Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 9 November 2024
Result
Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone
Premiership · Saturday 9 November 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone: match report
Motherwell beat St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 9 November 2024. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Tom Sparrow opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Motherwell's goal came from Tom Sparrow (34'). St. Johnstone scored through Nicky Clark (58').
Discipline: Motherwell received 1 yellow card; St. Johnstone received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 5th on 16 points from 10 and St. Johnstone 10th on 10 points from 12. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and St. Johnstone 12th with 32.
Motherwell lined up in a 3-5-2 and St. Johnstone in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise of Motherwell (8.8), ahead of Drey Wright (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Motherwell wins, 4 draws and 4 for St. Johnstone.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-L-L-W-W and St. Johnstone's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 20'Goal
- 34'Goal · Tom Sparrow
- 58'Goal · Nicky Clark
- 80'Yellow card · Kofi Balmer
Head-to-head
Team news
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Motherwell line-up (3-5-2)
Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Steve Seddon, Marvin Kaleta, Tom Sparrow, Lennon Miller, Andy Halliday, Ewan Wilson, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
St. Johnstone line-up (4-3-1-2)
Joshua Rae, Drey Wright, Jack Sanders, Kyle Cameron, B. Douglas, Graham Carey, Sven Sprangler, Matthew Smith, J. Holt, Adama Sidibeh, Nicky Clark