St. Mirren 2-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 16 May 2015

Result

St. Mirren 2-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 16 May 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

St. Mirren · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

St. Mirren 2-1 Motherwell: match report

St. Mirren beat Motherwell 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 16 May 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

John Sutton opened the scoring in the 75th minute. St. Mirren's goals came from J. Naismith (84') and Stevie Mallan (90+7'). Motherwell scored through John Sutton (75', penalty).

Discipline: St. Mirren received no yellow cards; Motherwell received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game St. Mirren were 12th on 25 points from 36 and Motherwell 11th on 35 points from 36. St. Mirren went on to finish that season 12th with 28 points, and Motherwell 11th with 36.

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

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

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Mark O'BrienMotherwell
  • 56'Yellow card · Keith LasleyMotherwell
  • 67'Yellow card · S. McManusMotherwell
  • 75'Penalty goal · John SuttonMotherwell · 0-1
  • 84'Goal · J. NaismithSt. Mirren · 1-1
  • 90'Red card · S. McDonaldMotherwell
  • 90+7'Goal · Stevie MallanSt. Mirren · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Stephen PearsonMotherwell

Head-to-head

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

Team news

St. Mirren expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mark Ridgers, Marc McAusland, Jason Naismith, Jeroen Tesselaar, Stevie Mallan, John McGinn, J. Goodwin, Sean Kelly, Kenny McLean, James Dayton, Yoann Arquin

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