Balanced ball game between St. Mirren and Motherwell expected

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only three days ago. That game, against Hearts, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Motherwell.

St. Mirren form and stats

2 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what St. Mirren, who have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Premiership, have to build on here at The SMISA Stadium in the Premiership.

St. Mirren's last game was hosting Aberdeen (placed 6th) and winning 1-0. Midfielder Kiltie was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Kiltie served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

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 Mirren have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn four and lost one.

The manager Goodwin will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hibernian in only four days.

St. Mirren aren't scoring a lot here at The SMISA Stadium in the league, with only 8 goals from 11 games. From these home matches, St. Mirren have conceded only 9 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Mirren hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Ross County, Dundee and St. Johnstone), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

Motherwell form and stats

There's been little loot from Motherwell's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 11 away games in the Premiership. Motherwell only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 3 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Motherwell are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Motherwell are looking to quickly end their 215 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.

Two away games in a row for Motherwell, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Hearts. Midfield player Shaw was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Shaw dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total).

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Hibernian.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Motherwell playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were three Motherwell wins, one draw and six defeats.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Motherwell's away games in the league this season with only 9 goals from 11 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Many goals are not expected from the visiting Motherwell as they have only managed to score 9 times from 11 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Motherwell's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Motherwell - St. Mirren 2-2 was the story when this pair of sides last did battle, earlier this season. St. Mirren-Motherwell H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: St. Mirren two wins, Motherwell three wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

K. van Veen 7 goals

E. Brophy 6 goals

C. Ronan 4 goals

St. Mirren missing players

Motherwell missing players