Motherwell 1-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 9 December 2023

Result

Motherwell 1-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Motherwell 1-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell drew with St. Johnstone 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Motherwell's goal came from Mika Biereth (90+2'). St. Johnstone scored through an own goal by Bevis Mugabi (53').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 14 points from 16 and St. Johnstone 10th on 14 points from 15. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and St. Johnstone 10th with 35.

Motherwell lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dimitar Mitov of St. Johnstone (8.2), ahead of Theo Bair (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Own goal · Bevis MugabiSt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 90+2'Goal · Mika BierethMotherwell · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Motherwell line-up (3-1-4-2)

Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, Shane Blaney, Davor Zdravkovski, Brodie Spencer, Callum Slattery, Blair Spittal, Georgie Gent, Mika Biereth, Jonathan Obika

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

Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Luke Robinson, James Brown, Daniel Phillips, Matthew Smith, Tony Gallacher, Graham Carey, Chris Kane, Diallang Jaiyesimi