Scottish Premiership

Scottish Premiership | Gameweek 19

Dec 18, 2021 at 3pm UK

Fir Park Stadium

Motherwell
2 - 0
St Johnstone

Cornelius (17'), van Veen (55')
Goss (75')

FT(HT: 1-0)

The Match

Preview

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

We said: Motherwell 2-0 St Johnstone

St Johnstone are struggling at the moment and their lack of goals is an alarming problem that is stopping them from progressing up the table. On the other hand, Motherwell have been getting mixed results, but when it comes to Saturday they should have enough quality to secure three points. Read more.

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 Motherwell win with a probability of 38.85%. A win for St Johnstone had a probability of 31.79% and a draw had a probability of 29.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Motherwell win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (7.7%) and 2-0 (7.62%). The likeliest St Johnstone win was 0-1 (11.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13.39%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 7.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Motherwell in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Motherwell.

Result
Motherwell	Draw	St Johnstone
38.85%	29.35%	31.79%

Both teams to score 43.47%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

36.68%

63.32%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

17.3%

82.7%

Motherwell Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.34%

31.66%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.93%

68.07%

St Johnstone Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.61%

36.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.82%

73.18%

Score Analysis

Motherwell 38.85%

St Johnstone 31.79%

Draw 29.35%

Motherwell	Draw	St Johnstone
1-0 @ 13.25% 2-1 @ 7.7% 2-0 @ 7.62% 3-1 @ 2.95% 3-0 @ 2.92% 3-2 @ 1.49% Other @ 2.91% Total : 38.85%	1-1 @ 13.39% 0-0 @ 11.52% 2-2 @ 3.89% Other @ 0.54% Total : 29.35%	0-1 @ 11.64% 1-2 @ 6.77% 0-2 @ 5.89% 1-3 @ 2.28% 0-3 @ 1.98% 2-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 1.92% Total : 31.79%