Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 9 November 2024

Result

Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 9 November 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell beat St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 9 November 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Tom Sparrow opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Tom Sparrow (34'). St. Johnstone scored through Nicky Clark (58').

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

Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 16 points from 10 and St. Johnstone 10th on 10 points from 12. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and St. Johnstone 12th with 32.

Motherwell lined up in a 3-5-2 and St. Johnstone in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise of Motherwell (8.8), ahead of Drey Wright (8.1).

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 W-L-L-W-W and St. Johnstone's L-L-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'GoalSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Tom SparrowMotherwell · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Nicky ClarkSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerMotherwell

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • Andy FisherSt. Johnstone · injury (Groin Surgery)
  • Sam CurtisSt. Johnstone · suspension (Yellow Card Suspension)

Motherwell line-up (3-5-2)

Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Steve Seddon, Marvin Kaleta, Tom Sparrow, Lennon Miller, Andy Halliday, Ewan Wilson, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos

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

Joshua Rae, Drey Wright, Jack Sanders, Kyle Cameron, B. Douglas, Graham Carey, Sven Sprangler, Matthew Smith, J. Holt, Adama Sidibeh, Nicky Clark