St. Mirren know they face a demanding trip to Motherwell and their Fir Park. This guide has all the details you need before the match.
- Motherwell is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Motherwell and St. Mirren.
Motherwell form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. Motherwell have only managed 1 win, 3 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Fir Park. With nine home Premiership games in a row without a win, the Motherwell fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.
The fans are hoping that Motherwell will fight back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Scottish Cup fixture against Raith Rovers.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Aberdeen (1-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Motherwell have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hearts are coming to town in four days.
Motherwell aren't scoring a lot here at Fir Park in the league, with only {10 goals} from 11 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 19 goals have been conceded.
St. Mirren form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for St. Mirren so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-7 (win-draw-lose).
Two away games in a row for St. Mirren, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-5 versus Celtic in the Scottish Cup.
The game before that, in the Premiership, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Hibernian.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by St. Mirren in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for St. Mirren, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Mirren, the Premiership home match versus Ross County. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For St. Mirren, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
St. Mirren - Motherwell 1-0 was the score in these teams' latest head to head match, played this season. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Motherwell won three games, four matches ended with a draw and St. Mirren got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.
Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 10 goals |   C. Main 6 goals |  S. McKinstry 4 goals |
Motherwell missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Motherwell | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 27 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 38 | 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 24 | 33 |
| 96% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 91% | 92% |
| 75% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 82% | 67% |
| 58% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 73% | 50% |
| 25% | 18% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 29% |
| 17% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 8% |
| 58% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 42% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 18% | 29% |
| 25% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 55% | 38% |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11.2 | 11.6 | 8.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 37% | 32% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 31% | 36% |
| 11.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Motherwell have the fewest points (6) at home in Premiership
- Motherwell have the fewest scored goals (10) at home in Premiership
- Motherwell is in the worst form (0-2-4)
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 11 | 60 | 70 |
| 2 | Rangers | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 35 | 61 |
| 3 | Hearts | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Livingston | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | -7 | 35 |
| 5 | Hibernian | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -1 | 34 |
| 6 | St. Mirren | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 7 | Aberdeen | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 33 | -8 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 24 | -13 | 27 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 27 | -23 | 23 |
| 10 | Ross County | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -18 | 21 |
| 11 | Motherwell | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | -11 | 20 |
| 12 | Dundee United | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -17 | 20 |
