Motherwell 2-1 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 15 February 2023

Result

Motherwell 2-1 St. Mirren

Premiership · Wednesday 15 February 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Motherwell · St. Mirren · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-1 St. Mirren: match report

Motherwell defeated St. Mirren 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 15 February 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.

Kevin van Veen opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Kevin van Veen (8') and Max Johnston (18'). St. Mirren scored through Ryan Strain (24').

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; St. Mirren received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 11th on 20 points from 24 and St. Mirren 6th on 33 points from 24. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 50 points, and St. Mirren 7th with 46.

Motherwell lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and St. Mirren in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Johnston of Motherwell (7.8), ahead of Ryan Strain (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Kevin van VeenMotherwell · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Max JohnstonMotherwell · 2-0
  • 24'Goal · Ryan StrainSt. Mirren · 2-1
  • 35'Yellow card · Jonathan ObikaMotherwell
  • 62'Yellow card · Greg KiltieSt. Mirren
  • 69'Yellow card · Calum ButcherMotherwell
  • 86'Yellow card · Keanu BaccusSt. Mirren
  • 90'Yellow card · Declan GallagherSt. Mirren
  • 90+1'Yellow card · T. SmallSt. Mirren

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Liam Kelly, Paul McGinn, Calum Butcher, Dan Casey, Max Johnston, Sean Goss, Dean Cornelius, J. Furlong, Blair Spittal, Kevin van Veen, Jonathan Obika

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

Trevor Carson, Marcus Fraser, Declan Gallagher, Richard Taylor, Ryan Strain, Keanu Baccus, Alex Gogic, Mark O'Hara, Scott Tanser, Curtis Main, Tony Watt