Motherwell 0-3 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 20 February 2021

Result

Motherwell 0-3 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 20 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 0-3 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell were beaten by St. Johnstone 0-3 in the Premiership on Saturday 20 February 2021. It was 0-2 at half-time.

G. Melamed opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Motherwell did not score. St. Johnstone scored through G. Melamed (19'), Jason Kerr (45') and G. Melamed (50', penalty).

Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 9th on 28 points from 28 and St. Johnstone 8th on 30 points from 29. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and St. Johnstone 6th with 45.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Guy Melamed of St. Johnstone (8.4), ahead of Jason Kerr (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 4 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

19'Goal · G. MelamedSt. Johnstone · 0-1
37'Yellow card · Chris LongMotherwell
45'Goal · Jason KerrSt. Johnstone · 0-2
50'Penalty goal · G. MelamedSt. Johnstone · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 1, St. Johnstone 4.

St. Johnstone 1-1 MotherwellPremiership · 21 Nov 2020
Motherwell 1-0 St. JohnstonePremiership · 12 Sep 2020
St. Johnstone 2-1 MotherwellPremiership · 12 Feb 2020
Motherwell 4-0 St. JohnstonePremiership · 30 Nov 2019
St. Johnstone 0-1 MotherwellPremiership · 28 Sep 2019
St. Johnstone 2-0 MotherwellPremiership · 11 May 2019

Team news

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Trevor CarsonMotherwell · injury (Knee Injury)
Allan CampbellMotherwell · injury (Ill)
Murray DavidsonSt. Johnstone · injury (Calf Injury)
Harry SmithMotherwell · injury (Knee Injury)
Bevis MugabiMotherwell · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Declan GallagherMotherwell · injury (Muscle Injury)
Charles DunneMotherwell · injury (Knee Injury)
Sam FoleyMotherwell · injury (Knee Injury)
Mark O'HaraMotherwell · injury (Ill)
Liam DonnellyMotherwell · injury (Knee Surgery)
Scott FoxMotherwell · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Steven LawlessMotherwell · injury (Knock)
Liam GrimshawMotherwell · injury (Mononucleosis)
Ross SinclairSt. Johnstone · injury (Hand Injury)

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Liam Kelly, Max Johnston, Tyler Magloire, Ricki Lamie, Jake Carroll, Barry Maguire, Robbie Crawford, Liam Polworth, Christopher Long, Devante Cole, Tony Watt

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

Zander Clark, Jason Kerr, Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Shaun Rooney, Ali McCann, Liam Craig, Callum Booth, Guy Melamed, David Wotherspoon, Chris Kane