St. Johnstone FC vs Motherwell FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Premier League · 2024-25

St. Johnstone FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Motherwell FC

Sat 25 Jan 2025 · 15:00 UTC McDiarmid Park 3,892 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 4' Andy Halliday pen

Taylor Steven 86' 1–1

Bozo Mikulic 88' 2–1

Maksym Kucheriavyi 22' Y

Y 47' Tom Sparrow

Y 70' Harry Paton

Y 90' Luke Armstrong

Overview

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St. Johnstone FC vs Motherwell FC — Premier League at McDiarmid Park.

St. Johnstone FC 13 games · 17 pts (2026/27)
Motherwell FC 13 games · 13 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Kevin Clancy
Assistant 1 Gordon Crawford
Assistant 2 Sean Carr

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Celtic FC	13	31
2	Rangers FC	12	27
3	Falkirk FC	13	21
4	Heart of Midlothian FC	12	20
5	Dundee FC	12	17
6	Dundee United FC	12	17
7	St. Johnstone FC	13	17
8	St. Mirren FC	13	14
9	Motherwell FC	13	13
10	Hibernian FC	12	11
11	Aberdeen FC	12	11
12	Kilmarnock FC	13	9

Head-to-Head

St. Johnstone FC 25 games · Avg 2.6 goals Motherwell FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-01-25 St. Johnstone FC 2–1 Motherwell FC 2024-11-09 Motherwell FC 2–1 St. Johnstone FC 2024-08-31 St. Johnstone FC 1–2 Motherwell FC 2024-05-19 Motherwell FC 1–2 St. Johnstone FC 2024-01-27 St. Johnstone FC 1–1 Motherwell FC

Recent Form

St. Johnstone FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jan	Motherwell FC	H	2–1	W
12 Jan	Rangers FC	A	1–3	L
05 Jan	Dundee FC	H	1–3	L
02 Jan	Hibernian FC	H	1–1	D
29 Dec	Celtic FC	A	0–4	L
26 Dec	Dundee United FC	H	1–2	L

Motherwell FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
25 Jan	St. Johnstone FC	A	1–2	L
11 Jan	Hibernian FC	A	1–3	L
08 Jan	Kilmarnock FC	A	0–0	D
05 Jan	Aberdeen FC	H	2–0	W
02 Jan	Heart of Midlothian FC	A	0–1	L
29 Dec	Rangers FC	H	2–2	D

Season Stats

St. Johnstone FC		Motherwell FC
#7	Position	#9
17	Points	13
13	Played	13
4 / 5 / 4	W / D / L	3 / 4 / 6
17	Scored	15
20	Conceded	21
-3	GD	-6
1.31	PPG	1.00
31%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (25 games)

56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

8% Clean Sheets
St. Johnstone FC this season

23% Clean Sheets
Motherwell FC this season

St. Johnstone FC are 7th (17 pts). Motherwell FC are 9th (13 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/2

31-45

2/4

46-60

2/6

61-75

3/3

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Motherwell FC

0-15

2/3

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/1

76+

3/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Johnstone FC

Josh Fowler	5 G
Josh Campbell	3 G
Enes Alic	2 G	4 A
Kai Fotheringham	2 G
Fowler Josh	1 G	1 A

Motherwell FC

Alex Lowry	3 G	1 A
Lukas Fadinger	3 G
Tawanda Maswanhise	2 G	2 A
Seb Palmer-Houlden	2 G
Ibrahim Said	2 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! St. Johnstone FC welcome Motherwell FC for this crunch clash at McDiarmid Park.
4' What a strike from Andy Halliday! The score is 0-1.
22' The referee calls foul for Maksym Kucheriavyi. He receives a card.
46' Maksym Kucheriavyi makes way for Adama Sidibeh at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from St. Johnstone FC.
47' Tom Sparrow picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
65' Another substitution for St. Johnstone FC to replace Andy Halliday by Nicky Clark on 65 minute.
67' Davor Zdravkovski gets the nod from Motherwell FC. He replaces Sam Nicholson and will look to change the dynamic.
70' Poor challenge from Harry Paton. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
78' It is a substitution in Motherwell FC team. Harry Paton is replaced by Johnny Koutroumbis on 78 minute.
80' Fresh legs for St. Johnstone FC! Taylor Steven comes on to replace Mackenzie Kirk.
86' GOAL! Taylor Steven fires home to make it 1-1!
88' Bozo Mikulic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 88 minutes.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Luke Armstrong.
Game over. The scoreline of 2-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

St. Johnstone FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Motherwell FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Jason Kerr	3
Callum Hendry	3
Nicky Clark	3
Kevin van Veen	2
Drey Wright	2
Moses Ebiye	2
Stevie May	2
Tawanda Maswanhise	2

Head to Head

St. Johnstone FC Form

2025-01-25 St. Johnstone FC 2–1 Motherwell FC W 2025-01-12 Rangers FC 3–1 St. Johnstone FC L 2025-01-05 St. Johnstone FC 1–3 Dundee FC L 2025-01-02 St. Johnstone FC 1–1 Hibernian FC D 2024-12-29 Celtic FC 4–0 St. Johnstone FC L 2024-12-26 St. Johnstone FC 1–2 Dundee United FC L

Motherwell FC Form

2025-01-25 St. Johnstone FC 2–1 Motherwell FC L 2025-01-11 Hibernian FC 3–1 Motherwell FC L 2025-01-08 Kilmarnock FC 0–0 Motherwell FC D 2025-01-05 Motherwell FC 2–0 Aberdeen FC W 2025-01-02 Heart of Midlothian FC 1–0 Motherwell FC L 2024-12-29 Motherwell FC 2–2 Rangers FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.61 St. Johnstone FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.24 Motherwell FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Johnstone FC46% Draw27% Motherwell FC27%

Actual: St. Johnstone FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

St. Johnstone FC or Draw

72%

Draw or Motherwell FC

54%

St. Johnstone FC or Motherwell FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Johnstone FC32% Draw45% Motherwell FC23%

Actual: Motherwell FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.5%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.4%

0 – 0

7.6%

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — St. Johnstone FC

Handicap	St. Johnstone FC covers	Push	Motherwell FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

St. Johnstone FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Motherwell FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.