Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Sunday 19 May 2024

Result

Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Sunday 19 May 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell lost to St. Johnstone 1-2 in the Premiership on Sunday 19 May 2024. The half-time score was 0-2.

Nicky Clark opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Moses Ebiye (90+4'). St. Johnstone scored through Nicky Clark (18') and Adama Sidibeh (45+1').

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 43 points from 37 and St. Johnstone 11th on 32 points from 37. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 43 points, and St. Johnstone 10th with 35.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and St. Johnstone in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Blair Spittal of Motherwell (7.8), ahead of Liam Gordon (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 5 draws and 3 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Nicky ClarkSt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 32'Missed penalty · T. BairMotherwell
  • 45+1'Goal · Adama SidibehSt. Johnstone · 0-2
  • 52'Yellow card · David KeltjensSt. Johnstone
  • 90+4'Goal · Moses EbiyeMotherwell · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 2, draws 5, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

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

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Bevis Mugabi, Shane Blaney, Sam Nicholson, Davor Zdravkovski, Lennon Miller, Georgie Gent, Harry Paton, Blair Spittal, Theo Bair

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

Dimitar Mitov, Drey Wright, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, David Keltjens, Daniel Phillips, Cameron MacPherson, Matthew Smith, Nicky Clark, Graham Carey, Adama Sidibeh