📏 Form Guide

Motherwell

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Motherwell will be hoping to bounce back here after the 0-1 Premiership defeat last time out to Aberdeen.

In that match, Motherwell had 50% possession and 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. Aberdeen got 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Leighton Clarkson (25') scored for Aberdeen.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Motherwell haven’t conceded. The facts show that Motherwell have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 games, giving up 11 goals on the way. We will have to see whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

Pre-game facts show that Motherwell:

• haven't won against St Mirren in their previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

St Mirren

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After a loss in their previous game against Kilmarnock in Premiership competition, St Mirren and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, St Mirren managed 48% possession and 7 shots at goal with 2 on target. For St Mirren, goals were scored by Charles Dunne (20') and Mikael Mandron (39'). On the other side, Kilmarnock got 13 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Kyle Vassell (61', 73'), Daniel Armstrong (65'), Marley Watkins (68') and David Watson (79') scored for Kilmarnock.

Looking at their form, and St Mirren have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in total. Defensively, St Mirren certainly have room for improvement.

Heading into this fixture, St Mirren have not won away from home in their last 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 31/07/2022 shows that Motherwell have won 2 of them and St Mirren 3, with the number of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 7 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 3 of them for The Steelmen and 4 for The Buddies. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.17.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Premiership match day 18 on 16/12/2023 and the score finished St Mirren 0-0 Motherwell.

That time, St Mirren had 57% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target.

On the other side, Motherwell had 8 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Craig Napier.

📋 Team News: Motherwell

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Motherwell boss Stuart Kettlewell to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Callum Slattery (Knee injury) is out of contention.

📋 Team News: St Mirren

Owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go, the St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson has no fitness worries at all coming into this clash.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, St Mirren and Motherwell could well both score and end up finding themselves in a fairly even game here.

There should be little in it, and a draw looks to be quite a realistic result. That’s why we have predicted a tight encounter with a 1-1 draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 14:05 30/03/2024