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St. Johnstone v Motherwell : Premiership match betting preview, prediction and odds

Wed 28th Oct, 19:45 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

the McDiarmid Park masses welcome Motherwell's fans on Wednesday evening, as Simo Valakari's St. Johnstone go head to head with Alfred Johansson's team in the Premiership. You'll see stats supporting our top of below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we cover too. We aim to give you as full a picture as possible, with Premiership performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you can make a smart bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.


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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
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Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Team To Score First

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St. Johnstone
45%
--
Draw
24%
--
Motherwell
31%
--
Draw 1-1
11%
--
St. Johnstone 2-1
9%
--
St. Johnstone 1-0
8%
--
Motherwell 2-1
7%
--
St. Johnstone 2-0
7%
--
Motherwell 1-0
6%
--
Draw 2-2
6%
--
St. Johnstone 3-1
5%
--
Draw 0-0
5%
--
Motherwell 2-0
4%
--
St. Johnstone 3-0
4%
--
St. Johnstone 3-2
4%
--
Motherwell 3-1
3%
--
Motherwell 3-2
3%
--
St. Johnstone 4-1
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
59%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
41%
--
Home 1st Goal
51%
--
Away 1st Goal
47%
--
No 1st Goal
3%
--
BTTS - Yes
61%
--
BTTS - No
39%
--
BTTS - Home Win
24%
--
BTTS - Draw
19%
--
BTTS - Away Win
18%
--
Home/draw
69%
--
Away/draw
55%
--
Home/away
76%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
81%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
19%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
37%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
63%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
19%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
81%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
9%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
91%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
--
Home DNB
61%
--
Away DNB
48%
--
St. Johnstone win to nil
21%
--
Motherwell win to nil
14%
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

St. Johnstone have played 8 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Premiership league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 5 games against teams below in the table, having won 3, drawn 1 and lost 1 match. They have kept 1 clean sheet and have failed to score in 1 fixture. St. Johnstone have outscored their opponents by 10 goals to 9 goals.

Home League Performance

St. Johnstone have played 4 games at home winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1 game. They have scored 7 goals, kept 0 clean sheets and conceded 6 goals at home.

Motherwell are in 9th position in the Premiership on 8 points having played 8 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 7 goals and kept no clean sheets. They have scored 6 goals in total and failed to score in 1 fixture.

Performance against teams above them in the league

6 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 1 and won 1. Motherwell have conceded 12 goals, scored 7, failed to score in 3 fixtures and have kept 1 clean sheet.

Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Motherwell
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic81221 
l
 
0-1A
Dec 5
Mar 13
-
l
 
0-2A
Dec 26
Feb 3
-
2
Rangers8619 
Dec 13
Oct 24
-
Jan 23
Nov 21
l
 
1-0A
-
Mar 13
3
Hearts81116 
Dec 30
l
 
2-1A
-
Apr 3
Oct 25
Dec 13
Feb 20
-
4
Dundee8313 
Nov 7
d
 
1-1A
-
Feb 13
Dec 19
l
 
2-1A
-
Mar 20
5
St. Johnstone8011 
-
-
-
-
Jan 2
Oct 28
-
Apr 10
6
Dundee Utd8-111 
Oct 17
Nov 28
Jan 30
-
w
 
3-0F
Nov 7
Jan 23
-
7
St. Mirren8-610 
Dec 2
l
 
1-0A
-
Feb 3
Oct 31
d
 
3-3F
-
Feb 13
8
Aberdeen8-28 
Dec 26
w
 
0-1F
-
Feb 27
l
 
0-4A
Dec 30
Apr 3
-
9
Motherwell8-48 
Oct 28
Jan 2
Apr 10
-
-
-
-
-
10
Hibernian8-47 
w
 
