Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 6 August 2022

Result

Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 6 August 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell lost to St. Johnstone 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 6 August 2022. The half-time score was 0-1.

Jamie Murphy opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Motherwell's goal came from an own goal by Graham Carey (90+1'). St. Johnstone scored through Jamie Murphy (28') and Stevie May (90+4').

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

Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and St. Johnstone 9th with 43.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-4-2 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan McGowan of St. Johnstone (7.7), level with Drey Wright (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 4 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

12'Yellow card · Melker HallbergSt. Johnstone
28'Goal · Jamie MurphySt. Johnstone · 0-1
45'Yellow card · Andy ConsidineSt. Johnstone
87'Yellow card · Paul McGinnMotherwell
90+1'Own goal · Graham CareyMotherwell · 1-1
90+4'Goal · Stevie MaySt. Johnstone · 1-2
90+5'Yellow card · Stevie MaySt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 4, draws 2, St. Johnstone 4.

St. Johnstone 2-1 MotherwellPremiership · 19 Mar 2022
Motherwell 2-0 St. JohnstonePremiership · 18 Dec 2021
St. Johnstone 1-1 MotherwellPremiership · 8 Aug 2021
Motherwell 0-3 St. JohnstonePremiership · 20 Feb 2021
St. Johnstone 1-1 MotherwellPremiership · 21 Nov 2020
Motherwell 1-0 St. JohnstonePremiership · 12 Sep 2020

Team news

Unavailable

David WotherspoonSt. Johnstone · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Jake CarrollMotherwell · injury (Knee Surgery)
N. McGinleyMotherwell · injury (Groin Injury)
Callum BoothSt. Johnstone · injury (Achilles tendon problems)
Chris KaneSt. Johnstone · injury (Cartilage Damage)
Tony GallacherSt. Johnstone · injury (Fractured Leg)

Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Bevis Mugabi, Sondre Solholm Johansen, Stephen O'Donnell, Blair Spittal, Barry Maguire, Josh Morris, Sean Goss, Kevin van Veen, Connor Shields

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

Remi Matthews, Ryan McGowan, Alex Mitchell, Andy Considine, Drey Wright, M. Hallberg, Cameron MacPherson, Adam Montgomery, Graham Carey, Jamie Murphy, Theo Bair