📏 Form Guide

Motherwell

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Motherwell won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 1-2 League Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Rangers.

The only name on the scoresheet from Motherwell was Andy Halliday (25'). Cyriel Dessers (49') and Nedim Bajrami (81') scored for Rangers.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that Motherwell have kept a clean sheet. In fact, Motherwell have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 9 goals in the process. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see whether that pattern might be maintained in this upcoming game.

Ahead of this clash, Motherwell have not won at home in their last 2 league games.

St Johnstone

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Hearts in Premiership action, St Johnstone will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, St Johnstone had 61% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for St Johnstone was Nicky Clark (23' Own goal, 68'). At the other end, Hearts had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Kenneth Vargas (76') scored for Hearts.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring St Johnstone, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 3.5, with the average number of goals for St Johnstone equalling 1.17.

Coming into this meeting, St Johnstone haven't been beaten by Motherwell when they have played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. Away fans have certainly had plenty to cheer about.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 13/05/2023 shows us that Motherwell have won 2 of these and St Johnstone 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 3.

In all, 16 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 9 from The Steelmen and 7 netted by The Saints. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

The previous league game between these sides was Premiership match day 4 on 31/08/2024 when it ended St Johnstone 1-2 Motherwell.

That time, St Johnstone managed 61% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Benjamin Mbunga Kimpioka (64').

For their opponents, Motherwell had 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Dan Casey (11') and Ebiye Moses (94') scored.

The match was refereed by Iain Snedden.

ℹ️ Team News: Motherwell

Ross Callachan (Hamstring injury), Sam Nicholson (Knee injury) and Callum Slattery (Knee injury) aren’t available for Motherwell gaffer Stuart Kettlewell.

In our view, The Steelmen could kick off with a 3-5-2 formation for this one featuring Aston Oxborough, Stephen O'Donnell, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Marvin Kaleta, Ewan Wilson, Tawanda Maswanhise, Lennon Miller, Steve Seddon, Tom Sparrow and A. Stamatelopoulos.

ℹ️ Team News: St Johnstone

From our viewpoint, The Saints appear most likely to elect for a 4-3-1-2 system, choosing Josh Rae, Drey Wright, Kyle Cameron, Jack Sanders, Barry Douglas, Sven Sprangler, Graham Carey, Jason Holt, Nicky Clark, Adama Sidibeh and Benjamin Kimpioka.

✨ Prediction

We believe that Motherwell should get the win and a possible clean sheet when they come up against St Johnstone, who might well find it a difficult task scoring a goal of their own.

We’re tipping a decent 2-0 margin for Motherwell at full-time.

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Lucas Pereira, 14:03 09/11/2024