MatchesOctober 28, 2026St Johnstone vs Motherwell

St Johnstone vs Motherwell

Scotland • Premiership • 2026/2027 • Round 11

St Johnstone2 : 2Motherwell

FTHalf-time: 1 : 1

Overview

Match events

19'Goal T. Steven1 : 0
34'Goal I. SaidAssist: E. Longelo • 1 : 1
46'SubstitutionJ. McGhee off: L. Fadinger on
46'SubstitutionD. Levitt off: J. Kanga on
51'Yellow card E. Alic
51'Yellow card I. Said
54'Goal T. MaswanhiseAssist: J. Girdwood-Reich • 1 : 2
62'SubstitutionI. Said off: R. Charles-Cook on
66'SubstitutionJ. Gullan off: J. Campbell on
66'SubstitutionR. Paton off: D. Schmidt on
67'SubstitutionJ. Holt off: J. Cotterill on
71'Yellow card T. Sparrow
80'SubstitutionT. Steven off: L. Chalmers on
80'SubstitutionT. Maswanhise off: J. Knight-Lebel on
88'SubstitutionJ. Girdwood-Reich off: S. O'Donnell on
90+3'Goal J. CampbellAssist: L. Chalmers • 2 : 2

Match statistics

56%	Ball Possession	44%
15	Shots Total	17
3	Shots On Goal	9
48	Dangerous Attacks	50
124	Attacks	89
2	Corners	8

Full statistics

Head-to-head

April 26, 2025 • Premiership • Motherwell 3 : 2 St. Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 1)
January 25, 2025 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 2 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 0 : 1)
January 18, 2025 • Scottish Cup • St. Johnstone 1 : 0 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 0)
November 9, 2024 • Premiership • Motherwell 2 : 1 St. Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 0)
August 31, 2024 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 1 : 2 Motherwell (Half-time 0 : 1)

Full H2H

Standings

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
7	St. Mirren	11	-7	14
8	St Johnstone	11	-4	13
9	Aberdeen	11	-2	11
10	Motherwell	11	-7	9
11	Hibernian	11	-6	8

Full standings

Match information

CountryScotland
CompetitionPremiership
Season2026/2027
Round11
DateOctober 28, 2026
Kick-off7:45 pm
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
RefereeJ. Beaton

Recent form

St JohnstoneLDWDL

MotherwellLLLLL

Lineups

Line-up: St Johnstone • 4-2-3-1

9Fowler

10Gullan99Paton7Steven

8Holt (C)42McAlear

2Alić3Diabate19Finlayson26Todd

1Steward

1Toby Steward
7Taylor Steven
8Jason Holt C
2Enes Alić
3Cheick Diabate
42Reece McAlear
26Matty Todd
9Josh Fowler
19Danny Finlayson
10Jamie Gullan
99Ruari Paton

Substitutes

20Ross Sinclair
25Macaulay Tait
6Božo Mikulić
30Joel Cotterill
14Matty Foulds
22Danny Schmidt
4Morgan Boyes
23Logan Chalmers
32Josh Campbell

Line-up: Motherwell • 4-2-3-1

47Palmer-Houlden

71Hodge19Said18Maswanhise

63Levitt6McGhee

45Longelo5Moormann3Girdwood-Reich7Sparrow (C)

1Paulsen

7Tom Sparrow C
47Sebastian Palmer-Houlden
3Jake Girdwood-Reich
19Ibrahim Said
18Tawanda Maswanhise
1Alex Paulsen
71Joe Hodge
5Martin Moormann
63Dylan Levitt
6Jordan McGhee
45Emmanuel Longelo

Substitutes

27Mikey Booth
4Jamie Knight-Lebel
15Eythor Bjørgolfsson
13Jardell Kanga
21Matty Connelly
17Regan Charles-Cook
77Willy Vogt
2Stephen O'Donnell
8Lukas Fadinger

