Scottish League Cup | Second Round

Nov 28, 2020 at 3pm UK

Fir Park

Motherwell
1 - 2
St Johnstone

Watt (61')
Gallagher (10')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Hendry (68'), Wotherspoon (77')
O'Halloran (41'), Gordon (57')

Stephen Robinson: 'We missed Allan Campbell against St Johnstone'

Stephen Robinson claims his players should have been able to adopt the same approach as the missing midfielder as they suffered a 2-1 defeat by St Johnstone.

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Michael O'Halloran in action for St Johnstone in 2016

Callum Davidson hails Michael O'Halloran following Motherwell win

Davidson said Michael O'Halloran 'dragged us back into the game with his heart more than anything else'.

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The Match

Team News

The striker suffered a dead leg against the same opposition last week.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Scottish League Cup clash between Motherwell and St Johnstone, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a St Johnstone win with a probability of 37.56%. A win for Motherwell had a probability of 37.47% and a draw had a probability of 25%.

The most likely scoreline for a St Johnstone win was 1-2 with a probability of 8.38%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (8.19%) and 0-2 (5.86%). The likeliest Motherwell win was 2-1 (8.37%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.7%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-2 win for St Johnstone in this match.

Result
Motherwell	Draw	St Johnstone
37.47%	24.96%	37.56%

Both teams to score 57.9%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

54.51%

45.48%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.18%

67.81%

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.07%

23.93%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.84%

58.15%

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.11%

23.89%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.91%

58.09%

Score Analysis

Motherwell 37.47%

St Johnstone 37.56%

Draw 24.96%

Motherwell	Draw	St Johnstone
2-1 @ 8.37% 1-0 @ 8.17% 2-0 @ 5.84% 3-1 @ 3.99% 3-2 @ 2.86% 3-0 @ 2.79% 4-1 @ 1.43% 4-2 @ 1.02% 4-0 @ 1% Other @ 2.01% Total : 37.47%	1-1 @ 11.7% 2-2 @ 5.99% 0-0 @ 5.72% 3-3 @ 1.36% Other @ 0.19% Total : 24.96%	1-2 @ 8.38% 0-1 @ 8.19% 0-2 @ 5.86% 1-3 @ 4% 2-3 @ 2.86% 0-3 @ 2.8% 1-4 @ 1.43% 2-4 @ 1.02% 0-4 @ 1% Other @ 2.02% Total : 37.56%