Motherwell 3-2 St. Johnstone: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 26 April 2025

Result

Motherwell 3-2 St. Johnstone

Premiership · Saturday 26 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Motherwell · St. Johnstone · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 3-2 St. Johnstone: match report

Motherwell won against St. Johnstone 3-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 26 April 2025. The half-time score was 2-1.

Makenzie Kirk opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Callum Slattery (39'), an own goal by S. Sprangler (40') and Tom Sparrow (48'). St. Johnstone scored through Makenzie Kirk (6') and Elliot Watt (66').

Discipline: Motherwell received 4 yellow cards; St. Johnstone received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Motherwell were 8th on 39 points from 33 and St. Johnstone 12th on 29 points from 33. Motherwell went on to finish that season 8th with 49 points, and St. Johnstone 12th with 32.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and St. Johnstone in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Graham Carey of St. Johnstone (8.0), level with Josh McPake (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Motherwell wins, 4 draws and 3 for St. Johnstone.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Makenzie KirkSt. Johnstone · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Callum SlatteryMotherwell · 1-1
  • 40'Own goal · S. SpranglerMotherwell · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Tom SparrowMotherwell · 3-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Callum SlatteryMotherwell
  • 66'Yellow card · Stephen O'DonnellMotherwell
  • 66'Goal · Elliot WattSt. Johnstone · 3-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Andy HallidayMotherwell
  • 84'Yellow card · Uche IkpeazuSt. Johnstone
  • 89'Yellow card · Tom SparrowMotherwell

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 3, draws 4, St. Johnstone 3.

Team news

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Motherwell line-up (4-4-1-1)

Ellery Balcombe, John Koutroumbis, Stephen O'Donnell, Dan Casey, Dominic Thompson, Tom Sparrow, Andy Halliday, Lennon Miller, Harry Paton, Callum Slattery, Tony Watt

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

Andy Fisher, Sam Curtis, Daniels Balodis, Sven Sprangler, Stephen Duke-McKenna, J. Holt, Graham Carey, Taylor Steven, Makenzie Kirk, Josh McPake, Adama Sidibeh