St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Wednesday 12 February 2020

Result

St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Wednesday 12 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone defeated Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Wednesday 12 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Callum Hendry opened the scoring in the 27th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from Callum Hendry (27') and Chris Kane (90+3'). Motherwell scored through Chris Long (31').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 8th on 27 points from 24 and Motherwell 4th on 41 points from 25. This fixture belongs to an earlier Premiership season and is kept for reference.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Motherwell in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ali McCann of St. Johnstone (7.8), ahead of Callum Hendry (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 St. Johnstone wins, 1 draw and 5 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Callum HendrySt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Chris LongMotherwell · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Liam DonnellyMotherwell
  • 77'Yellow card · C. ManzingaMotherwell
  • 82'Second yellow · C. ManzingaMotherwell
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jake CarrollMotherwell
  • 90+3'Goal · Chris KaneSt. Johnstone · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 4, draws 1, Motherwell 5.

Team news

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

Zander Clark, Anthony Ralston, Jason Kerr, Jamie McCart, Callum Booth, Drey Wright, Ali McCann, Liam Craig, J. Holt, David Wotherspoon, Callum Hendry

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Gillespie, Liam Grimshaw, Declan Gallagher, Peter Hartley, Jake Carroll, Mark O'Hara, Liam Donnelly, Allan Campbell, Rolando Aarons, Christopher Long, Jermaine Hylton