Motherwell vs St. Johnstone Prediction: Motherwell to edge poor St Johnstone

In the round of 24 matches that make up the Scottish Premiership, St. Johnstone will play Motherwell away from their home stadium at Fir Park. Last Saturday, the home team Motherwell lost to the visiting team St. Mirren, and St. Johnstone's recent string of bad games continued with a loss to Rangers.

After falling to St. Mirren by a score of 1-0 in their most recent Premiership match, Motherwell will be seeking to put together a better performance in this contest. During that game, Motherwell held 60% of the possession and had 8 shots on goal, with only 2 of them finding the back of the net. St. Mirren had nine shots on goal, but only two of them were on target. St. Mirren's goal was scored in the sixteenth minute by Curtis Main. In their most recent games, Motherwell have not been able to keep a clean sheet very often. In fact, Motherwell has allowed goals to be scored against them in 5 of their most recent 6 matches, totaling 9 goals conceded along the way. In the three games leading up to this matchup, Motherwell had not been victorious against St. Johnstone in any of their league meetings. Additionally, Motherwell have not been victorious in any of their last eight league matches played at home.

St. Johnstone and its supporters who traveled with them will be hoping for a different outcome here after the team's previous Premiership match against Rangers ended in a defeat. During that game, St. Johnstone had 31% possession of the ball and 4 shots on goal, with only 1 of them finding the back of the net. St. Johnstone's opponents have scored at least one goal against them in each of their last six matches, for a total of 13 goals scored against them. St. Johnstone has not been doing very well in terms of their defensive play. St. Johnstone have not been victorious on the road in any of the previous three league matches, which brings them into this match.

After much analysis, St. Johnstone is more than capable of scoring a goal against this Motherwell club; nevertheless, it is possible that this goal will be fewer than the number of goals that Motherwell has allowed them to score. We think the game will be very close, with Motherwell winning by a small margin.