Perhaps a welcome break from league football as St. Mirren & Motherwell face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Scottish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for St. Mirren and Motherwell.
St. Mirren form and stats
Last season their Scottish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for St. Mirren. St. Mirren have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for St. Mirren, who played 1-1 against Hamilton Academical. That match was also played at this venue (The Simple Digital Arena). Before that, St. Mirren played out a Premiership draw 2-2 when visiting Hibernian.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for St. Mirren as they are travelling to their away game against Livingston in the Premiership. That match is four days after this one.
Motherwell form and stats
Motherwell's mission in Scottish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.Motherwell have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 315 minutes ago. L. Donnelly was the goal scorer.
The manager S. Robinson was unhappy after their last game, a Premiership match played at their home ground Fir Park. Motherwell suffered a 0-4 loss to Celtic. Prior to that match, the Motherwell manager S. Robinson faced defeat when travelling to Livingston and losing 0-1.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Celtic was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
The schedule is very tough for Motherwell now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premiership game at St. Johnstone is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): St. Mirren two wins, one draw and Motherwell seven victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
L. Donnelly
6 goals
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J. Obika
5 goals
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C. Long
5 goals
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St. Mirren missing players
Motherwell missing players
| St. Mirren | Motherwell | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 10 | ||
| 23 | 15 | Scored | S | 19 | 36 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 12 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 262 | 166 | Total Shots | T S | 98 | 252 | ||
| 84 | 49 | Shots on Target | S O | 40 | 96 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 38% | ||