Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 18 December 2021
Result
Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 18 December 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone: match report
Motherwell defeated St. Johnstone 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 18 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dean Cornelius opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Dean Cornelius (17') and Kevin van Veen (55'). St. Johnstone did not score.
Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 25 points from 18 and St. Johnstone 12th on 14 points from 17. Motherwell went on to finish that season 6th with 46 points, and St. Johnstone 11th with 35.
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 Sondre Solholm Johansen of Motherwell (7.5), level with Liam Donnelly (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Motherwell wins, 2 draws and 3 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read L-D-W-L-W and St. Johnstone's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Dean Cornelius
- 55'Goal · Kevin van Veen
- 75'Yellow card · Sean Goss
Head-to-head
Team news
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- David Wotherspoon
- David Devine
- Robbie Crawford
- Mark O'Hara
- Ricki Lamie
- Cameron MacPherson
- M. Hallberg
- Eetu Vertainen
- Chris Kane
Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)
Liam Kelly, Stephen O'Donnell, Bevis Mugabi, Sondre Solholm Johansen, N. McGinley, Dean Cornelius, Liam Donnelly, Sean Goss, Kaiyne Woolery, Kevin van Veen, Tony Watt
St. Johnstone line-up (3-4-2-1)
Zander Clark, James Brown, Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Shaun Rooney, Craig Bryson, Liam Craig, Callum Booth, Glenn Middleton, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Stevie May