Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 7 May 2016

Result

Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 7 May 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 1-2 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell lost to St. Johnstone 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

S. McDonald opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Motherwell's goal came from S. McDonald (4'). St. Johnstone scored through Steven MacLean (34') and Danny Swanson (45').

Discipline: Motherwell received 2 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 6th on 49 points from 35 and St. Johnstone 4th on 50 points from 35. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 52 points, and St. Johnstone 4th with 57.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 6 for St. Johnstone.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · S. McDonaldMotherwell · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Steven MacLeanSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Darnell FisherSt. Johnstone
  • 45'Goal · Danny SwansonSt. Johnstone · 1-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Stephen PearsonMotherwell
  • 89'Yellow card · J. LeitchMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 3, draws 1, St. Johnstone 6.

Team news

Motherwell line-up

Connor Ripley, Stephen McManus, Kieran Kennedy, Chris Cadden, Ben Hall, Stephen Pearson, Marvin Johnson, Keith Lasley, Lionel Ainsworth, L. Moult, Scott McDonald

St. Johnstone line-up

Zander Clark, Steven Anderson, Joe Shaughnessy, Darnell Fisher, Brian Easton, Murray Davidson, David Wotherspoon, Danny Swanson, Liam Craig, Steven MacLean, Graham Cummins