Motherwell 0-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 1 February 2023

Result

Motherwell 0-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Wednesday 1 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 0-2 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell were beaten by St. Johnstone 0-2 in the Premiership on Wednesday 1 February 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Drey Wright opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Motherwell did not score. St. Johnstone scored through Drey Wright (5') and Melker Hallberg (49').

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 10th on 20 points from 22 and St. Johnstone 8th on 24 points from 23. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and St. Johnstone 9th with 43.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Johnstone in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Drey Wright of St. Johnstone (8.4), ahead of Nicky Clark (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Motherwell wins, 3 draws and 4 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Drey WrightSt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Callum SlatteryMotherwell
  • 49'Goal · Melker HallbergSt. Johnstone · 0-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Stevie MaySt. Johnstone
  • 61'Yellow card · Sean GossMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 3, draws 3, St. Johnstone 4.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Shane Blaney, Ricki Lamie, Stephen O'Donnell, Riku Danzaki, Callum Slattery, Sean Goss, Jack Aitchison, Kevin van Veen, Ollie Crankshaw

St. Johnstone line-up (5-3-2)

Remi Matthews, Drey Wright, Alex Mitchell, Liam Gordon, Andy Considine, Adam Montgomery, Daniel Phillips, M. Hallberg, Cameron MacPherson, Stevie May, Nicky Clark