Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 3 May 2014

Result

Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 3 May 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell won against St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 May 2014. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lionel Ainsworth opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Motherwell's goals came from Lionel Ainsworth (21') and S. McManus (36'). St. Johnstone scored through David Mackay (27').

Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 3rd on 61 points from 35 and St. Johnstone 5th on 53 points from 35. Motherwell went on to finish that season 2nd with 70 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 4 for St. Johnstone.

Going into the match Motherwell's last five read L-D-L-W-L and St. Johnstone's D-W-W-D-W.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Lionel AinsworthMotherwell · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · David MackaySt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · David MackaySt. Johnstone
  • 36'Goal · S. McManusMotherwell · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · B. EastonSt. Johnstone
  • 60'Yellow card · Stevie MaySt. Johnstone
  • 64'Yellow card · Shaun HutchinsonMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 1, St. Johnstone 4.

Team news

Motherwell expected line-up

Steven Hammell, Zaine Francis-Angol, Stephen McManus, Shaun Hutchinson, Simon Ramsden, Keith Lasley, Stewart Carswell, James McFadden, John Sutton

St. Johnstone expected line-up

Alan Mannus, David Mackay, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Brian Easton, Frazer Wright, Gary McDonald, David Wotherspoon, Chris Millar, Stevie May, Murray Davidson