Motherwell vs St Johnstone

26 April 2025 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee S McLean

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Callum Slattery 39’
Sven Sprangler 40’ (og)
Tom Sparrow 48’

Makenzie Kirk 6’
Elliot Watt 66’

Match summary

Motherwell came from behind to win 3-2 at home to St Johnstone. Motherwell led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Makenzie Kirk put St Johnstone ahead in the 6th minute, Callum Slattery equalised in the 39th minute, and Sprangler's own goal put Motherwell in front in the 40th minute. In the second half, Tom Sparrow made it 3-1 in the 48th minute and Elliot Watt pulled one back to make it 3-2 in the 66th minute.

Shots finished 17-16 to Motherwell, with 5 on target for Motherwell and 4 for St Johnstone.

Match stats

17 Shots 16

5 Shots on Target 4

5 Corners 9

4 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Motherwell St Johnstone

Kick-off

6’

Makenzie Kirk

0-1

Callum Slattery

1-1

39’

Sven Sprangler
Own goal

2-1

40’

Half-time2-1

Tom Sparrow

3-1

48’

66’

Elliot Watt

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Motherwell

Stephen O'Donnell
Tom Sparrow
Andy Halliday
Callum Slattery

St Johnstone

Uche Ikpeazu

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

St Johnstone attacking Motherwell attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players14 players


Ellery Balcombe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Johnny Koutroumbis	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Stephen O'Donnell	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dan Casey	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Dominic Thompson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Sparrow	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–
Andy Halliday Taken off	81′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lennon Miller	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Harrison Paton Taken off	70′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Callum Slattery Taken off	90′	1	–	5	–	–	–
Tony Watt Taken off	81′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Luke Armstrong Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Davor Zdravkovski Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Moses Ebiye Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Andrew Fisher	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sam Curtis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Daniels Balodis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sven Sprangler	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Stephen Duke-McKenna Taken off	58′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jason Holt Taken off	84′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Graham Carey	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Taylor Steven	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Makenzie Kirk	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Josh McPake	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Adama Sidibeh Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Elliot Watt Came on as a substitute	32′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Uche Ikpeazu Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	3	–	–	–
Benjamin Mbunga-Kimpioka Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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 46% Avg odds 2.08

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.33

St Johnstone win 26% Avg odds 3.65

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

Form going into the game

Motherwell W D L L D

St Johnstone D D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: St Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell, 25 Jan 25 Next meeting: St Johnstone 2-2 Motherwell, 28 Oct 26 All Motherwell vs St Johnstone meetings

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.