St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

St. Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 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 25 January 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Andy Halliday opened the scoring in the 4th minute. St. Johnstone's goals came from T. Steven (86') and B. Mikulić (88'). Motherwell scored through Andy Halliday (4', penalty).

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card; Motherwell received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 12th on 15 points from 23 and Motherwell 5th on 31 points from 23. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 12th with 32 points, and Motherwell 8th with 49.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Motherwell in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Graham Carey of St. Johnstone (7.8), level with B. Mikulić (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 St. Johnstone wins, 4 draws and 3 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Penalty goal · Andy HallidayMotherwell · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · M. KucheriavyiSt. Johnstone
  • 47'Yellow card · Tom SparrowMotherwell
  • 61'Yellow card · Dominic ThompsonMotherwell
  • 70'Yellow card · H. PatonMotherwell
  • 86'Goal · T. StevenSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · B. MikulićSt. Johnstone · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · L. ArmstrongMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 3, draws 4, Motherwell 3.

Team news

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

Andy Fisher, Drey Wright, Sven Sprangler, B. Mikulić, Sam Curtis, Maksym Kucheriavyi, J. Holt, B. Douglas, Graham Carey, Víctor Griffith, Makenzie Kirk

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

Ellery Balcombe, Stephen O'Donnell, Liam Gordon, Shane Blaney, Tom Sparrow, Andy Halliday, Harry Paton, Marvin Kaleta, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Sam Nicholson, Tony Watt