In this week 22 match on Feb 1st, St. Mirren will host Motherwell at The Smisa Stadium in a meeting of these two Premiership teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, St. Mirren recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Aberdeen. Connor Ronan scored the first goal for St. Mirren in the 61st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Aberdeen was frustrated by St. Mirren’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. St. Mirren ended the match with the shutout victory. St. Mirren is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Motherwell, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Hibernian. Neither Motherwell nor Hibernian could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Motherwell should be reasonably happy with their performance.
St. Mirren and Motherwell last played eachother at the Fir Park on the 27th of October. Motherwell and St. Mirren battled to a 2-2 draw. Tony Watt struck first for Motherwell in the 48th minute on a feed from Sean Goss, then Tony Watt added another in the 51st minute on a penalty shot.
Motherwell’s most prolific scorer has been Kevin van Veen. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. St. Mirren hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Joe Shaughnessy and Eamonn Brophy, and they each have 1 goal.