Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone · Scottish Premiership
Motherwell beat St. Johnstone 2-1 in the Scottish Premiership. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Motherwell and St. Johnstone met in the Scottish Premiership at Fir Park in Motherwell on Saturday, 9 November 2024.
Goalscorers
Motherwell: T. Maswanhise 20'; T. Sparrow 34'. St. Johnstone: N. Clark 58'.
How the match went
The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Motherwell, 0 for St. Johnstone).
Line-ups
Motherwell started in a 3-5-2: Aston Oxborough, Dan Casey, Kofi Balmer, Steve Seddon, Marvin Kaleta, Tom Sparrow, Lennon Miller, Andy Halliday, Ewan Wilson, Tawanda Maswanhise, Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.
St. Johnstone started in a 4-3-1-2: Joshua Rae, Drey Wright, Jack Sanders, Kyle Cameron, Barry Douglas, Graham Carey, Sven Sprangler, Matt Smith, Jason Holt, Adama Sidibeh, Nicky Clark.
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Minute by minute
- 20'Goal! Motherwell 1-0 St. Johnstone. T. Maswanhise (Motherwell) scores, assisted by M. Kaleta.
- 34'Goal! Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone. T. Sparrow (Motherwell) scores, assisted by T. Maswanhise.
- 45'Half-time. Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone.
- 57'VAR: no penalty for St. Johnstone.
- 58'Goal! Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone. N. Clark (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty.
- 90+2'VAR check complete: the goal for St. Johnstone stands.
- 90'Full-time. Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone.
Full commentary (43 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Motherwell vs St. Johnstone.
- 1'Attempt missed. A. Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), header from a set piece. xG 0.03.
- 5'Attempt missed. T. Maswanhise (Motherwell), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 5'Attempt missed. E. Wilson (Motherwell), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
- 9'Attempt missed. N. Clark (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 9'Attempt blocked. A. Sidibeh (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.18.
- 11'Attempt missed. G. Carey (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 15'Attempt saved. A. Halliday (Motherwell), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 20'Goal! Motherwell 1-0 St. Johnstone. T. Maswanhise (Motherwell) scores, assisted by M. Kaleta.
- 22'Attempt blocked. A. Sidibeh (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 26'Attempt missed. A. Stamatelopoulos (Motherwell), header. xG 0.10.
- 27'Attempt saved. M. Smith (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 34'Goal! Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone. T. Sparrow (Motherwell) scores, assisted by T. Maswanhise.
- 36'Attempt missed. T. Maswanhise (Motherwell), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 45'Attempt saved. G. Carey (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Motherwell 2-0 St. Johnstone.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: L. Neilson comes on for J. Holt.
- 46'Substitution, St. Johnstone: A. Raymond comes on for M. Smith.
- 49'Attempt saved. T. Maswanhise (Motherwell), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 54'Attempt blocked. L. Miller (Motherwell), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 55'Attempt missed. T. Sparrow (Motherwell), left-footed shot. xG 0.16.
- 56'Attempt blocked. G. Carey (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 57'VAR: no penalty for St. Johnstone.
- 58'Goal! Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone. N. Clark (St. Johnstone) converts the penalty.
- 62'Attempt missed. A. Halliday (Motherwell), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
- 64'Attempt blocked. S. Seddon (Motherwell), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 66'Substitution, St. Johnstone: B. Mbunga-Kimpioka comes on for A. Sidibeh.
- 68'Substitution, Motherwell: T. Watt comes on for A. Stamatelopoulos.
- 68'Substitution, Motherwell: D. Zdravkovski comes on for A. Halliday.
- 76'Substitution, Motherwell: M. Ebiye comes on for T. Maswanhise.
- 76'Substitution, St. Johnstone: M. Kirk comes on for N. Clark.
- 77'Attempt blocked. B. Mbunga-Kimpioka (St. Johnstone), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 80'Yellow card for K. Balmer (Motherwell) for foul.
- 81'Attempt missed. T. Watt (Motherwell), right-footed shot. xG 0.20.
- 82'Substitution, Motherwell: H. Paton comes on for T. Sparrow.
- 86'Substitution, St. Johnstone: B. Mikulić comes on for B. Douglas.
- 88'Attempt blocked. S. Sprangler (St. Johnstone), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90'4 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'VAR check complete: the goal for St. Johnstone stands.
- 90+4'Attempt missed. D. Zdravkovski (Motherwell), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
- 90'Full-time. Motherwell 2-1 St. Johnstone.