Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 5 October 2019

Result

Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren

Premiership · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Motherwell · St. Mirren · Premiership predictions

Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: match report

Motherwell beat St. Mirren 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 5 October 2019. The half-time score was 1-0.

J. Scott opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Motherwell's goals came from J. Scott (39') and Chris Long (86'). St. Mirren did not score.

Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Motherwell were 3rd on 13 points from 7 and St. Mirren 10th on 5 points from 7. Motherwell went on to finish that season 3rd with 46 points, and St. Mirren 9th with 29.

Motherwell lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Mirren in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Polworth of Motherwell (8.7), ahead of Mark Gillespie (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Motherwell wins, 1 draw and 3 for St. Mirren.

Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-L-W-W-W and St. Mirren's D-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · J. ScottMotherwell · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · D. MullenSt. Mirren
  • 64'Yellow card · Sam FoleySt. Mirren
  • 86'Goal · Chris LongMotherwell · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Motherwell 6, draws 1, St. Mirren 3.

Team news

Motherwell line-up (4-3-3)

Mark Gillespie, Richard Tait, Declan Gallagher, Peter Hartley, Barry Maguire, Allan Campbell, Liam Grimshaw, Liam Polworth, Devante Cole, Sherwin Seedorf, James Scott

St. Mirren line-up (4-4-2)

Václav Hladký, Paul McGinn, Sean McLoughlin, Kirk Broadfoot, Calum Waters, Kyle Magennis, Ryan Flynn, Sam Foley, İlkay Durmuş, Jonathan Obika, Danny Mullen