Motherwell 5-1 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 28 April 2012

Result

Motherwell 5-1 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 28 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Motherwell 5-1 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell defeated St. Johnstone 5-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 28 April 2012. The half-time score was 2-0.

Michael Higdon opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Michael Higdon (17', penalty), Miljan Djurovic (20'), Jamie Murphy (52'), Henrik Ojamaa (83') and Henrik Ojamaa (87'). St. Johnstone scored through Liam Craig (59', penalty).

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 3rd on 55 points from 34 and St. Johnstone 5th on 50 points from 34. Motherwell went on to finish that season 3rd with 62 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 3 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · S. AndersonSt. Johnstone
  • 17'Penalty goal · Michael HigdonMotherwell · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Miljan DjurovicMotherwell · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Jamie MurphyMotherwell · 3-0
  • 59'Penalty goal · Liam CraigSt. Johnstone · 3-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone
  • 83'Goal · Henrik OjamaaMotherwell · 4-1
  • 85'Yellow card · A. MayburySt. Johnstone
  • 87'Goal · Henrik OjamaaMotherwell · 5-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 1, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Darren Randolph, Steven Hammell, Shaun Hutchinson, Tom Hateley, Chris Humphrey, Connor Jennings, Keith Lasley, Jamie Murphy, Nicky Law, Michael Higdon, Tim Clancy

St. Johnstone expected line-up

Alan Mannus, Steven Anderson, Alan Maybury, Jody Morris, Fran Sandaza, Cillian Sheridan, Lee Croft, David Mackay, Chris Millar, Liam Craig, David McCracken