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 · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Dean CorneliusMotherwell · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Kevin van VeenMotherwell · 2-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Sean GossMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 5, draws 2, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

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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