Motherwell 3-0 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 30 March 2019

Result

Motherwell 3-0 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 30 March 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Motherwell 3-0 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell defeated St. Johnstone 3-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 30 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

E. Frear opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Motherwell's goals came from E. Frear (70'), David Turnbull (80') and Richard Tait (90+2'). St. Johnstone did not score.

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

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 40 points from 30 and St. Johnstone 7th on 41 points from 30. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 52.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Johnstone in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 6 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Missed penalty · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone
  • 29'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone
  • 70'Goal · E. FrearMotherwell · 1-0
  • 80'Goal · David TurnbullMotherwell · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Tom AldredMotherwell
  • 90+2'Goal · Richard TaitMotherwell · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 2, draws 2, St. Johnstone 6.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Tom Aldred, Charles Dunne, Richard Tait, Allan Campbell, Alex Gorrin, David Turnbull, Jake Hastie, Curtis Main, Gboly Ariyibi

St. Johnstone line-up (4-2-3-1)

Zander Clark, Richard Foster, Joe Shaughnessy, Jason Kerr, Scott Tanser, Sean Goss, Liam Craig, Michael O'Halloran, Murray Davidson, Matty Kennedy, Chris Kane