St Johnstone vs Motherwell (28 October 2026) ⋆ Premiership ⋆ Live Score, Results, H2H, Stats & Lineups

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 Possession44%

15Shots Total17

3Shots On Goal9

48Dangerous Attacks50

124Attacks89

2Corners8

Full statistics

Match information

Country: Scotland
Competition: Premiership
Season: 2026/2027
Round: 11
Date: 28 October 2026
Kick-off: 19:45
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Referee: J. Beaton

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

Recent form

St Johnstone

LDWDL

Motherwell

LLLLL

Head-to-head

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

Full H2H

Clubs

St Johnstone

Founded: 1885
Country: Scotland
Stadium: McDiarmid Park
City: Perth
Capacity: 10 673
Surface: grass

Motherwell

Founded: 1886
Country: Scotland
Stadium: Fir Park
City: Motherwell
Capacity: 13 742
Surface: grass

Match commentary

It is all over: St Johnstone 2 : 2 Motherwell.
90+3'St Johnstone score! L. Chalmers sets it up and J. Campbell finishes. 2 : 2.
88'Motherwell make a change: J. Girdwood-Reich off, S. O'Donnell on.
80'Motherwell make a change: T. Maswanhise off, J. Knight-Lebel on.
80'St Johnstone make a change: T. Steven off, L. Chalmers on.
71'Yellow card for T. Sparrow (Motherwell).
67'St Johnstone make a change: J. Holt off, J. Cotterill on.
66'St Johnstone make a change: R. Paton off, D. Schmidt on.
66'St Johnstone make a change: J. Gullan off, J. Campbell on.
62'Motherwell make a change: I. Said off, R. Charles-Cook on.
54'Motherwell score! J. Girdwood-Reich sets it up and T. Maswanhise finishes. 1 : 2.
51'Yellow card for I. Said (Motherwell).
51'Yellow card for E. Alic (St Johnstone).
46'Motherwell make a change: D. Levitt off, J. Kanga on.
46'Motherwell make a change: J. McGhee off, L. Fadinger on.
We are back for the second half.
Half-time. 1 : 1.
34'Motherwell score! E. Longelo sets it up and I. Said finishes. 1 : 1.
19'Goal! T. Steven scores for St Johnstone. 1 : 0.
Kick-off! The match is under way.

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

Coaches

St Johnstone: Simo Valakari
Motherwell: Alfred Johansson

Team statistics

St JohnstoneMotherwell

2Corners8

0Throw In0

0Free Kick0

0Goal Kick0

0Penalty0

4Substitution5

124Attacks89

48Dangerous Attacks50

56%Ball Possession44%

15Shots Total17

3Shots On Goal9

6Shots Off Goal4

6Shots Blocked4

12Shots Inside Box13

3Shots Outside Box4

9Fouls15

1Yellow Cards2

7Saves1

548Passes Total422

459Passes Accurate333

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

Head-to-head

Last 9 meetings

St Johnstone wins3

Draws3

Motherwell wins3

Goals: St Johnstone: 13 (1.4)
Goals: Motherwell: 13 (1.4)
Goals per match: 2.9
Both teams scored: 8 / 9
Over 2.5 goals: 6 / 9

Results

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

L24 October 2026 • Premiership • Rangers 4 : 0 St Johnstone (Half-time 1 : 0)
D17 October 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 1 : 1 Dundee Utd (Half-time 1 : 0)
W11 October 2026 • Premiership • Aberdeen 0 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 1)
D19 September 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 1 : 1 Falkirk (Half-time 0 : 0)
L9 September 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 0 : 1 Celtic (Half-time 0 : 0)
W6 September 2026 • Premiership • St Johnstone 2 : 1 Hibernian (Half-time 2 : 1)
D2 September 2026 • Premiership • Dundee FC 1 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 0)
L29 August 2026 • Premiership • Hearts 2 : 1 St Johnstone (Half-time 2 : 0)
L8 August 2026 • Premiership • St. Mirren 1 : 0 St Johnstone (Half-time 0 : 0)

Recent form - Motherwell

L25 October 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 2 Hearts (Half-time 0 : 1)
L17 October 2026 • Premiership • Kilmarnock 3 : 2 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 1)
L11 October 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 2 Celtic (Half-time 0 : 1)
L19 September 2026 • Premiership • Dundee FC 2 : 1 Motherwell (Half-time 2 : 1)
L15 September 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 0 : 4 Aberdeen (Half-time 0 : 1)
L5 September 2026 • Premiership • Rangers 1 : 0 Motherwell (Half-time 1 : 0)
W2 September 2026 • Premiership • Motherwell 3 : 0 Dundee Utd (Half-time 1 : 0)
D30 August 2026 • Premiership • St. Mirren 3 : 3 Motherwell (Half-time 3 : 2)
L27 August 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