St. Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 27 January 2024

Result

St. Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 27 January 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

St. Johnstone · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone drew with Motherwell 1-1 in the Premiership on Saturday 27 January 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Ryan McGowan opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. St. Johnstone's goal came from Ryan McGowan (3'). Motherwell scored through Thelonius Bair (29').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 2 yellow cards; Motherwell received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 10th on 20 points from 21 and Motherwell 9th on 20 points from 21. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 10th with 35 points, and Motherwell 8th with 43.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Motherwell in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan McGowan of St. Johnstone (8.2), ahead of Blair Spittal (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 St. Johnstone wins, 4 draws and 2 for Motherwell.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ryan McGowanSt. Johnstone · 1-0
  • 4'Yellow card · Liam KellyMotherwell
  • 29'Goal · Thelonius BairMotherwell · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Davor ZdravkovskiMotherwell
  • 45+5'Yellow card · Andy HallidayMotherwell
  • 76'Yellow card · C. SmithSt. Johnstone
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Daniel PhillipsSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: St. Johnstone 4, draws 4, Motherwell 2.

Team news

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

Dimitar Mitov, Ryan McGowan, Liam Gordon, Andy Considine, David Keltjens, Matthew Smith, Daniel Phillips, Luke Robinson, Graham Carey, B. Kimpioka, M. Kucheriavyi

Motherwell line-up (3-4-2-1)

Liam Kelly, Bevis Mugabi, Calum Butcher, Paul McGinn, Stephen O'Donnell, Davor Zdravkovski, Andy Halliday, Georgie Gent, Harry Paton, Blair Spittal, Theo Bair