St. Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 11 May 2019

Result

St. Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 11 May 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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St. Johnstone 2-0 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone beat Motherwell 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 11 May 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

Scott Tanser opened the scoring in the 34th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Scott Tanser (34', penalty) and Murray Davidson (47'). Motherwell did not score.

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 7th on 49 points from 36 and Motherwell 8th on 48 points from 36. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and Motherwell 8th with 51.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Motherwell in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 St. Johnstone wins, 2 draws and 3 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Gboly AriyibiMotherwell
  • 29'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone
  • 34'Penalty goal · Scott TanserSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 34'Yellow card · M. GillespieMotherwell
  • 47'Goal · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone · 2-0
  • 70'Yellow card · Tom AldredMotherwell
  • 90+2'Yellow card · David WotherspoonSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 5, draws 2, Motherwell 3.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Scott Tanser, Liam Gordon, Jason Kerr, Richard Foster, Liam Craig, Murray Davidson, Matty Kennedy, David Wotherspoon, Michael O'Halloran, Chris Kane

Motherwell line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Gillespie, Richard Tait, Edi Murtado, Tom Aldred, Liam Grimshaw, David Turnbull, Charles Dunne, Allan Campbell, Chris Cadden, Gboly Ariyibi, James Scott