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 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.
Key events
- 4'Goal · S. McDonald
- 34'Goal · Steven MacLean
- 39'Yellow card · Darnell Fisher
- 45'Goal · Danny Swanson
- 67'Yellow card · Stephen Pearson
- 89'Yellow card · J. Leitch
Head-to-head
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