St. Johnstone 4-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 12 August 2017

Result

St. Johnstone 4-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 12 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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St. Johnstone 4-1 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone won against Motherwell 4-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 12 August 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Steven MacLean opened the scoring in the 8th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Steven MacLean (8'), Michael O'Halloran (18'), Michael O'Halloran (74') and Murray Davidson (90+3'). Motherwell scored through Andrew Rose (28').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received 1 yellow card.

St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Motherwell 7th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 1 for Motherwell.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Michael O'HalloranSt. Johnstone · 2-0
  • 28'Goal · Andrew RoseMotherwell · 2-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Carl McHughMotherwell
  • 57'Yellow card · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone
  • 74'Goal · Michael O'HalloranSt. Johnstone · 3-1
  • 89'Missed penalty · Michael O'HalloranSt. Johnstone
  • 90+3'Goal · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 7, draws 2, Motherwell 1.

Team news

St. Johnstone line-up

Alan Mannus, Joe Shaughnessy, Steven Anderson, Paul Paton, Richard Foster, Brian Easton, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Stefan Scougall, Steven MacLean, Michael O'Halloran

Motherwell line-up

Trevor Carson, Ben Heneghan, Chris Cadden, Andrew Rose, Charles Dunne, Cédric Kipré, Richard Tait, Gaël Bigirimana, Edi Murtado, R. Bowman, Alex Fisher