Stats

Team statistics

St JohnstoneMotherwell

2	Corners	8
0	Throw In	0
0	Free Kick	0
0	Goal Kick	0
0	Penalty	0
4	Substitution	5
124	Attacks	89
48	Dangerous Attacks	50
56%	Ball Possession	44%
15	Shots Total	17
3	Shots On Goal	9
6	Shots Off Goal	4
6	Shots Blocked	4
12	Shots Inside Box	13
3	Shots Outside Box	4
9	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	2
7	Saves	1
548	Passes Total	422
459	Passes Accurate	333

0	Corners	4
0	Throw In	0
0	Free Kick	0
0	Goal Kick	0
0	Penalty	0
0	Substitution	2
61	Attacks	45
17	Dangerous Attacks	27
58%	Ball Possession	42%
4	Shots Total	10
2	Shots On Goal	4
1	Shots Off Goal	3
1	Shots Blocked	3
4	Shots Inside Box	7
0	Shots Outside Box	3
3	Fouls	9
3	Saves	1
304	Passes Total	217
258	Passes Accurate	169

2	Corners	4
0	Throw In	0
0	Free Kick	0
0	Goal Kick	0
0	Penalty	0
4	Substitution	3
63	Attacks	44
31	Dangerous Attacks	23
11	Shots Total	7
1	Shots On Goal	5
5	Shots Off Goal	1
5	Shots Blocked	1
8	Shots Inside Box	6
3	Shots Outside Box	1
6	Fouls	6
4	Saves	0
244	Passes Total	205
201	Passes Accurate	164

Player statistics: St Johnstone

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles
1Toby Steward	8.0	90	0	0	0	0	-
3Cheick Diabate	7.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/1
19Danny Finlayson	6.6	90	0	0	1	0	-
2Enes Alić	6.5	90	0	0	0	0	-
26Matty Todd	6.9	90	0	0	0	0	0/1
10Jamie Gullan	6.9	66	0	0	0	0	1/2
8Jason Holt C	7.5	67	0	0	0	0	1/1
42Reece McAlear	7.7	90	0	0	1	0	1/1
99Ruari Paton	6.0	66	0	0	2	0	0/1
7Taylor Steven	7.3	80	1	0	1	1	2/3
9Josh Fowler	6.7	90	0	0	2	1	1/2
22Danny Schmidt sub	6.6	24	0	0	1	0	-
32Josh Campbell sub	7.3	24	1	0	1	1	-
30Joel Cotterill sub	6.7	23	0	0	0	0	-
23Logan Chalmers sub	7.0	10	0	1	0	0	0/1

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
1Toby Steward	8.0	37	26	70%	0	-
3Cheick Diabate	7.3	104	88	85%	0	-
19Danny Finlayson	6.6	64	56	88%	1	-
2Enes Alić	6.5	40	32	80%	1	1/6
26Matty Todd	6.9	47	34	72%	3	3/6
10Jamie Gullan	6.9	25	21	84%	0	0/1
8Jason Holt C	7.5	58	54	93%	0	-
42Reece McAlear	7.7	74	66	89%	1	1/4
99Ruari Paton	6.0	12	10	83%	1	-
7Taylor Steven	7.3	29	27	93%	2	0/1
9Josh Fowler	6.7	16	11	69%	0	-
22Danny Schmidt sub	6.6	7	6	86%	0	-
32Josh Campbell sub	7.3	11	7	64%	1	-
30Joel Cotterill sub	6.7	19	17	89%	0	-
23Logan Chalmers sub	7.0	5	4	80%	1	1/4

