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

Sat 25th Jan, 15:00 BST, McDiarmid Park, Perth

We’ve Premiership action to look forward to on Saturday afternoon, as Craig Levein and his St. Johnstone side host Stuart Kettlewell’s Motherwell at the McDiarmid Park. We've got predictions, tips, and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers and head-to-head statistics across every market, so there really is only one place to get ready for this Premiership clash.


Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither St. Johnstone or Motherwell are in the sort of form that would have us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so instead we've gone for over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a track record in this market, both individually and when facing one another head-to-head. We're predicting there's a 78% chance of two goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
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
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 38% chance of Motherwell coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
St. Johnstone
37%
7/4-
Draw
25%
5/2-
Motherwell
38%
7/5-
Draw 1-1
12%
11/2-
Motherwell 2-1
8%
17/2-
St. Johnstone 2-1
8%
9/1-
Motherwell 1-0
8%
17/2-
St. Johnstone 1-0
8%
9/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
Motherwell 2-0
6%
12/1-
St. Johnstone 2-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 0-0
6%
11/1-
Motherwell 3-1
4%
18/1-
St. Johnstone 3-1
4%
20/1-
Motherwell 3-2
3%
25/1-
Motherwell 3-0
3%
22/1-
St. Johnstone 3-2
3%
25/1-
St. Johnstone 3-0
3%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
4/5-
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
1/1-
Home 1st Goal
48%
11/10-
Away 1st Goal
48%
4/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
11/1-
BTTS - Yes
58%
8/13-
BTTS - No
42%
6/5-
BTTS - Home Win
19%
4/1-
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3-
BTTS - Away Win
20%
7/2-
Home/draw
62%
8/15-
Away/draw
63%
2/5-
Home/away
75%
2/7-
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
1/4-
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
3/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
2/1-
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
2/5-
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
9/2-
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/7-
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
10/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/20-
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/25-
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/1-
Home DNB
54%
1/1-
Away DNB
56%
8/11-
St. Johnstone win to nil
18%
9/2-
Motherwell win to nil
18%
7/2-
St. Johnstone / St. Johnstone
18%
7/2-
St. Johnstone / Motherwell
4%
22/1-
St. Johnstone / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / St. Johnstone
13%
11/2-
Draw / Motherwell
14%
5/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2-
Motherwell / St. Johnstone
3%
25/1-
Motherwell / Motherwell
21%
3/1-
Motherwell / Draw
6%
12/1-
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Win / draw / win Premiership table

St. Johnstone have played 23 matches so far this season and are in 12th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

23 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 3 and won 4. St. Johnstone have conceded 47 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

St. Johnstone have played 11 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 12 goals, conceded 22 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Motherwell lay in 5th place on 31 points in the Premiership league table having played 23 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 15 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 16 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Motherwell have conceded 20 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Motherwell have played 12 away games, winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
St. Johnstone
Motherwell
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Celtic235360 
l
 
0-6A
l
 
4-0A
Apr 5
-
l
 
0-3A
l
 
4-0A
Feb 2
-
2
Rangers222344 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-0A
-
l
 
3-1A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
2-1A
-
Mar 1
3
Dundee Utd23737 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
-
Apr 12
w
 
4-3F
w
 
1-2F
-
Feb 22
4
Aberdeen22235 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
1-1F
Mar 15
-
w
 
2-0F
l
 
2-1A
-
Mar 29
5
Motherwell A23-931 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Jan 25
-
-
-
-
-
6
Hibernian23-229 
d
 
1-1F
l
 
2-0A
-
Mar 29
l
 
0-3A
w
 
1-2F
-
l
 
3-1A
7
Dundee23-427 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
1-2A
-
Mar 1
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
Feb 26
-
8
St. Mirren23-1127 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-1F
-
Feb 1
w
 
2-1A
w
 
0-1F
Mar 15
-
9
Kilmarnock23-1225 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-3F
-
Feb 15
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
-
Apr 5
10
Ross County23-1925 
w
 
3-0F
d
 
3-3A
Feb 26
-
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-1A
Feb 15
-
11
Hearts23-624 
l
 
