Week 19 brings us a match on Dec 18th, where Motherwell will host St. Johnstone at Fir Park in a clash of these two mismatched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Motherwell is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Celtic. Tom Rogić struck first for Celtic in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from David Turnbull, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Motherwell was frustrated by Celtic’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Celtic ended the match with the shutout victory. Motherwell is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, St. Johnstone recorded a 0-1 loss against Aberdeen. Teddy Jenks scored the first goal for Aberdeen in the 83rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Aberdeen took the shutout win. St. Johnstone looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Motherwell and St. Johnstone last played eachother at the Mcdiarmid Park on Sun Aug 8th. St. Johnstone and Motherwell battled to a 1-1 draw. Stephen O’Donnell scored the first goal for St. Johnstone on an own goal in the 34th minute, then in the 80th minute, Steven Lawless sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Tony Watt squeezing out at least the one point for Motherwell.
Ali Crawford and Ryan Porteous are the top scorers for St. Johnstone in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Tony Watt has been the most prolific scorer on Motherwell in his last five matches with 2 goals.