St Johnstone vs Motherwell

25 January 2025 · Scottish Premiership · 2024/25 · Referee K Clancy

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Taylor Steven 86’
  • Božo Mikulić 88’
  • Andy Halliday 4’ (pen)

Match summary

St Johnstone came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Motherwell, with a late winner. Motherwell led 1-0 at half-time.

Andy Halliday put Motherwell ahead from the penalty spot in the 4th minute, Taylor Steven equalised from a corner in the 86th minute, and Božo Mikulić won it from a corner in the 88th minute.

Shots finished 16-10 to St Johnstone, with 5 on target for St Johnstone and 3 for Motherwell.

Match stats

St Johnstone Motherwell
16 Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

St Johnstone Motherwell
Kick-off
4’
Andy Halliday
Penalty
0-1 (Motherwell)
Half-time0-1
Taylor Steven1-1 (St Johnstone)
86’
Božo Mikulić2-1 (St Johnstone)
88’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

St Johnstone
  • Maksym Kucheryavyi
Motherwell
  • Tom Sparrow
  • Harrison Paton
  • Dominic Thompson
  • Luke Armstrong

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Motherwell attacking St Johnstone attacking 
4’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), penalty, goal 13’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 15’ Sven Sprangler (St Johnstone), from a corner, off target 15’ Víctor Griffith (St Johnstone), open play, saved 34’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, saved 35’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, off target 37’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 39’ Drey Wright (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 40’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, blocked 41’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 44’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 48’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, saved 52’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 62’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 64’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), open play, off target 76’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, blocked 77’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, off target 81’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), from a corner, saved 81’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), from a corner, hit the woodwork 82’ Luke Armstrong (Motherwell), open play, off target 86’ Taylor Steven (St Johnstone), from a corner, goal 86’ Taylor Steven (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 88’ Božo Mikulić (St Johnstone), from a corner, goal 88’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), from a corner, off target 90+3’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, off target 4’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), penalty, goal 13’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, off target 15’ Sven Sprangler (St Johnstone), from a corner, off target 15’ Víctor Griffith (St Johnstone), open play, saved 34’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, saved 35’ Harrison Paton (Motherwell), open play, off target 37’ Tony Watt (Motherwell), open play, blocked 39’ Drey Wright (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 40’ Andy Halliday (Motherwell), open play, blocked 41’ Tom Sparrow (Motherwell), from a corner, blocked 44’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, off target 48’ Graham Carey (St Johnstone), open play, saved 52’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, saved 62’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), set piece, off target 64’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), open play, off target 76’ Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell), open play, blocked 77’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), open play, off target 81’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), from a corner, saved 81’ Makenzie Kirk (St Johnstone), from a corner, hit the woodwork 82’ Luke Armstrong (Motherwell), open play, off target 86’ Taylor Steven (St Johnstone), from a corner, goal 86’ Taylor Steven (St Johnstone), open play, blocked 88’ Božo Mikulić (St Johnstone), from a corner, goal 88’ Nicky Clark (St Johnstone), from a corner, off target 90+3’ Adama Sidibeh (St Johnstone), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 1 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Maksym Kucheryavyi Taken off
46′ – – – – – –
Jason Holt Taken off
65′ – – – – – – –
Barry Douglas Taken off
80′ – – – – – – –
Graham Carey
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Víctor Griffith
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Makenzie Kirk Taken off
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Adama Sidibeh Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 2 – – – –
Nicky Clark Came on as a substitute
25′ – – 2 – – – –
Taylor Steven Came on as a substitute
10′ 1 – 2 – – – –
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

St Johnstone win 46% Avg odds 2.07
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.21
Motherwell win 25% Avg odds 3.77

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.