A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Motherwell fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and St. Mirren's 10th place in the table will show on the pitch.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Premiership. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Hamilton Academical.
Motherwell form and stats
6 victories, 1 draw and 6 defeats. That’s what Motherwell have to build on here at Fir Park in the Premiership.
Motherwell travelled for their previous game, a trip to Hamilton Academical that ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus St. Mirren (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) that ended 4-4.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Motherwell's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won four matches, drawn zero and lost zero.
Motherwell has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. Motherwell have conceded 20 from these games.
St. Mirren form and stats
There's been little loot from St. Mirren's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 13 away games in the Premiership. St. Mirren only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws.
St. Mirren are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 4-4 draw at Motherwell (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) (placed 3rd). Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Livingston's place.
Drawing 4-4 against Motherwell (after extra-time, 2-3 on penalties) after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 4-1. Their manager J. Goodwin needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for St. Mirren, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Looking at the earlier recent performances of St. Mirren when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing four times, drawing one and winning zero games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Aberdeen in just four days.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting St. Mirren as they have only managed to score 9 times from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as St. Mirren have conceded 22 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the St. Mirren - Motherwell 0-3 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Motherwell wins - draws - St. Mirren wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Donnelly 6 goals |  C. Long 6 goals |   J. Obika 6 goals |
Motherwell missing players
St. Mirren missing players
| Motherwell | St. Mirren | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 35 | 18 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 34 | 20 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | 35 |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 85% |
| 70% | 85% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 62% | 58% |
| 59% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 22% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| 41% | 38% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 46% | 42% |
| 41% | 38% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 31% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 42% |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 260 | 153 | 32 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 116 | 251 |
| 101 | 55 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 42 | 78 |
| 35% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 21% | 27% |
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (3)
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (10)
- St. Mirren has the fewest points (5) away
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals (21)
- St. Mirren has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
- St. Mirren has the most matches under the total-line (15)
- 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 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 79 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 63 | 73 |
| 2 | Rangers | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 45 | 63 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 42 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 41 |
| 5 | Livingston | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 38 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 32 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 20 | -19 | 31 |
| 9 | Ross County | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 33 | -27 | 29 |
| 10 | St. Mirren | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 | -14 | 22 |
| 11 | Hamilton Academical | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 50 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -22 | 21 |
| 12 | Hearts | 27 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 49 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -22 | 19 |