2-1F
Dec 19
Mar 20
-
Nov 28
w
 
1-2F
-
Jan 9
11
Falkirk8-46 
d
 
1-1A
Nov 21
Jan 9
-
d
 
0-00-0
Dec 2
Feb 27
-
12
Kilmarnock8-115 
w
 
4-3F
Oct 31
Feb 20
-
Dec 5
Oct 17
-
Jan 30
Win / draw / win form
St. Johnstone 5TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
16
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
11
Draw
7
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
St. Johnstone1 - 1Falkirk
St. Johnstone0 - 1Celtic
St. Johnstone2 - 1Hibernian
St. Johnstone4 - 3Kilmarnock
St. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone4 - 0Airdrieonians
St. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
St. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone3 - 1Ayr United
St. Johnstone2 - 2Partick
St. Johnstone0 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 0Arbroath
St. Johnstone5 - 0Greenock
St. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
St. Johnstone4 - 3Queen's Park
St. Johnstone3 - 0Airdrieonians
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ross County
St. Johnstone0 - 0Ayr United
St. Johnstone2 - 1Dunfermline
St. Johnstone1 - 1Greenock
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
15
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
11
Draw
6
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Aberdeen
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Falkirk
HSt. Johnstone0 - 1Celtic
HSt. Johnstone2 - 1Hibernian
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Dundee
ASt. Johnstone1 - 2Hearts
ASt. Johnstone0 - 1St. Mirren
HSt. Johnstone4 - 3Kilmarnock
ASt. Johnstone1 - 0Ayr United
HSt. Johnstone2 - 0Raith Rovers
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Dunfermline
HSt. Johnstone4 - 0Airdrieonians
ASt. Johnstone4 - 2Arbroath
HSt. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Partick
HSt. Johnstone1 - 0Ross County
ASt. Johnstone2 - 0Greenock
HSt. Johnstone3 - 1Ayr United
ASt. Johnstone1 - 1Queen's Park
ASt. Johnstone0 - 0Raith Rovers
Motherwell 9TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
7
Draw
5
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Dundee2 - 1Motherwell
Rangers1 - 0Motherwell
St. Mirren3 - 3Motherwell
Hibernian1 - 2Motherwell
Hibernian0 - 1Motherwell
Falkirk1 - 0Motherwell
Rangers2 - 3Motherwell
Hearts3 - 1Motherwell
Celtic3 - 1Motherwell
Dundee2 - 1Motherwell
St. Mirren0 - 5Motherwell
Livingston0 - 2Motherwell
Hibernian1 - 1Motherwell
Rangers1 - 0Motherwell
Dundee Utd0 - 0Motherwell
Falkirk0 - 0Motherwell
Kilmarnock1 - 3Motherwell
Aberdeen1 - 1Motherwell
Livingston1 - 2Motherwell
Celtic3 - 2Motherwell
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HMotherwell0 - 2Celtic
AMotherwell1 - 2Dundee
HMotherwell0 - 4Aberdeen
AMotherwell0 - 1Rangers
HMotherwell3 - 0Dundee Utd
AMotherwell3 - 3St. Mirren
HMotherwell0 - 0Falkirk
AMotherwell2 - 1Hibernian
AMotherwell1 - 0Hibernian
HMotherwell2 - 3Celtic
HMotherwell1 - 1Hearts
AMotherwell0 - 1Falkirk
AMotherwell3 - 2Rangers
AMotherwell1 - 3Hearts
HMotherwell2 - 3Falkirk
HMotherwell0 - 0Hibernian
AMotherwell1 - 3Celtic
AMotherwell1 - 2Dundee
HMotherwell2 - 0Dundee Utd
AMotherwell5 - 0St. Mirren
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at St. Johnstone since 2013
St. Johnstone
Motherwell
Goals: Scored
32
21
Games: Scored
18 / 21
17 / 21
Clean sheets
4 / 21
3 / 21
STU
10
D
7
MTW
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St. Johnstone
St. Johnstone2 - 1
1 - 2Motherwell
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw2 - 2Draw
0 - 2Motherwell
Draw1 - 1Draw
St. Johnstone2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
St. Johnstone2 - 1
0 - 1Motherwell
St. Johnstone2 - 0
1 - 2Motherwell
Draw0 - 0Draw
St. Johnstone4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
St. Johnstone2 - 1
St. Johnstone2 - 1
St. Johnstone2 - 1
St. Johnstone3 - 0
St. Johnstone2 - 0
League games at Motherwell since 2014
Motherwell
St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
33
28
Games: Scored
18 / 22
15 / 22
Clean sheets
7 / 22
4 / 22
STU
10
D
2
MTW
10
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Motherwell
Motherwell3 - 2
Motherwell2 - 1
1 - 2St. Johnstone
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2St. Johnstone
1 - 2St. Johnstone
Motherwell2 - 0
0 - 3St. Johnstone
Motherwell1 - 0
Motherwell4 - 0
Motherwell3 - 0
0 - 1St. Johnstone
1 - 5St. Johnstone
Motherwell2 - 0
1 - 2St. Johnstone
1 - 2St. Johnstone
1 - 2St. Johnstone
Motherwell2 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 1St. Johnstone
Motherwell2 - 1
Motherwell4 - 0
Goal Statistics

St. Johnstone's defensive record is to be admired, S. Valakari's men having conceded 1 or less in 5 consecutive Premiership outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Motherwell makes sense in this context.

St. Johnstone 5th Motherwell 9th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
31%
2
26%
3
15%
4+
9%
There is a 81% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
0
25%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 60% probability that Motherwell will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+5
St. Johnstone’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+10
Motherwell’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.8
average goals scored
1.5
average goals scored
0.8
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2026/2027 season
St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Motherwell
1.7
1.4
Attack rating
%
better
STU
MTW
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
STU
MTW
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

St. Johnstone v Motherwell Premiership lLine ups will show here when available.

St. Johnstone Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8523
T StewardJ. FowlerJ GullanC Diabaté
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
T Steward GLK8
-
S Stanton MID81
1
-
J Holt MID8
-
R McAlear MID8
1
-
J. Fowler FWD851
-
C Diabaté DEF71
2
1
R Paton FWD71
1
-
L Smith DEF6
1
-
E Alic DEF61
1
-
T. Steven FWD6
1
-
J Gullan FWD62
1
-
K Fotheringham FWD61
-
M Tait MID51
-
J Cotterill MID4
-
M Todd MID4
-
L Chalmers FWD4
-
D Finlayson DEF3
-
M Foulds DEF3
-
J Campbell MID3
1
-
D. Schmidt FWD3
-
B Mikulic DEF1
-
Motherwell Premiership squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
8222
A PaulsenA LowryT SparrowM Moormann
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Paulsen GLK8
-
M Moormann DEF8
2
-
E Longelo DEF8
1
-
A Lowry MID821
-
L Fadinger MID81
2
-
T Sparrow MID82
2
-
T Maswanhise FWD812
-
J. Girdwood-Reich DEF7
-
I Said FWD71
-
J. Kanga MID61
-
J Hodge MID6
1
-
S. Palmer-Houlden FWD61
1
-
W. Vogt FWD6
-
E Bjørgolfsson FWD6
-
R Charles-Cook FWD61
-
J. Knight-Lebel DEF4
-
D Willis DEF41
1
-
D Levitt MID41
-
S O'Donnell DEF3
1
-
E Wilson DEF2
-
O. Priestman MID2
1
-
J. Koutroumbis DEF1
-
M. Booth MID1
-