Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: result and report
Premiership · Saturday 3 January 2026
Result
Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren
Premiership · Saturday 3 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Motherwell 2-0 St. Mirren: match report
Motherwell beat St. Mirren 2-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 3 January 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Tawanda Maswanhise opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Motherwell's goals came from Tawanda Maswanhise (35') and Elliot Watt (57'). St. Mirren did not score.
Discipline: Motherwell received no yellow cards; St. Mirren received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Motherwell were 4th on 33 points from 20 and St. Mirren 10th on 18 points from 18. Motherwell went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and St. Mirren 11th with 34.
Motherwell lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and St. Mirren in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Slattery of Motherwell (7.8), level with Elliot Watt (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Motherwell wins, 4 draws and 2 for St. Mirren.
Going into the match Motherwell's last five read W-L-W-D-W and St. Mirren's L-D-W-W-D.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Tawanda Maswanhise
- 43'Yellow card · Richard King
- 45'Yellow card · Miguel Freckleton
- 45+1'Yellow card · Dan Nlundulu
- 57'Goal · Elliot Watt
- 66'Yellow card · Alex Gogic
Head-to-head
Team news
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Motherwell line-up (4-1-3-2)
Calum Ward, Stephen O'Donnell, Paul McGinn, Stephen Welsh, Emmanuel Longelo, Elliot Watt, Elijah Just, Callum Slattery, Lukas Fadinger, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Ibrahim Said
St. Mirren line-up (3-4-1-2)
Shamal George, Marcus Fraser, Richard King, Miguel Freckleton, Jayden Richardson, Alex Gogic, Killian Phillips, Declan John, Conor McMenamin, Dan Nlundulu, Mikael Mandron