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
1Toby Steward	8.0	0	0	3	0	-	0	0	0
3Cheick Diabate	7.3	1	3	6	2	8/10	7	0	0
19Danny Finlayson	6.6	0	2	4	0	5/9	5	0	0
2Enes Alić	6.5	0	1	4	1	2/3	0	1	1
26Matty Todd	6.9	3	0	2	0	6/8	2	0	0
10Jamie Gullan	6.9	0	0	2	0	3/4	0	0	0
8Jason Holt C	7.5	1	0	3	1	4/6	1	0	0
42Reece McAlear	7.7	4	0	2	0	5/12	0	4	0
99Ruari Paton	6.0	0	0	1	0	2/8	2	0	0
7Taylor Steven	7.3	0	0	0	0	6/11	0	1	0
9Josh Fowler	6.7	0	0	1	0	4/12	1	1	0
22Danny Schmidt sub	6.6	1	0	0	0	3/4	1	0	0
32Josh Campbell sub	7.3	0	0	0	0	2/3	2	2	0
30Joel Cotterill sub	6.7	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	0
23Logan Chalmers sub	7.0	0	0	1	0	1/2	0	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
1Toby Steward	8.0	90	7	6	1	2	0

Player statistics: Motherwell

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	On target	Dribbles
1Alex Paulsen	6.2	90	0	0	0	0	-
45Emmanuel Longelo	7.0	90	0	1	1	0	1/1
3Jake Girdwood-Reich	6.9	88	0	1	0	0	-
5Martin Moormann	6.5	90	0	0	0	0	-
7Tom Sparrow C	6.3	90	0	0	1	1	-
63Dylan Levitt	6.7	45	0	0	0	0	0/1
19Ibrahim Said	8.0	62	1	0	3	3	1/2
71Joe Hodge	7.2	90	0	0	1	1	1/3
6Jordan McGhee	6.5	45	0	0	2	0	-
18Tawanda Maswanhise	8.3	80	1	0	3	3	-
47Sebastian Palmer-Houlden	6.6	90	0	0	2	1	-
13Jardell Kanga sub	6.3	45	0	0	0	0	0/2
8Lukas Fadinger sub	7.2	45	0	0	0	0	-
17Regan Charles-Cook sub	6.3	28	0	0	0	0	-
4Jamie Knight-Lebel sub	6.2	10	0	0	0	0	-
2Stephen O'Donnell sub	-	2	0	0	0	0	-

Player	Rating	Passes	Accurate	Accuracy	Key passes	Crosses
1Alex Paulsen	6.2	54	44	81%	0	-
45Emmanuel Longelo	7.0	38	33	87%	2	1/9
3Jake Girdwood-Reich	6.9	56	43	77%	1	-
5Martin Moormann	6.5	43	35	81%	0	-
7Tom Sparrow C	6.3	46	34	74%	1	1/2
63Dylan Levitt	6.7	25	17	68%	0	-
19Ibrahim Said	8.0	22	13	59%	1	0/1
71Joe Hodge	7.2	47	44	94%	5	3/6
6Jordan McGhee	6.5	17	13	76%	0	-
18Tawanda Maswanhise	8.3	16	9	56%	1	0/2
47Sebastian Palmer-Houlden	6.6	11	9	82%	2	0/1
13Jardell Kanga sub	6.3	15	12	80%	0	0/1
8Lukas Fadinger sub	7.2	20	18	90%	0	-
17Regan Charles-Cook sub	6.3	8	7	88%	0	-
4Jamie Knight-Lebel sub	6.2	3	2	67%	0	-
2Stephen O'Donnell sub	-	1	0	0%	0	-

