Premiership: What this fixture might miss in glamour it should pay back in guts and attitude. Get set for St. Mirren - Motherwell!
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
St. Mirren form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 11 Premiership games here at The Smisa Stadium for St. Mirren. The data says 6 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. The St. Mirren fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Smisa Stadium and will expect new points from this game. St. Mirren has played ten games in a row here without a defeat.
Stress levels are on the rise for Mirren's attacking players as they have now played 266 minutes without scoring in a league game. Strain was their last goal scorer.
The home regulars witnessed a 0-0 draw against Dundee in the Scottish Cup last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
A Premiership defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Celtic.This is expected to be a close game, with St. Mirren perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with St. Mirren as a small favourite), we find 10 games. St. Mirren has won 4 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.
St. Mirren are traveling soon after this match as the Premiership match at Aberdeen awaits in four days.
The St. Mirren fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 11 matches. Mirren have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Motherwell form and stats
4 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Motherwell playing as the away team in the Premiership this season.
Two away games in a row for Motherwell, whose boss Hammell could celebrate last time after the Scottish Cup win against Arbroath.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Ross County in the Premiership.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Motherwell in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Motherwell, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
Sports betting fact: Both teams have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting St. Johnstone in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Motherwell have scored 16 goals in 11 league games away. Motherwell have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Motherwell have not lost in the last 7 fixtures (3-4-0) against St. Mirren.Mirren - Motherwell 0-1 was the result in these squads' last head to head fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  K. van Veen 9 goals |   M. O'Hara 4 goals |  S. McKinstry 4 goals |
St. Mirren missing players
Motherwell missing players
| St. Mirren | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 22 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 26 |
| 31 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 32 |
| 90% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 71% | 64% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 76% |
| 52% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 62% |
| 29% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 19% |
| 43% | 55% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 55% | 62% |
| 29% | 36% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 38% | 18% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 18% | 19% |
| 5.6 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.7 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 6.5 | 5 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 11.9 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 |
| 2.9 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 38% |
| 11.4 | 11 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 13.5 | 11.3 |
| 3.3 | 2.5 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
- Motherwell haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Celtic | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 52 | 61 |
| 2 | Rangers | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Hearts | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 38 |
| 4 | Livingston | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 31 |
| 5 | Aberdeen | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -2 | 29 |
| 6 | Hibernian | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -8 | 27 |
| 7 | St. Mirren | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -9 | 27 |
| 8 | St. Johnstone | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -10 | 24 |
| 9 | Motherwell | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 10 | Dundee United | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 20 |
| 11 | Kilmarnock | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | -19 | 20 |
| 12 | Ross County | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -20 | 17 |
