St. Johnstone v Motherwell betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Scotland Premiership
Date: Sat 28.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: McDiarmid Park (10673 seats)

Struggling St. Johnstone will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Motherwell in the upcoming league round. It’s 12th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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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St. Johnstone form and stats

Three Premiership home games done for St. Johnstone, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches. We have seen two home losses in a row now for St. Johnstone, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

The St. Johnstone crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-4 to Rangers here at McDiarmid Park in a Premiership match. 1-1 away at Aberdeen before that.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for St. Johnstone here at McDiarmid Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for St. Johnstone with 7 goals conceded in these matches.

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Motherwell form and stats

Motherwell are happy with their away performances in the Premiership so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels. Motherwell has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premiership home defeat versus Ross County with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Hearts.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Motherwell are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Motherwell have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Johnstone 5 wins, 2 draws and Motherwell 3 victories. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Donnelly
4 goals
M. O'Halloran
2 goals / 1 assists
J. Hylton
2 goals

St. Johnstone missing players

Motherwell missing players

St. Johnstone Motherwell
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 1 3 6
0 0 0 Won W 1 2 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
3 2 1 Lost L 0 0 2
5 2 0 Scored S 3 6 12
17 7 4 Conceded C 1 3 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 83%
83% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 83%
67% 67% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 50%
17% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 33%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
50% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 17%
 
3 3 2 Corners For (avg) C F 11 8.3 7
5.7 5 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 2.7 3.3
1.5 0.7 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.8
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • Motherwell have created more than twice as many corners as St. Johnstone.
  • Motherwell have not yet lost a game away.
  • Motherwell have scored more than double the goals of St. Johnstone.
  • Motherwell have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • St. Johnstone have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • St. Johnstone have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • St. Johnstone have yet to win a game.
  • St. Johnstone haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

St. Johnstone
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
10-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 2 - 2 Livingston
24-08-19 PR Hibernian 2 - 2 St. Johnstone
31-08-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 1 Kilmarnock
14-09-19 PR Aberdeen 1 - 1 St. Johnstone
22-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 0 - 4 Rangers
28-09-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Motherwell
05-10-19 PR Ross County 14:00 St. Johnstone
19-10-19 PR St. Mirren 14:00 St. Johnstone
26-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 14:00 Hamilton Academical
30-10-19 PR St. Johnstone 19:45 Hearts
Motherwell
All Premiership League Cup Club Friendlies Scottish Cup
All Home Away
16-08-19 LC Motherwell 1 - 2 Hearts
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 14:00 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

  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 6 6 0 0 21 4 3 3 0 0 13 2 3 3 0 0 8 2 17 18
2 Rangers 6 5 0 1 16 5 3 2 0 1 9 4 3 3 0 0 7 1 11 15
3 Aberdeen 6 3 2 1 9 4 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 5 11
4 Motherwell 6 3 1 2 12 10 3 1 0 2 6 7 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 10
5 Ross County 6 3 1 2 8 9 3 2 0 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 2 4 -1 10
6 Livingston 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 7 6 0 8
7 Kilmarnock 6 2 1 3 5 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 7
8 Hearts 6 1 2 3 9 12 3 0 2 1 4 5 3 1 0 2 5 7 -3 5
9 Hamilton Academical 6 1 2 3 5 9 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 0 2 1 2 5 -4 5
10 St. Mirren 6 1 1 4 3 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 4
11 Hibernian 6 1 1 4 5 15 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 0 0 3 1 11 -10 4
12 St. Johnstone 6 0 3 3 5 17 3 0 1 2 2 7 3 0 2 1 3 10 -12 3

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