Match preview Premiership: Motherwell - St. Mirren at Fir Park

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fir Park (13677 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Motherwell fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against St. Mirren.

Insights:
  • Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Motherwell form and stats

With 2 Premiership wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats from their home games, Motherwell are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Motherwell, their manager S. Robinson and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

Motherwell's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Hibernian (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match, Motherwell lost 1-2 at home to St. Johnstone.

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 stats for these games are three wins, two draws and four defeats.

The Motherwell fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Motherwell have conceded 16 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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St. Mirren form and stats

There's been little loot from St. Mirren's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the Premiership. St. Mirren, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership, only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 0 draws.

St. Mirren played 1-1 against Aberdeen in their previous match. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Aberdeen.

We have checked recent matches where Mirren have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, five draws and seven defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Mirren are hosting Rangers in the League Cup only four days away.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Mirren as they have only managed to score 4 times from 6 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Mirren have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Motherwell-St. Mirren H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Motherwell four wins, St. Mirren three wins, three draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MotherwellM. O'Hara
M. O'Hara
3 goals
MotherwellA. Campbell
A. Campbell
2 goals
MotherwellT. Watt
T. Watt
2 goals

Motherwell missing players

St. Mirren missing players

Motherwell St. Mirren
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 8 3 Played P 2 6 13
4 2 1 Won W 0 2 3
3 1 1 Drew D 0 0 3
7 5 1 Lost L 2 4 7
15 9 6 Scored S 1 4 8
21 16 3 Conceded C 3 8 16
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 54%
50% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 38%
29% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
14% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
29% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 33% 38%
36% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
43% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 38%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.2 12 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.8 11.2
2.4 2.8 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3 3.2
44% 41% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 22% 20%
Key stats in Premiership this season:
  • Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
  • Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Motherwell have scored at least twice as many goals at home as St. Mirren have scored away.
  • Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (8) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (3) in Premiership
  • St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • St. Mirren haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rangers 16 14 2 0 45 3 8 8 0 0 28 0 8 6 2 0 17 3 42 44
2 Celtic 13 9 3 1 34 13 5 4 0 1 14 5 8 5 3 0 20 8 21 30
3 Hibernian 16 8 5 3 24 16 7 2 4 1 11 10 9 6 1 2 13 6 8 29
4 Aberdeen 15 8 4 3 21 17 8 5 1 2 14 11 7 3 3 1 7 6 4 28
5 Dundee United 16 5 5 6 12 20 8 3 2 3 8 8 8 2 3 3 4 12 -8 20
6 Kilmarnock 15 5 2 8 18 17 7 3 1 3 11 7 8 2 1 5 7 10 1 17
7 St. Johnstone 15 4 4 7 13 19 8 2 2 4 3 6 7 2 2 3 10 13 -6 16
8 Motherwell 14 4 3 7 15 21 8 2 1 5 9 16 6 2 2 2 6 5 -6 15
9 Livingston 16 4 3 9 16 24 9 3 1 5 8 12 7 1 2 4 8 12 -8 15
10 Ross County 16 3 4 9 10 30 8 1 3 4 5 17 8 2 1 5 5 13 -20 13
11 St. Mirren 13 3 3 7 8 16 7 1 3 3 4 8 6 2 0 4 4 8 -8 12
12 Hamilton Academical 15 3 2 10 16 36 7 1 2 4 6 11 8 2 0 6 10 25 -20 11

Read more about Premiership

The Scottish Premiership is the top division of football in Scotland, the Scottish Professional Football League. Twelve teams play 38 fixtures to top the league table in a season running from August to May. The teams first meet each other three times. Then the league splits in two for five more games.