St. Johnstone 1-2 Motherwell: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 31 August 2024

Result

St. Johnstone 1-2 Motherwell

Premiership · Saturday 31 August 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

St. Johnstone · Motherwell · Premiership predictions

St. Johnstone 1-2 Motherwell: match report

St. Johnstone were beaten by Motherwell 1-2 in the Premiership on Saturday 31 August 2024. It was 0-1 at half-time.

D. Casey opened the scoring in the 11th minute. St. Johnstone's goal came from B. Kimpioka (64'). Motherwell scored through D. Casey (11') and M. Ebiye (90+4').

Discipline: St. Johnstone received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Motherwell received no yellow cards.

Going into the game St. Johnstone were 7th on 3 points from 3 and Motherwell 6th on 4 points from 3. St. Johnstone went on to finish that season 12th with 32 points, and Motherwell 8th with 49.

St. Johnstone lined up in a 3-5-2 and Motherwell in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dan Casey of Motherwell (9.6), ahead of Moses Ebiye (7.7).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · D. CaseyMotherwell · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Cameron MacPhersonSt. Johnstone
  • 51'Yellow cardSt. Johnstone
  • 64'Goal · B. KimpiokaSt. Johnstone · 1-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Jack SandersSt. Johnstone
  • 90+4'Goal · M. EbiyeMotherwell · 1-2
  • 90+6'Second yellow · Jack SandersSt. Johnstone

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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St. Johnstone line-up (3-5-2)

Ross Sinclair, Lewis Neilson, Jack Sanders, Kyle Cameron, Drey Wright, Aaron Essel, Cameron MacPherson, Matthew Smith, André Raymond, Nicky Clark, B. Kimpioka

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

Aston Oxborough, Paul McGinn, Liam Gordon, Dan Casey, Stephen O'Donnell, Davor Zdravkovski, Andy Halliday, Ewan Wilson, Lennon Miller, Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise, Zach Robinson