners in St. Mirren's previous match, a Premiership home game that ended 0-0 vs Hearts (placed 9th). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Hamilton Academical.

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, 2 draws and 3 defeats. From a total of six matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Mirren as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. In the opposite end, St. Mirren have conceded 5 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Motherwell won 6 games, 1 match ended with a draw and St. Mirren has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5

Top Goalscorers

L. Donnelly
4 goals
J. Hylton
2 goals
S. Seedorf
2 goals

Motherwell missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Motherwell St. Mirren
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
4 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
2 2 0 Lost L 0 3 4
13 6 3 Scored S 0 2 3
10 7 0 Conceded C 0 5 6
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 71%
71% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 29%
71% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 29%
43% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 29%
43% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 43%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 57%
 
6.4 5.7 6 Corners For (avg) C F 0 2.7 3.6
3.7 4 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 0 4.3 6
2.9 3.3 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.4
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Motherwell's home matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Motherwell have scored more than double the goals of St. Mirren.
  • St. Mirren have lost all their away matches so far.
  • St. Mirren have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Motherwell
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
24-08-19 PR Hamilton Academical 1 - 3 Motherwell
31-08-19 PR Motherwell 3 - 0 Hibernian
14-09-19 PR Hearts 2 - 3 Motherwell
21-09-19 PR Motherwell 1 - 2 Ross County
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 Aberdeen
27-10-19 PR Rangers 15:00 Motherwell
30-10-19 PR Motherwell 19:45 Kilmarnock
02-11-19 PR Motherwell 15:00 Livingston
St. Mirren
All Playoffs 1/2 Premiership Championship League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup Challenge Cup
All Home Away
25-08-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 1 Rangers
31-08-19 PR Livingston 2 - 1 St. Mirren
14-09-19 PR Ross County 2 - 1 St. Mirren
21-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hamilton Academical
28-09-19 PR St. Mirren 0 - 0 Hearts
05-10-19 PR Motherwell 14:00 St. Mirren
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR Kilmarnock 14:00 St. Mirren
30-10-19 PR Celtic 19:45 St. Mirren
09-11-19 PR Hearts 15:00 St. Mirren

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Celtic 7 6 1 0 22 5 3 3 0 0 13 2 4 3 1 0 9 3 17 19
2 Rangers 7 6 0 1 21 5 4 3 0 1 14 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 16 18
3 Motherwell 7 4 1 2 13 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 4 3 1 0 7 3 3 13
4 Aberdeen 7 3 2 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 2 6 0 11
5 Ross County 7 3 2 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 2 1 2 4 -1 11
6 Livingston 7 2 2 3 10 11 3 1 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 8 8 -1 8
7 Kilmarnock 7 2 2 3 5 7 4 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
8 Hamilton Academical 7 2 2 3 7 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 5 -3 8
9 Hearts 7 1 3 3 9 12 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 2 5 7 -3 6
10 St. Mirren 7 1 2 4 3 6 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 5
11 Hibernian 7 1 2 4 6 16 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 5
12 St. Johnstone 7 0 3 4 5 18 4 0 1 3 2 8 3 0 2 1 3 10 -13 3

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