Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 3 January 2026

Result

Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren

Premiership · Saturday 3 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Motherwell · St. Mirren · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: match report

Motherwell beat St. Mirren 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tawanda Maswanhise opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Tawanda Maswanhise (35') and Elliot Watt (57'). St. Mirren did not score.

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; St. Mirren received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 4th on 33 points from 20 and St. Mirren 10th on 18 points from 18. Motherwell went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and St. Mirren 11th with 34.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and St. Mirren in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Slattery of Motherwell (7.8), level with Elliot Watt (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Tawanda MaswanhiseMotherwell · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Richard KingSt. Mirren
  • 45'Yellow card · Miguel FreckletonSt. Mirren
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Dan NlunduluSt. Mirren
  • 57'Goal · Elliot WattMotherwell · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Alex GogicSt. Mirren

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Calum Ward, Stephen O'Donnell, Paul McGinn, Stephen Welsh, Emmanuel Longelo, Elliot Watt, Elijah Just, Callum Slattery, Lukas Fadinger, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Ibrahim Said

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

Shamal George, Marcus Fraser, Richard King, Miguel Freckleton, Jayden Richardson, Alex Gogic, Killian Phillips, Declan John, Conor McMenamin, Dan Nlundulu, Mikael Mandron