St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 22 August 2015

Result

St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 22 August 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

St. Johnstone · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone defeated Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 22 August 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.

Louis Moult opened the scoring in the 11th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Steven MacLean (62') and Steven MacLean (79'). Motherwell scored through Louis Moult (11').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 8th on 3 points from 4 and Motherwell 10th on 3 points from 4. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 4th with 57 points, and Motherwell 6th with 52.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-4-2 and Motherwell in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 St. Johnstone wins, 1 draw and 3 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Louis MoultMotherwell · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Jake TaylorMotherwell
  • 62'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · J. ChalmersMotherwell
  • 79'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 86'Second yellow · Jake TaylorMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 6, draws 1, Motherwell 3.

Team news

St. Johnstone expected line-up (4-4-2)

Alan Mannus, Brian Easton, Tom Scobbie, Steven Anderson, Chris Millar, David Wotherspoon, Simon Lappin, Michael O'Halloran, Steven MacLean, Lee Croft, Murray Davidson

Motherwell expected line-up (4-4-2)

George Long, Stephen McManus, Louis Laing, Stephen Pearson, Keith Lasley, Marvin Johnson, Lee Erwin, Scott McDonald, Josh Law