St. Johnstone - Motherwell : Statistics, line-ups, games, tendencies and news. Read our comprehensive guide!
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premiership
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both participants have had ample time to rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's hope for an in-your-face game!
St. Johnstone form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premiership this season. St. Johnstone have only managed 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses from their games here at McDiarmid Park.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 246 minutes without scoring a league goal. Hendry was the last player to find the net.
Johnstone shared the glory with Hibernian in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Gordon, defender, was given a rating of 8.03/10 in that game, top of the team. Gordon won 11 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Rangers (0-1).This is expected to be a close game, with St. Johnstone perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Johnstone as a small favourite), we find eight games. St. Johnstone has won two of these, drawn three and lost three.
Johnstone aren't scoring a lot here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with only 11 goals from 15 games. On the other hand, St. Johnstone have conceded 19 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Motherwell form and stats
There's been little loot from Motherwell's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Premiership. Motherwell only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Motherwell, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Livingston game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
A draw for Motherwell before that, at their own venue hosting Dundee (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: one win for Motherwell, two draws and seven defeats.
The visitors have scored 12 goals from 14 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Motherwell have conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Motherwell - Johnstone 2-0 was the score in these squads' previous h2h fixture, earlier this season. Previous ten meetings between these sides: St. Johnstone won four, Motherwell triumphed in four and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 7 goals |   C. Hendry 4 goals |  C. Kane 3 goals |
St. Johnstone missing players
Motherwell missing players
| St. Johnstone | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 31 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 22 | 44 |
| 80% | 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 57% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 83% |
| 33% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 37% |
| 10% | 13% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 53% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 57% | 50% |
| 27% | 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 7% | 23% |
| 53% | 47% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 30% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.6 | 6.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 8.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 24% | 28% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 31% |
| 14.1 | 14 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.9 | 14.1 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- St. Johnstone have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points (11) at home in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals (18) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Premiership
- St. Johnstone have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Premiership
| 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 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 47 | 73 |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 24 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 36 | 70 |
| 3 | Hearts | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 37 |
| 5 | Livingston | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -5 | 37 |
| 6 | Ross County | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 47 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 36 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -7 | 36 |
| 8 | Motherwell | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -13 | 36 |
| 9 | St. Mirren | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -13 | 36 |
| 10 | Aberdeen | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 24 |
| 12 | Dundee | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 23 |
