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 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.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Drey Wright
- 32'Yellow card · Callum Slattery
- 49'Goal · Melker Hallberg
- 56'Yellow card · Stevie May
- 61'Yellow card · Sean Goss
Head-to-head
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