Week 31 features a match on Saturday Mar 19th, where St. Johnstone and Motherwell will play a match in Perth in a meeting of these two closely matched Premiership teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. St. Johnstone sits at 11th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hibernian. Hibernian had 14 on net, and St. Johnstone had 7, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Motherwell is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Dundee. Paul McMullan scored the first goal for Dundee in the 6th minute, then Joseph Efford tied it up for Motherwell in the 18th minute on a feed from Kevin van Veen squeezing out at least the one point for Motherwell. Motherwell looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
St. Johnstone and Motherwell last played eachother at the Fir Park on the 18th of December. Motherwell was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Cornelius struck first for Motherwell in the 17th minute, then Kevin van Veen added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Sondre Solholm Johansen At the end of 90 a dissapointed St. Johnstone couldn’t manage to score, and Motherwell took the shutout win.
Motherwell is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Mark O’Hara and Kaiyne Woolery each only have 1 goal in their last 5. St. Johnstone’s top weapon lately has been Callum Hendry, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.