St. Mirren and Motherwell have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premiership.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
St. Mirren form and stats
With 2 Premiership wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, St. Mirren are certainly not brimming with confidence.
St. Mirren manager J. Goodwin and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Kilmarnock (placed 9th) in the Premiership. Ahead of that match, Mirren lost 0-2 at home to Rangers.
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 ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost two.
Mirren aren't scoring a lot here at The Paisley 2021 Stadium in the league, with only 7 goals from 11 games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Mirren defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
4-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Motherwell in their Premiership matches away.
Motherwell are looking to quickly end their 261 minutes long goal drought in the Premiership.
There might be some fixture complaints from Motherwell as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Premiership match against Hamilton Academical (0-3). A loss against Kilmarnock was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Motherwell, one draw and four defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Motherwell have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. Motherwell have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Motherwell - Mirren 0-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for St. Mirren, three draws and four wins for Motherwell. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Obika 3 goals |   M. O'Hara 3 goals |  T. Watt 3 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Motherwell missing players
| St. Mirren | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| 28 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 12 | 31 |
| 95% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 62% | 73% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 68% |
| 38% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 55% | 50% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 5% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 29% | 18% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 45% | 36% |
| 43% | 55% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 45% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.1 | 11.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 22 | 12.3 | 11.8 |
| 3.5 | 3.6 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 23% | 22% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 32% | 29% |
- Motherwell has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Premiership
- Motherwell have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- St. Mirren has the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Premiership
- St. Mirren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- St. Mirren have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rangers | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 62 |
| 2 | Celtic | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 30 | 43 |
| 3 | Aberdeen | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| 5 | Livingston | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | -1 | 27 |
| 6 | Dundee United | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -10 | 26 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | St. Mirren | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -13 | 22 |
| 9 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 21 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -21 | 21 |
| 11 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -12 | 19 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | -26 | 17 |