Team News: New signings Anthony Straker, Louis Laing start for Motherwell

Motherwell's new signings Anthony Straker and Louis Laing will make their debuts today in the Scottish Premiership match against St Johnstone.

Straker, 26, who is a Grenada international with eight caps, signed on loan from York City on Thursday and can play at left-back or as a left-winger. He replaces Henrik Ojamaa, who has returned to Legia Warsaw.

Centre-back Laing signed on loan from Nottingham Forest yesterday and will stay at Fir Park until the end of the season. He was on loan at Notts County until December and played 12 games for them. The 21-year-old came through the ranks at Sunderland and made one league appearance for them before moving to Forest in the summer.

James McFadden meanwhile returns to the St Johnstone squad to face his former team after completing a three-match ban.

Straker will wear the number 44 shirt for Well while Laing will wear 45.

Motherwell: Twardzik, Reid, Carswell, Ramsden, Sutton, O'Brien, Law, Erwin, Watt, Straker, Laing. Subs: Nielsen, Ainsworth, Kerr, Moore, Thomas, Cadden, MacLean

St Johnstone: Mannus, Scobbie, Lappin, Anderson, Maclean, Wotherspoon, Davidson, Miller, Croft, Easton, Kane. Subs: Banks, Mackay, Wright, Graham, Caddis, McFadden, O'Halloran