Motherwell vs St Johnstone

9 November 2024 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee R Hardie

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Tawanda Maswanhise 20’
  • Tom Sparrow 34’
  • Nicky Clark 58’ (pen)

Match summary

Motherwell beat St Johnstone 2-1. Motherwell led 2-0 at half-time.

Tawanda Maswanhise put Motherwell ahead with a header in the 20th minute, Tom Sparrow made it 2-0 in the 34th minute, and Nicky Clark pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 58th minute.

Shots finished 15-12 to Motherwell, with 4 on target for Motherwell and 4 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

Motherwell St Johnstone
15 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
3 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Motherwell St Johnstone
Kick-off
Tawanda Maswanhise1-0 (Motherwell)
20’
Tom Sparrow2-0 (Motherwell)
34’
Half-time2-0
58’
Nicky Clark
Penalty
2-1 (St Johnstone)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Motherwell
  • Kofi Balmer

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Johnstone attacking Motherwell attacking 
1’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), set piece, off target 5’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 5’ Ewan Wilson (Motherwell), set piece, off target 9’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, off target 9’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 11’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 15’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, saved 20’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, goal 22’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 26’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 27’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, saved 34’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, goal 36’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 45’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, saved 49’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 54’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), open play, blocked 55’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, off target 56’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 58’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), penalty, goal 62’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), set piece, off target 64’ Steve Seddon (Motherwell), open play, blocked 77’ Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 81’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, off target 88’ Sven Sprangler (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 90+4’ Davor Zdravkovski (Motherwell), open play, off target 1’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), set piece, off target 5’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 5’ Ewan Wilson (Motherwell), set piece, off target 9’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, off target 9’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 11’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 15’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, saved 20’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, goal 22’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 26’ Apostolos Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), open play, off target 27’ Matt Smith (St Johnstone), open play, saved 34’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, goal 36’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 45’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, saved 49’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 54’ Lennon Miller (Motherwell), open play, blocked 55’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), open play, off target 56’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 58’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), penalty, goal 62’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), set piece, off target 64’ Steve Seddon (Motherwell), open play, blocked 77’ Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 81’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, off target 88’ Sven Sprangler (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 90+4’ Davor Zdravkovski (Motherwell), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players15 players
Aston Oxborough
90′ – – – – – – –
Dan Casey
90′ – – – – – – –
Kofi Balmer
90′ – – – – – –
Steve Seddon
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Marvin Kaleta
90′ – – – – – – –
Tom Sparrow Taken off
82′ 1 – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Andy Halliday Taken off
68′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Tawanda Maswanhise Taken off
76′ 1 – 4 – – – –
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos Taken off
68′ – – 2 – – – –
Davor Zdravkovski Came on as a substitute
22′ – – 1 – – – –
Tony Watt Came on as a substitute
22′ – – 1 – – – –
Moses Ebiye Came on as a substitute
14′ – – – – – – –
Harrison Paton Came on as a substitute
8′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Motherwell win 44% Avg odds 2.12
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.40
St Johnstone win 28% Avg odds 3.40

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.