1-2A
l
 
2-1A
Feb 22
-
w
 
3-1F
l
 
1-0A
Apr 12
-
12
St. Johnstone H23-2215 
-
-
-
-
w
 
2-1F
w
 
1-2F
-
Jan 25
Championship Round
Relegation Round
Win / draw / win form
9
St. Johnstone have not won in 9 consecutive league games
St. Johnstone 12TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
9
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
37
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
2
Draw
5
Lost
13
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
43
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
3
D
3
Lost
14
Motherwell 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
35
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
2
Lost
10
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
8
D
3
Lost
9
bet365
bet365
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Motherwell have not lost to St. Johnstone in 5 consecutive away league meetings
League games at St. Johnstone since 2013
St. Johnstone
Motherwell
Goals: Scored
30
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
3 / 20
STU
9
D
7
MTW
4
League games at Motherwell since 2014
Motherwell
St. Johnstone
Goals: Scored
30
26
Games: Scored
17 / 21
14 / 21
Clean sheets
7 / 21
4 / 21
STU
10
D
2
MTW
9
Goal Statistics

Goals have been a problem for St. Johnstone of late. It has been 6 Premiership matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.4 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Motherwell.

Motherwell's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because St. Johnstone have conceded in each of their last 9 Premiership outings. A PG of 1.5 for S. Kettlewell's side suggests that run should continue.

St. Johnstone 12th Motherwell 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that St. Johnstone will score 1 or more goals
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Motherwell will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-26
St. Johnstone have scored 26% fewer goals at home than predicted
+20
Motherwell have scored 20% more goals when away than predicted
0.9
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.9
conceded
1.8
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Premiership - 2024/2025 season
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St. Johnstone
PG (predicted goals)
Motherwell
1.4
1.5
Attack rating
STU
MTW
7%
better
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Games scored17
16
Failed to score6
7
Scored first7
10
Goals scored25
28
Avg. goals scored1.1
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
8
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
16
Avg. XG for1.1
1.1
KickOff rating
+7%
Defence rating
STU
MTW
18%
better
view stats
Games conceded20
19
Clean sheets3
4
Conceded first16
11
Goals conceded47
37
Avg. goals conceded2
1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded10
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
6
Conversion rate against20%
15%
Avg. XG against1.6
1.7
KickOff rating
+18%

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

St. Johnstone Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22627
D WrightN ClarkB KimpiokaS Sprangler
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J Sanders DEF2211
5
1
D Wright MID221
-
N Clark FWD2261
2
-
B Kimpioka FWD2162
1
1
G Carey MID2021
1
-
M Smith MID201
2
-
M Kirk FWD2051
1
-
S Sprangler MID18
7
-
A. Sidibeh FWD1821
3
1
L Neilson DEF17
3
-
A Raymond DEF172
5
-
J Holt MID16
5
1
K Cameron DEF15
-
A. Essel MID151
6
-
J Rae GLK14
1
-
R Sinclair GLK9
-
D Keltjens MID7
-
J McPake MID71
-
C MacPherson MID6
3
-
F. Franczak MID3
-
M Kucheryavyi MID31
-
S McClelland DEF1
-
Motherwell Premiership squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
22567
A OxboroughT MaswanhiseL MillerD Casey
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Halliday  MID2321
3
-
A Oxborough GLK22
-
D Casey DEF2212
5
2
M Ebiye FWD202
-
M. Kaleta DEF192
1
-
L Gordon DEF1911
1
1
L Miller MID1926
3
-
T Maswanhise FWD1953
3
-
T Watt FWD181
5
-
T Sparrow MID173
4
-
D Zdravkovski MID16
3
-
A Stamatelopoulos FWD1651
3
-
S O'Donnell DEF151
4
-
K Balmer DEF131
2
-
Z Robinson FWD121
1
-
S Seddon DEF10
2
-
P McGinn DEF101
1
-
H Paton MID101
2
-
S Blaney DEF9
3
-
J Tavares FWD7
-
J Vale FWD6
1
1
S Nicholson MID5
1
-
C Slattery MID21
-
J. Koutroumbis DEF1
-
R Callachan MID1
-