Player	Rating	Tackles	Interceptions	Clearances	Blocks	Duels won	Aerials	Fouls	YC
1Alex Paulsen	6.2	0	0	1	0	1/1	0	0	0
45Emmanuel Longelo	7.0	2	0	3	0	4/6	1	2	0
3Jake Girdwood-Reich	6.9	0	0	5	1	4/8	4	1	0
5Martin Moormann	6.5	1	1	5	2	1/2	0	1	0
7Tom Sparrow C	6.3	2	0	2	1	2/9	0	4	1
63Dylan Levitt	6.7	2	2	0	1	2/4	0	1	0
19Ibrahim Said	8.0	1	0	0	0	5/10	1	2	1
71Joe Hodge	7.2	3	0	1	0	8/15	2	1	0
6Jordan McGhee	6.5	0	1	0	0	3/7	3	2	0
18Tawanda Maswanhise	8.3	0	0	2	1	1/2	1	1	0
47Sebastian Palmer-Houlden	6.6	1	0	1	0	6/17	4	0	0
13Jardell Kanga sub	6.3	0	1	2	0	1/6	1	0	0
8Lukas Fadinger sub	7.2	1	1	2	0	1/1	0	0	0
17Regan Charles-Cook sub	6.3	0	0	0	0	1/2	0	0	0
4Jamie Knight-Lebel sub	6.2	0	0	2	0	1/1	1	0	0
2Stephen O'Donnell sub	-	0	0	1	0	1/2	1	0	0

Player	Rating	Min	Saves	In the box	Punches	Conceded	Pens saved
1Alex Paulsen	6.2	90	1	1	0	2	0

H2H

Head-to-head

Last 9 meetings

St Johnstone wins3

Draws3

Motherwell wins3

Goals: St Johnstone13 (1.4)
Goals: Motherwell13 (1.4)
Goals per match2.9
Both teams scored8 / 9
Over 2.5 goals6 / 9

Results

April 26, 2025 • Premiership • Motherwell 3 : 2 St. Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 1)
January 25, 2025 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 2 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 0 : 1)
January 18, 2025 • Scottish Cup • St. Johnstone 1 : 0 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 0)
November 9, 2024 • Premiership • Motherwell 2 : 1 St. Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 0)
August 31, 2024 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 1 : 2 Motherwell (Half-time 0 : 1)
May 19, 2024 • Premiership • Motherwell 1 : 2 St. Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 2)
January 27, 2024 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 1 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 1)
December 9, 2023 • Premiership • Motherwell 1 : 1 St. Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 0)
November 7, 2023 • Premiership • St. Johnstone 2 : 2 Motherwell (Half-time 2 : 0)

Form: last 9 matches

	St Johnstone	Motherwell
W-D-L	2-3-4	1-1-7
Scored (per match)	7 (0.8)	10 (1.1)
Conceded (per match)	12 (1.3)	21 (2.3)
Clean sheets	1 / 9	1 / 9
Both teams scored	5 / 9	4 / 9
Over 2.5 goals	3 / 9	6 / 9

Recent form: St Johnstone

LOctober 24, 2026 • Premiership • Rangers 4 : 0 St Johnstone (Half-time 1 : 0)
DOctober 17, 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 1 : 1 Dundee Utd (Half-time 1 : 0)
WOctober 11, 2026 • Premiership • Aberdeen 0 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 1)
DSeptember 19, 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 1 : 1 Falkirk (Half-time 0 : 0)
LSeptember 9, 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 0 : 1 Celtic (Half-time 0 : 0)
WSeptember 6, 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 2 : 1 Hibernian (Half-time 2 : 1)
DSeptember 2, 2026 • Premiership • Dundee FC 1 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 0)
LAugust 29, 2026 • Premiership • Hearts 2 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 0)
LAugust 8, 2026 • Premiership • St. Mirren 1 : 0 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form: Motherwell

LOctober 25, 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 2 Hearts (Half-time 0 : 1)
LOctober 17, 2026 • Premiership • Kilmarnock 3 : 2 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 1)
LOctober 11, 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 2 Celtic (Half-time 0 : 1)
LSeptember 19, 2026 • Premiership • Dundee FC 2 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 2 : 1)
LSeptember 15, 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 4 Aberdeen (Half-time 0 : 1)
LSeptember 5, 2026 • Premiership • Rangers 1 : 0 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 0)
WSeptember 2, 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 3 : 0 Dundee Utd (Half-time 1 : 0)
DAugust 30, 2026 • Premiership • St. Mirren 3 : 3 Motherwell (Half-time 3 : 2)
LAugust 27, 2026 • UEFA Conference League • Freiburg 4 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 1)

Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	11	9	1	1	27	8	+19	28
2	Rangers	11	7	3	1	19	9	+10	24
3	Hearts	11	6	2	3	24	17	+7	20
4	Dundee FC	11	5	2	4	17	13	+4	17
5	Dundee Utd	11	4	4	3	16	16	0	16
6	Falkirk	11	4	3	4	13	12	+1	15
7	St. Mirren	11	4	2	5	12	19	-7	14
8	St Johnstone	11	3	4	4	13	17	-4	13
9	Aberdeen	11	3	2	6	12	14	-2	11
10	Motherwell	11	2	3	6	13	20	-7	9
11	Hibernian	11	2	2	7	11	17	-6	8
12	Kilmarnock	11	2	2	7	11	26	-15	8

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hearts	5	4	1	0	15	4	+11	13
2	Celtic	6	4	1	1	15	5	+10	13
3	Rangers	5	4	0	1	10	3	+7	12
4	Dundee FC	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
5	St Johnstone	6	2	3	1	10	9	+1	9
6	Dundee Utd	5	2	2	1	6	6	0	8
7	St. Mirren	6	2	2	2	8	10	-2	8
8	Aberdeen	6	2	1	3	5	5	0	7
9	Falkirk	5	2	0	3	7	7	0	6
10	Motherwell	5	1	1	3	3	8	-5	4
11	Kilmarnock	5	1	1	3	5	13	-8	4
12	Hibernian	6	0	1	5	5	11	-6	1

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Celtic	5	5	0	0	12	3	+9	15
2	Rangers	6	3	3	0	9	6	+3	12
3	Falkirk	6	2	3	1	6	5	+1	9
4	Dundee Utd	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
5	Hibernian	5	2	1	2	6	6	0	7
6	Hearts	6	2	1	3	9	13	-4	7
7	Dundee FC	5	2	0	3	6	6	0	6
8	St. Mirren	5	2	0	3	4	9	-5	6
9	Motherwell	6	1	2	3	10	12	-2	5
10	Aberdeen	5	1	1	3	7	9	-2	4
11	St Johnstone	5	1	1	3	3	8	-5	4
12	Kilmarnock	6	1	1	4	6	13	-7	4

Top scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals	Pen.	Assists
1	L. Shankland	Hearts	11	0	3
2	B. Nygren	Celtic	10	0	0
3	T. Maswanhise	Motherwell	10	0	2
4	C. Braga	Hearts	9	0	0
5	K. Bowie	Hibernian	8	0	3
1	Camilo Duran	Celtic	7	0	5
6	D. Maeda	Celtic	7	0	0
7	J. McGrath	Hibernian	7	0	0
1	C. Dessers	Rangers	6	1	0
2	Benjamin Nygren	Celtic	6	0	3
3	Fowler Josh	St. Johnstone	6	2	0
8	A. Stamatelopoulos	Motherwell	6	0	2
9	Z. Sapsford	Dundee Utd	6	0	0
1	I. Dolček	Dundee United	5	0	2
2	A. Idah	Celtic	5	0	0
4	Jacob Murrell	Falkirk	5	1	0
5	C. Miller	Hearts	5	3	1
6	Don Naderi Ryan	Rangers	5	0	3
7	Braga Cláudio	Hearts	5	1	2
10	J. Tavernier	Rangers	5	0	0
16	E. Longelo	Motherwell	4	0	0
2	E. Longelo	Motherwell	3	0	0
3	T. Maswanhise	Motherwell	3	0	2
15	A. Lowry	Motherwell	3	0	0
12	L. Armstrong	Motherwell	2	0	0
29	I. Said	Motherwell	2	0	0
30	T. Maswanhise	Motherwell	2	0	2
31	S. Palmer-Houlden	Motherwell	2	0	0
41	L. Fadinger	Motherwell	1	1	0
43	T. Steven	St. Johnstone	1	0	0